Reliable, (until failure) , though may be less practical.

IF you have a primary use for a light sports frame/ cross bike,
and take some trips with your touring gear aboard,
and a decent credit line on the card, to stay indoors at hotels,
AKA, credit card touring
but mostly ride un laden,

Then Ti as a weather resistant, light, flexable shock dampening metal will be suitable..
S and S even machine their coupler system in titanium, to build into the frame..


But.. ( anecdote follows. )

I needed a frame repair in Ireland, the welding shop that fixed it,
primarily made A/C heating ducts of Stainless steel,

so Now, repaired in the field, my steel frame is better than new,
and I rode on for months, thereafter,
[other than burned paint]

Ti bike, if any material problems, you have to end the trip, there, and go home..