titanium 29ers

just dreaming really but what’s available…

I haven’t been looking at this all morning.

This

http://vannicholas.com/24/Zion_29er/bike.aspx

and this

http://vannicholas.com/52/Redwood_29er/bike.aspx (no photos yet)

are currently in my thoughts.

However, I’m also awaiting news of the new On One Scandium 29er…

How about a Lynskey.

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November 1st – Tonight I’ll Be Riding Mr’s Jones[/url] by Johnclimber[/url]

TD-1 is nice.

The Lynskeys have that “broken” downtube thing going on which I’m not keen on.

Have you looked at Pipedream?

http://www.pipedreamcycles.com/ti_29er_2010.html

Met them at the Cycle Show at the NEC – nice blokes and lovely bikes.

http://interbike.mtbr.com/2012-litespeed-cohutta

Singular Pegasus if you can find one second hand or persuade Sam to get more made

If you are reading, Sam, any plans for any more?

singular, jones, black sheep, eriksen, potts, indy fab, on one, seven, vertigo and prob lots more

If I had the $$ i’d be onto Vertigo Cycles in an instant.

Depends on your budget my indy fab is a thing of beauty, my mates Pegasus is also really nice,

What about that new

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JohnClimber,give me your Jones,and I will have your babies.

Here is something I am working on

Ade W. can’t decide if that is very beautiful,or very ugly !

the more I look, the more I er towards very beautiful tho !

If you’re thinking rigid 29er, no-one has got close to the Jones for ride quality and capability imo.

If it’s a custom you’re after, lucky you to have that decision to make.. I was looking for something special a year or so ago and thought Sean at Vertigo made some of the most interesting bikes. The Jones was what I went for in the end – one test ride clinched it. There’s some lovely stuff available from a lot of companies and builders but Jeff Jones has designed something that, if it suits your attitude or riding style, may be unbeatable. The more I ride it, the more impressed I am by what he’s come up with.

Yeah there’s something pretty about Ade’s bike. It’s nicely balanced. I always liked the styling of e-stay bikes.

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cheeky Waseley ride[/url] by rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], on Flickr

If I could figure out how to get my pic to show on this page I would but for now my new Qoroz Mountain Won 29er, absolute dream to ride

I’m selling a lovely spangly ti front end if anyone wants to fondle a jeff frontage 🙂

I can’t afford the rest of ti frame to go with it, so back to the material of the plebians (steel) for me 😥

@tazzy *perk* more details?

have a look in the classifieds squire from yesterday 😉

Salsa El Mariachi titanium. £1700 for the frame, new ones come with a fits-everything 44mm head tube and the 2012 ones I *think* also are coming with BB30.

It’s now got some new Crest rims on. It’s had the most use of all my bikes this year.

GB

every time I see that Gee my selma gets jealous and cries

Enigma might have one in the pipeline, their 29er ego won best mtb at the hand built Bike show this year.

for DeeVass
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I saw the Qoroz Mountain Won 29er at the Cycle Show last month and it was stunning in the metal.

It would be a right ol’ decision between a Singular Pegasus (if I could get one) and the Qoroz.

Anyone know the price of the Charge Cooker Ti frameset????

So far here only 3 of the ti hardtails have one essential thing I’d be looking for, the XX44 / tapered headtube – top marks to Litespeed Salsa and Qoroz.

Tazzy, you not tempted by a steel diamond frame to go with that fork?

The VN Zion has a tapered headtube – seems to be a change for 2012

My v2 bike is coming withe tapered head tube should have been here two weeks ago

jameso- steel frame and ti fork would look foul unless I painted the ti, which is sheer blasphemy

may be having a full steel fat front compatable jones in the near future though funded by parting with the ti forks so will still have a bit of jeff in my life

may be having a full steel fat front compatable jones in the near future

I wouldn’t bother if i were you tazz. I’ve been told them jones things are only fit for bimbling to the shops on.

crisptitanium 😉

No! Black steel frame with ti truss fork, it’d looks lovely.. black parts with silver hubs to go with it, class. There’s a blue steel diamond with a ti truss on MTBR that also looks great.

But no good if you’re after the fat front.

I read the Jones was only any good for riding on fireroads once.

stu, i might not as I’d hate to be an attention whore so maybe a nice safe gt or trek will stop me looking odd and standing out in a crowd.

Ade/Druid, good to see more brands using Ti XX44 then..

Keef – Member
JohnClimber,give me your Jones,and I will have your babies.

Errrr NO..
With fat front option

Old shot when it had gears

tazz.

Whatever you get make sure it’s got plenty of that expension stuff on the back and the front.
That way you’ll be safe to take it up the canal with out the danger of being exposed to any kind of roughness on the ground.