Originally posted by bikerdave
Question for all you who ride titanium frames.I am looking for a new frame for next season and had my mind on Giant TCR once, however searching through mags/websites and came across well reputable frame builder who would custom build a titanium frame, for about the same price as I would be buying the Giant for.(extra for forks)
I have Steel and Al frames at home, like the steel for the comfortable ride and the Aluminium for the stiffness,but always been interested in Titanium, but could never really stretch to afford a Litespeed etc.How do those who have ridden Titanium frames, and who have them, compare them to Steel and Al?Are they really worth choosing, in terms of lightness,strength and comfortablity?
It isn't the material ,it's how it's built.A ti frame can be built cheaply.It may also be crap, and ride worse.