Nothing happened to Ti. There are many Litespeeds and Merlins sold every day. Excel Sports sells a Macalu Ti bike. Colorado cyclist sells the Douglas. Then there are other companies such as Moots, Serrotta, Seven, Independant Fabrication, One Off, Dean, Airborn, Omega, and a bunch others that I am forgetting. I ride a Merlin, my wife a cf Blue. Both are nice but I like the feel of Ti.