For sale a russian titanium frame!

Waszi69 · Apr 20, 2019

For sale a russian titanium frame for 600 € + shipping costs.
Unfortunately the name of the manufacturer is unknown, but the informations gathered so far,
suggest that the frame is 99% made in Russia.
Frame size is 19", upper tube c-c 57,5 cm. Seattube c-t 48 cm.
The price is negotiable!

Double-E F · Apr 20, 2019

Just out if interest: where's all the evidence for collusion with the Russians on this frame..?

troje · Apr 20, 2019

Merlin money for a Russian frame.

biker23 · Apr 20, 2019

Could indeed be a Russian ti frame....
(most probably).
The drop outs of the frame give its origin away....NOT a US manufactured frame for sure-
Sth else:
My Swiss contacts tell me that based on the sticker with "04" which stands for 2004....
the frame was staying and ridden in Switzerland. ;-)
So it's basically a Russian-Swiss frame.

dyna-ti · Apr 20, 2019

Any stampings ?, numbers, symbols on the dropouts or BB shell ?

TOMAS · Apr 20, 2019

Forgive me being naive, do Russians make better Ti frames than anyone else for any particular reason? Just interested to know. I've got a few Ti Frames but I don't think any are Russian...

Mike Muz · Apr 20, 2019

TOMAS":3f6zprt9 said:
Forgive me being naive, do Russians make better Ti frames than anyone else for any particular reason? Just interested to know. I've got a few Ti Frames but I don't think any are Russian...

Not a bad thing.

k-rod · Apr 21, 2019

Re:

Ya just never know, really.

Pipmeister · Apr 21, 2019

TOMAS":3k55p4tf said:
Forgive me being naive, do Russians make better Ti frames than anyone else for any particular reason? Just interested to know. I've got a few Ti Frames but I don't think any are Russian...

I can recall when the Titanium Red frames appeared in the mid 90’s, and that they were considerably cheaper than other Ti frames.

Along with the lower price, you can see how the rumour started of them being made from melded down MiG aircraft :shock:

I can clearly remember a “Joke” going around at the time that went further that. It was said that they were made from de-commission nuclear submarine reactor control rods, and that they would glow in the dark :facepalm: – how we laughed

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Pip

greencat · Apr 21, 2019

TOMAS":2088jkrq said:
Forgive me being naive, do Russians make better Ti frames than anyone else for any particular reason? Just interested to know. I've got a few Ti Frames but I don't think any are Russian...

I think post-collapse of the USSR there were a lot of ex-military titanium welders out of work. The quality of their welding was often good, but I don't know that they were particular knowledgeable about bikes.

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