Thread: In your experience, what are the advantages of titanium frames?
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Old 03-07-15 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt
There's no paint to chip. My titanium frame looks much better after 18 years than my previous steel frame did 10. It looks nice in an understated way.

It's unlikely to fail catastrophically.

Some day I'll be able to add travel couplers which I couldn't do with carbon.
Calfee will do a CF frame with couplers. Not cheap mind you, but it's been done.
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