Why did Titanium not take off amongst Pros?
09-24-19, 07:30 AM
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09-24-19, 02:06 PM
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Can any of you Ti fanboys give even just one aspect of Ti that is superior to carbon when used in the application of a Pros race bike?
09-24-19, 02:55 PM
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since this thread is now about blatant trolling, I wonder how many people who have posted stuff about how titanium bikes will last a lifetime and you'll never need another bike have multiple titanium bikes 
(my theory is that cyclists made that line up to tell the wife/girlfriend why $7500 was totally a reasonable price to spend on a bicycle)
(my theory is that cyclists made that line up to tell the wife/girlfriend why $7500 was totally a reasonable price to spend on a bicycle)
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09-24-19, 04:08 PM
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Wait, doesn't the UCI require that racers ride a bike that is commercially available?
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since this thread is now about blatant trolling, I wonder how many people who have posted stuff about how titanium bikes will last a lifetime and you'll never need another bike have multiple titanium bikes
(my theory is that cyclists made that line up to tell the wife/girlfriend why $7500 was totally a reasonable price to spend on a bicycle)
(my theory is that cyclists made that line up to tell the wife/girlfriend why $7500 was totally a reasonable price to spend on a bicycle)
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09-24-19, 04:43 PM
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As I mentioned a couple of pages back, Even though Baum built Cadel Evans a Ti TT bike because he was unhappy with the fit of his Canyon, Canyon was able to build him a custom CF frame to his requirements.
So for the pro's, custom CF frames are not unachievable.
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Not necessarily.
As I mentioned a couple of pages back, Even though Baum built Cadel Evans a Ti TT bike because he was unhappy with the fit of his Canyon, Canyon was able to build him a custom CF frame to his requirements.
So for the pro's, custom CF frames are not unachievable.
As I mentioned a couple of pages back, Even though Baum built Cadel Evans a Ti TT bike because he was unhappy with the fit of his Canyon, Canyon was able to build him a custom CF frame to his requirements.
So for the pro's, custom CF frames are not unachievable.
09-24-19, 05:06 PM
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