The titanium weld and detail appreciation thread.

[maxhc]

I missed out on a Clark Kent F12(i think it was an f12 anyway) frame on the bay a couple of years ago. It was badly photo'd, badly described, had a rusty chain dangling from it, some other random cr@ppy parts, and the decals were gone. Could just make out where they had been and it looked ok enough to take a punt on. It went for about £70 iirc and i nearly boiled over when my internet started playing up so i couldn't get a bid in at the last post.

Really nice bikes; mine is now full rigid

 

[Woz]

Great thread this. Years ago there was a site called "Ti rides" that for one had actually proper information and not bull crap marketing stuff.

What was clear sadly Ti got a double blow in the MTB world. Changes of taste to more DH brutes out of cheaper AL and stuff like plastic and soot and araldite mixed in a mortise and pestle bowl and then baked at about Gas mark 6 for XC. So sad. Ti then got another set back of daft and silly new norms which never posed a problem for it but Gruppo manufacturers had to go with the wind.

Today I think there's stuff well built out there, and much more targeted what it's actually good for.

Being very cheeky tonight and slipping this one here. Sush ..... keep it tight and please no red flags about this and that. It is all still retro.

https://classicrendezvous.com/country-of-origin/the-british-isles/speedwell-titanium/

Calling on @benjabbi to forgive me for my sins about something with drop-bars and he wades on here with a Bonty Ti loveliness not yet posted to get the thread back on track here.

 

[Woz]

Posted before. Seen it in real. It was just sublime. Faultless.

Hard to think this is actually a half an handful off our internal RB retro cut off date when all is considered today.