Difference is that you cant punch Ti out of a mould and so the ability to scale production is nowhere near the same.
Ti will never really "compete" in the same space as the racer boy frames as they as you simply could not make sufficient quantity to keep up.
Those manufacturing Ti frames are also not really that interested in trying to compete.
If they were they would not be making bicycles that can last a lifetime.
Moots, BAUM, Engin, Firefly, Blacksheep, Mozaic, IF etc etc etc are all still out there along with a number of newer players like Oddity and Moonmen.
Plenty of steel manufacturers out there, but again a "niche"market. I dont see many steel frames at the local Crit races either.
Some of the ti and steel manufacturers at the higher end are talking 18 month turnaround on their frames, which certainly does not suit the racerboy group who want to look at a pic in a magazine and walk into their LBS to pick up that bike that afternoon.
Last edited by sumgy; 01-01-17 at 03:14 PM.