Originally Posted by
Steely Dan
if you're willing to join the dark side (bikesdirect.com), Titanium is not that expensive anymore.
here's my BD.com titanium pony that i commute with every (non-rain) day. titanium frame, full ultegra everything, and decent mavic wheels for 2,000 bucks. i'd call that fairly affordable, or at least not egregiously expensive.
Mine was only about $1000 more. And it was made within 30 miles of my front door and I got to put it
all together...Neener. Neener