Originally Posted by
tungsten
Interesting.
My best friend bought a used Litespeed and had it built up. We swapped while riding one day and I hated it. Felt "harsh", dead, not at all lively like my 531 frame. Fwiw both were running 25c tyres.
Doesn't ti "work harden", and what does that do to ride quality?
Litespeed made some very flexible 3/2.5 round tube frames, and some very oversized, cold worked 6/4 frames that were super stiff. There isn't a single kind of Ti ride quality.
And no, Ti doesn't "work harden". Properly built Ti has twice strength at the same stiffness of steel.