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Ti frames,, painted or naked?

11 posts & 10 voices | Started 1 year ago by ade ward | Latest reply from racefaceec90

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ade ward - Member

I am expecting a titanium 29er prototype in the next couple of weeks,

the question is naked or painted,,

Posted 1 year ago #
ken_shields - Member

Naked and very shiny

Painted

Posted 1 year ago #
flyingfox - Member

Seriously?

No choice. Naked.

Posted 1 year ago #
placid_casual - Member

shiny

titanium pompblingamine lighpaint by placid casual, on Flickr

Posted 1 year ago #
Hornet600 - Member

Naked without question.

Posted 1 year ago #
mmb - Member

why paint it? it'll just weigh more and won't look as good.

Posted 1 year ago #
airtragic - Member

And you can keep naked looking like new with a brillo pad, with new graphics every few years it'll never be old and tatty.

Posted 1 year ago #
racefaceec90 - Member

got to be raw titanium.preferably like the ball burnished finishes.or satin like the old rocky mountain ti bolts

Posted 1 year ago #
doof_doof - Member

Quite like the partial paint look:

Posted 1 year ago #
ashfanman - Member

Naked and unpolished.

Posted 1 year ago #
racefaceec90 - Member

was going to upload this earlier,but the img button had disappeared. rocky mountain ti bolt (a lovely example)

Posted 1 year ago #