Thread: In your experience, what are the advantages of titanium frames?
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Old 03-11-15 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by kingston
I was in a bike shop a few months ago talking to the owner, and I asked he what he thought about ti bikes. He asked me if titanium is so great why do all the ti frames have carbon forks? I have never had either a ti or a cf bike, so I really have no idea, but I thought it was an interesting question.
A double daimond frame that is made up of two closed triangles presents different engineering issues than a fork, which is an open structure, not braced in 2 dimensions.

The argument makes about as much sense as saying if CF frames are so good, why do almost all bikes have steel spokes.
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