Old 10-14-18 | 02:54 PM
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Bikes: Batavus Randonneur GL, Gazelle Orange Excellent, Gazelle Super Licht, Gazelle Grand Tourist, Gazelle Lausanne, Gazelle Tandem, Koga-Miyata SilverAce, Koga-Miyata WorldTraveller

Titanium is hard to work with. If you want to shape a fork and not use tubing you need to hydroform it but titanium has a tendency to crack when shaping it. It used to be pretty damn difficult up until very recently (2012). There are a few companies that do build custom titanium forks but in most cases carbon fibre is simply more cost-effective.

Maybe we will see some more companies start offerering titanium forks but it will stay a bit of a rare sight.
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