Originally Posted by Stickney
Not a long term TI owner, but I did choose between TI and steel about 9 months ago. My theory was that riding on rough, chip sealed roads, that are heavily salted in winter, TI's lack of paint and TI's rust proofness sorta justified the few hundred bucks difference in cost. So far it has been great. The ride is a vast improvement over my previous Aluminum ride. Plus it is easy to clean, and my back has been thanking me with the loss of a considerable amount of road buzz.
I refer to those roads up here as 'Fred Flinstone roads' and we have tons of them. I ride my Ibis Ti Road and Cannondale Six13 (alu/CF mix) over them regularly. The Ti bike is better on those surfaces for sure.