Originally Posted by
jolly_codger
I don't think those are titanium. Generally, BITD if something was titanium it would have "Ti" or "Titanium" labeling or logos; after all, what was the point of having titanium if the general public didn't know you did? And - any metallurgists out there please correct me - titanium bike parts weren't usually bent to form curves like that because of the difficulty in doing so.
Yeah, those are good points! The swaging at the clamp was a bit worrying for me, but now that you mention it and I think more, having the clamp area grip lines is something I've never seen on a Ti bar (that I can recall) and would be highly unusual, so I think you're right that it's not Ti.