Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
There are a lot of reasons...insurance is a biggie actually. Even the best US frame builders are hardly getting rich, so I really don't agree with some of what you're saying.
Ti is extremely hard on tooling...the material is expensive....welding mistakes can equate with catastrophic failure. It's a very different material than steel, usually in different widths. Fewer make quality ti frames.
I think the quality difference is more astronomical than the price difference. If you don't want to spend a fortune, there are better options than discount ti IMO.
Well I'm certainly not trying to say that most framebuilders are getting rich; quite the opposite...I assume most live in near poverty.
However...not that I'm claiming to have any real knowledge on the quality differences, but why would you say there is an astronomic difference between US made and Chinese made Ti frames?