Originally Posted by
wroomwroomoops
Just to state the facts: nothing wrong with Titanium - it's a very strong metal, in all senses. Very reliable if welded properly.
What you had is the alloy part that failed.
Yup, totally true. I'm not dissing titanium as a material--heck the tube is fine. It's the unthinkably sh1tty engineering of the alloy clamp. In retrospect, it's hard to imagine a worse design. I wonder if anyone bothered testing this thing before shoving it out the door.
From the posting in the roadie forum it seems I'm not alone.