Titanium frames & bikes

i hope the pic works?

i have a kinesis sync ti that i bought last year (my first ti bike,frame was on special offer on kinesis site so managed to do a deal with my local shop to be able to afford it/thanks melksham cycle centre 👍

it’s quite a lot different to my charge duster that i have so cannot really compare as such (my duster is 26″ narrow bars 100mm travel suspension fork and 2 x 10 drivetrain).

my sync is 27.5″ tubeless and 150mm front suspension with 760mm risers and 1 x 11 drivetrain).

my sync weighs about 28.2 lbs atm so not particularly light (my duster is a bit lighter)

am not very fast on a bike or particularly fit/skilled either but the sync definitely feels a lot more suited to offroading after coming off my duster (def more modern geometry,tapered head tube,wider bars,more sus travel etc compared to my duster).

i cannot honestly say that i feel the ti frame being hugely different to my steel frame as the sync is built pretty tough and my duster is the skinny version. the bigger wheels,wider tyres and more sus travel makes it hard to make a valid judgment between the 2 (chalk and cheese springs to mind trying to describe the 2 bikes lol). i am pretty sure that the ti does make the ride more comfortable though however slight.

also the frame is beautifully made and designed,it looks beautiful and will never rust.

i plan on keeping the bike and riding it the rest of my life (i am only 9 stone and bloody slow 😀 😪

at the end of the day i love my sync i have to say

heres my 93 Raleigh, could do with a polish

This is my 95 DBR Axis TT that I’ve had for 15 years, last rebuilt 10 years ago.
Still an absolute weapon on the right track. After cracking my FS, I’m riding it a lot more than I have for a long time. The secret is speed, flinch & it will throw me, but tear into something stupidly fast & it will pull me through.
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Why did they **** with how you put a photo on here?
& then got rid of the preview button.
Idiots.

Forgot one:

I’d post pics of mine if I knew how 🙄

Copy the link from wherever they’re stored.

Use the img button above the posting box.

Delete the http bit and paste your link.

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Job done.

@daffy – Is that 16 ti bikes!? Or are some the same frame/bike
Could’ve bought a car House!

I Love my Brodie Holeshot Ti (Brought as a frame off here)geometry is great but the lack of weight and and the way it rides is sublime.

Also Have a Kinesis Decade Tripster ATR first gen which is equally lovely and I really need to get out on it again.

Tripster ATR mk 1 here .. it’s my road, touring, cross bike so went a bit special. It’s lovely .. makes me smile every time I ride it. Could probably do better with 2 focussed bikes, but less garage soace taken up and its Ti.

Had a Tinbred, at the other end of the spectrum – equally very nice bike, if I hadn’t got 29er curious and offered a Whyte 29CS at a bargain price I’d likely still have it. Tough light and shrugged off the abuse.

Could’ve bought a car House

They’re useless on singletrack though…

It’s 13 Ti bikes:

In order of ownership:

1. Airborne Carpe Diem SS
2. Cotic Soda (this was the closest I came to breaking one)
3. On One Ti456
4. Cove Hummer
5. On One Ti 29er SS
6. Litespeed Sienna
7. Singular Pegasus 29er SS
8. Singular Pegasus V2 geared
9. Singular Pegasus V2 SS (Yes, I had two at the same time, they were awesome)
10. Lynskey Pro29er (no Pic above)
11. On One Pickenflick
12. Kinesis Tripset ATR 55.5cm
13. Litespeed T5G

Only the T5G was new.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of titanium frames?

Duh!…It’s titanium innit?, Cost££££?

Seeing as we’re now posting pics…

Cove Hummer 2014

Cove Hummer 2013

Kinesis Tripster ATR 2016 (sold 2018)

Cove Hummer reborn with a Bafang BBS01 motor, better than using a wheelchair.

I’ve three Ti bikes…
Rigid SS – rides like it’s got 50mm of travel at either end! In a good way..
Kinesis tripster – we all know about that (though I did crack the Mk1 frame)
Kingdom vendetta – ore-sum…

They are pricey, but to be fair, my vendetta frame cost £900, and my steel 4130 before that was about £600..so….

They are nice.

But, i’d agree… i know of several that have cracked..

DrP

I’ll try again.

I have at Ti Hardtail.

Advantages:
Its a bit lighter
Rides very similar to steel

Advantages:
Price

If I was buying again today I would get the steel version and spend the extra cash on the components.

Anymore for anymore?

Oh go on then. Ribble CGR Ti

Drp, did you get a vendetta or a vendetta X2?

I’m weighing up the merits of a custom(ISH) build with sliding dropouts and the machined headtube

Mine’s s bit love & hate colour wise but it’s certainly a monster of a 29er