Originally Posted by
ImplodingVoice
I'm asking about the Ti-Swift; I want to know about the original model that is no longer made. I did spend time reading the threads and was unable to find out about the original model; I did find out about the clones people made.
With apologies to the Helix people:
You can read about the Swift here:
Story
Peter Reich still sells Swifts, using either steel or aluminum frames. Xootr, which used to sell aluminum versions, no longer does. There is a long thread on the Swift here:
Swift folders
Neither Reich nor Xootr ever made titanium frames. A poster on this board who goes by "jur" designed a titanium version and had it made in China by an outfit called either Titancycles or Titanproduct. There is a long thread about the ti version here:
Titanium Swift frame, anyone interested?
Eventually, Titan made the frame (and other parts of jur's design) available on aliexpress, and you can see that here:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Gr-9...c-453489cf8e1f
That version, which you can buy now, is the only titanium Swift there's ever been (as far as I know).