Does anyone know where Titus frames are manufactured?
 

Hi

Does anyone know where Titus frames are manufactured?

I know they are located in Tempe Az. Check out their site: http://www.titusti.com/2010/

Titus frames are made by the Kinesis factory in Taiwan the last I knew.

For the curious, here's a partial "who makes whose frame" list I posted a while back:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=598184

Just super, thanks!

Hmmmmmmmm, you may want to do a bit more research before you suggest that Titus are manufactured in Taiwan.

The carbon frames and the aluminum el guapo are made in Taiwan.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/articl...s-cycles-22321

Great link, thanks.

I would also assume the Titus Motolite is made in Taiwan as well.

http://singletrack.competitor.com/20...us-cycles_6937

it seems the aluminum frames and still made domestic while the carbon frames are outsourced.

Quote straight from Jeff Titone, July 2008, on MTBR:

"We work with many different manufacturing partners to produce our frames. Here's the breakdown of where our frames are made.

All of our Titanium and Ti/Carbon frames are made in our factory in Tempe.

We began manufacturing the 2007 Racer X 29'ers in Portland by Sapa ('07 wa the first production year for the Racer X 29). For 2008 we moved production of the Motolite and Racer X there as well and continued to have Sapa build the 29'er.

Our complete bikes, the ML1 and RX1 are made by Kinesis in Taiwan. Kinesis also manufactures the El Guapo frame.

The Racer X carbon is also made in Taiwan."

Source: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=430069

Got to the Titus website, click on their aluminum frame models (2010) and it clearly states "made in the USA" not designed "made".

It seems the 2008 article is wrong.

I'll bet Mr. Titone was right at the time :thumb: Oh, for the record, the (aluminum) El Guapo appears to still be made overseas.



But, more importantly, WHO CARES????!!!! If you like a frame, it holds together, it does what you want it to and is capable of more - - that's what matters.

The people who make them do.

Apparently, the OP cared. I still like seeing that american flag on my frames. Not all of them have it but I like it when it does. I'm looking at a Titus or a small domestic frame builder for my next MTB frame and heaven forbid the media misquoted him. I've had several interviews with the media and they always misquote something. US made is still nice when available and maybe that's what the OP was wanting.

^^ You either need some remedial reading comprehension or you need to get out from under the rock more. The interview was correct - - as corroborated by my linked post in the MTBR forum placed there by Jeff Titone that stated the same thing. Lazy journalists misquote; but people rarely misquote themselves (unless it's after the fact ;)).

As far as where it's made; yeah, it's nice to have a few more jobs for skilled tradespeople. But even companies who outsource the actual tubing-drawing and frame-welding are still employing a lot of people here to get the product out the door. So I myself am not going to obsess as to whther or not my 303R has a "Handmade in Colorado" sticker on it. There are still a lot of fine people right here who are making a living so that I can ride one.