Ti builds are a rare breed these days but I know there are several lurking in this forum! Here’s my custom Burls Ti (designed in the UK, built in Russia by ex-Submarine Ti engineers of “Colnago Titanio” fame!). It’s my Gran Fondo bike, 7.4kg all in, with gearing to get up even the 30% Fred Whitton…

Having priced various updates to my titanium frame, I’d say get an estimate for repairs or retrofits from a reputable Ti shop first so you know all-in cost… Makes sense if you’ve got sentimental attachment to a frame. From a rational economic perspective, might not.

Recent build project. Objectives were a multi-use bike, endurance and touring, plus gravel. Titanium on a budget. Titanium frame, seat tube and carbon fork from Waltly Second hand (unused) Rival full groupset Ex demo 650b LUN wheels (1400g) +47mm tyres with 11-50 cassette Direct chinese 35/45 70…

Oh, this is super rad. Could you post more pics of the cockpit setup?

Mine are just wide flared bars with 3.5mm thick bartape. Beacon WCS bars , so very flared and shallow drop. I have a dropper post that I haven’t fit yet, will be very tight getting the internal cable via the BB (should’ve gone T47 in hindsight). I’m also contemplating a suspension stem, but unsure…

[image] mcneese.chad: The Stallion is nearly identical to the Boone with the main difference at the longer chainstay. This should keep decent weight on the front tire but add some stability from the longer chainstay & wheelbase as a result. I can dive into that more for those interested, but thi…

@mcneese.chad let’s add to Road vs Gravel Bike Geometry . Seems like a good fit because it sounds like we prefer more road geometry on dirt. For @Bones , I’m interested in learning more about your preference for trail. I understand what it is (eg how it is calculated), but less so about what that …

Check out the J.Guillem range at Pedal revolution :ok_hand:t3:

my J.Guillem Major… 1st pic is most recent with the 28mm vittoria corsa’s & the 2nd pic is running 32mm gravel kings for when I’m feeling more all-road. [IMG_4401] [IMG_3381] Check out the j.guillem bikes, all works of art

Where did you get the couplings installed? I too am looking to have a Ti Travel bike and yours ticks all the boxes, just now looking for where I can aquire one. In reading a past post of yours I believe you had built in UK…?

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mcneese.chad August 17, 2023, 2:17pm 300

I am totally up for a deeper dive around geometry, @rkoswald. Do you want to pick up on your prior topic (below) or start a new one on par with the MTB one I started a while ago?

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