Why titanium bike

An upgrade to something with more volume would likely make a significant difference because the bike we tested was a little firm at the rear end. Like any kind of bike, geometry plays a massive part in the way a titanium bike rides and handles, so you want to ensure the bike you purchase matches the type of riding you intend to do on it.

Titanium bikes tend to be designed for long-distance riding, so the geometry will often be relatively relaxed, with a taller head tube, slacker angles and a longer wheelbase. The slacker steerer angles and longer wheelbase aid stability and give a slightly slower, more deliberate response to steering compared to a twitchy race bike.

It also puts you in a more upright position, with less weight on your hands and less strain on your neck, shoulder and back muscles. You might have to sacrifice a little in aerodynamics, but over the course of a long ride across rough terrain the gains in comfort could pay dividends. The advent of disc brakes for road bikes has not only been great for slowing you down, but has opened up the possibility for manufacturers to build in much greater tyre clearance to bikes.

Subsequently, many titanium road bikes are now offering clearance for up to 35mm road tyres. This is ideal if, for example, you live in a country like the United Kingdom, where BikeRadar is based where the road quality generally varies from bad to appalling.

A titanium bike is likely to cost a fair amount more than an equivalent carbon, aluminium or steel bike, simply because the nature of the material makes it more difficult to construct frames and parts from.

Without going into too much detail, the machining, welding and finishing of titanium bikes are more labour-intensive processes that require specialist skills and equipment, compared to other frame building materials. A ll of this increases production costs and, inevitably, these costs are passed on to the consumer. However, where a titanium bike makes up for its initial cost is in longevity.

Simon Bromley is a senior technical writer for BikeRadar. Simon joined BikeRadar in , but has been riding bikes all his life, and racing road and time trial bikes for over a decade. Titanium is robust, impact resistant, fatigue tolerant, has no paint to chip or mark and will never corrode. As a material, it is peerless. Most brands offer a lifetime warranty and some a year warranty — so your titanium frame becomes part of your heritage. Sleek, stylish, simple and utterly beautiful in a world of mass-produced carbon frames designed in a wind tunnel by a computer.

Be different and stand out from crowd. Titanium is often the bike-connoisseurs first choice…. Titanium is not as rare as you may think. It is the 9th most common element on earth and is present in most paper and suncream — but not in a form we would naturally recognise! It is widely used in manufacturing to add whiteness to finished goods hence these two common examples. What is rarer however, are titanium alloys.

In fact, titanium is so versatile, lightweight and strong it has dozens of advantages to other materials. This blend is almost perfect for bikes as it can be formed into specific shapes and, with skill, can be beautifully welded.

We only create bikes we want to ride, and we stand behind our products with a no-questions-asked return policy and a straightforward, legitimate lifetime warranty and crash replacement policy. We make our bikes from the best materials possible for the terrain we ride. For riders who want a high-end, comfortable, fast bike built to last a lifetime, we believe a properly made titanium frame is the best option.

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