Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I don't understand this statement. The specific strength of Ti and the high-end steels is approximately equal. That's one reason that there aren't that many people building Ti forks, for example. If what you say is true, there would be a lot more Ti forks
Ti is less stiff than steel at the same strength. When you make a ti object that it as stiff as a steel object, the strength is much higher than the comparably stiff steel object.
This is no different than saying that if you make an object of the same strength out of steel and ti, the steel object will be stiffer.
There are lots of reasons there aren't more Ti forks, and most of them are economic. With 44mm headtubes Ti fork steerers can be made stiff enough, now.