Originally Posted by
Falanx
Which is probably more a case of misunderstanding how to get the best out of the material, not just because it was one of the soft alloys :-)
yes, the fact that they went out of their way to make standard size tubes was really a waste. Any advantage that Ti has is that the low density allows you to make bigger tubes and thus make up for the low modulus. Teledyne had the right idea, but the crimped downtube was a little ridiculous. Of course, that was the least of their problems, the low strength of the CP Ti really did them in.