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I'll be having some money to throw at a custom frame and other bike bits after the winter, so I've been thinking about having a modern version of my Sbike 503 made, but using titanium instead of Cro-Moly.
I have a few questions though.
1 ) How does the rigidity of steel and Ti frames compare? My old 503's handling stands out due to the large amount of longitudinal flex (a result of the rectangular single main tube), and I would like to keep that.
My alu 728 has much less flex and as a result it feels sterile in comparison. If the Ti frame would have the stiffness of the alu one, I would rather have one made of steel instead.
2 ) Which framebuilder would you recommend for such a build with this material? There are none here in Belgium, so I'm looking at having it done in the UK. Perhaps the US even, but I'd prefer to avoid that due to the taxes and shipping costs etc.
3 ) What budget would I be looking at for just the frame, fork, stem, handlebar and seat tube? I was thinking of setting aside £2K-ish.
Of course a frame of this design could be a lot more expensive than a regular Ti frame due to the amount of work needed to manipulate the e-stay tubes.
I have a few questions though.
1 ) How does the rigidity of steel and Ti frames compare? My old 503's handling stands out due to the large amount of longitudinal flex (a result of the rectangular single main tube), and I would like to keep that.
My alu 728 has much less flex and as a result it feels sterile in comparison. If the Ti frame would have the stiffness of the alu one, I would rather have one made of steel instead.
2 ) Which framebuilder would you recommend for such a build with this material? There are none here in Belgium, so I'm looking at having it done in the UK. Perhaps the US even, but I'd prefer to avoid that due to the taxes and shipping costs etc.
3 ) What budget would I be looking at for just the frame, fork, stem, handlebar and seat tube? I was thinking of setting aside £2K-ish.
Of course a frame of this design could be a lot more expensive than a regular Ti frame due to the amount of work needed to manipulate the e-stay tubes.