Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Just wouldn't spend a pile to get a Titanium frame, as a tour bike build.
but consider more a situation of already owning a bike
you feel comfortable riding on for weeks on end,
and it happens to be a Ti frame, so you go on a few trips on it.
packing some stuff in panniers..
I agree. Providing it's tough and large enough. I have a GT Xizang, a hardtail titanium mountain bike, hand built in 1995 in Longmont, Colorado. I bought her new in '95 and she's held up great for many miles. I'm thinking the GT 'Triple-Triangle' design might have something to do with her extra strength.
The only fear is, if something should break thousands of miles from home, where to find a competent titanium weld shop? I've thought the thing to do would be to pack her up and ship her to a custom titanium bike builder, such as Black Sheep Bicycles in Ft. Collins, Colorado. They're more than competent enough to do a better-than-new fix. But that would require me to have the ability to get a temporary replacement ride, and to pay for shipping, perhaps a long way from civilization.