Originally Posted by
Bonzo Banana
I think that chart clearly shows titanium scoring highest as an average. Wouldn't mind being a brand ambassador for fuji-ta. I seem to be their unpaid ambassador I must admit, so getting some money for it would be nice. Fuji-ta seem to make the bulk of their export money from aluminium and carbon frames to western markets. Their titanium business is insignificant in comparison I believe but still good money but very niche. That's why I thought the chart was likely to be very fair in comparison to a chart produced by a exclusive titanium frame manufacturer. Fuji-ta make most of their money from steel, aluminium and carbon frames but still rate titanium the highest.
yes, Titanium as a raw material averages the highest, but we don't buy titanium material. We buy a frame made of a material. Throw in cost/ease of manufacture (translating into price) in the equation, and the result is not so clear cut or definitive. You know me, i try to be sensible about such things. I get the advantages of titanium frames and parts, but often it is also, as with other things, about cachet, prestige and a pecking order. And you know how i feel about that.