Originally Posted by
Falanx
But the strange thing is that even then, the industry was awash with low(ish) cost alloyed titanium with hugely superior mechanical properties.
Are you sure of that? IIRC the tubing selections early on (for Ti) were motivated by other industries. Yes, there was a marketing splash re Ti early on. But I always thought that was much of the "it's different and expensive, we have pros riding it, so it must be better" **** that every "new" material has had. Andy.