Ti Cycles Reviews

[campy man]

Looking at having some modifications made on a titanium frame and Ti Cycles seems like a good option. Portland isn't local but they are on the West Coast ... close enough.

Any Paceliners with experience using Ti Cycles for modifications and/or repairs?

[CiclistiCliff]

A very finicky customer of mine had a tandem built by him a year or so ago. Amazing quality but he's a bit eccentric, but what frame builder isn't.

Highly recommended.

[David Tollefson]

Another "highly recommend". I have two custom builds from the early 90's -- one ti Softride road bike, and one steel Softride track bike (with brake accommodations). Both have been rock-solid builds and have been put through years of racing and other abuse. Nary a whimper from either one.

I also did an intensive 3-day frame building seminar with Dave Levy that turned into a complete 1-on-1 session, with a complete frame build coming out the other end. It was the beginning of my frame building business...

Further, TiCycles used to be based in Seattle, and I raced against the Avanti team that sported MANY TiCycles builds. Dave also raced for them, and I knocked handlebars with him on the race course many times (okay, not literally "knocked handlebars", but you get the idea). Competent racer, all-around nice guy, opinionated enough, but not overbearing.

[Kirk007]

Dave has been at it a long time and does stuff well beyond the norm (for instance he also fabs custom parts for old Honda NSX cars).

Many years ago Dave did a bunch of mods on an old Serotta legend frame for me, he's quite handy and should be able to do pretty much anything you want that makes sense to him.

[cachagua]

The Avanti team that sported MANY TiCycles builds...


Thanks for the reminder, Avanti was my team too when I was racing in Seattle. Nicest looking jersey of all the local teams!

I got Dave to do a paint job on a frame for me, and he brought a number of flaws in the construction to my attention, including one which could have grown into a safety issue. Fixed them for a very good price, and then did a fantastic job with the paint. And I'm still using a ti quill stem he made for me back around the mid-90s. 100% recommendation.