Originally Posted by
Junksupposed
How could he be so excited to announce this unfinished bike? Perhaps it would work better as a fixed gear with front brake. It's a very intriguing design, and I hope the technical issues are resolved, and this comes to market.
I'm also curious about the titanium. I've read that Asian titanium has a shorter fatigue life than U.S. titanium. Is that true or just marketing hype? I would think titanium is titanium no matter where it came from. After my Strida broke, I've become more interested in metal fatigue.
That is nothing but marketing hype. Titanium should be just titanium or probably certain blends which i'm not sure of, just like aluminum they usually use 7005 or 6061, it's a alloy they mix. if they are saying that their's better then they probably comparing the asian titanium blend that was mixed with another alloy to cut some costs while their's is a higher percentage of titanium in the us one. But there should be pretty much a standard out there. 7005 aluminum should be the same in the asian markets and the north american markets.
someone that knows more about titanium should chime in cause i've only read about the aluminum stuff.