Calling out all Ti Bikes..

[jdh]

Beautiful Afternoon.

[bismo37]

Carl Strong Ti road frameset for today's cold, wet ride. Guess I can't call it a rain bike since it has no dynamo hubs and internally geared hubs.

[GonaSovereign]

I fully endorse and happily participate in the shift away from garage door backdrops for this ti bike thread. Some great pics here.

[texbike]

I love this thread! Bikes are cool. Titanium bikes are even cooler!

Texbike

[needmobikes]

Originally Posted by texbike

I love this thread! Bikes are cool. Titanium bikes are even cooler!

Texbike

Yes! Any cool Ti components/accessories out there?

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[VTR1000SP2]

Originally Posted by Mikej

That is really nice...

For a Lynskey, it really is.

[sales guy]

Originally Posted by needmobikes

Yes! Any cool Ti components/accessories out there?

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We do custom ti anodized headset spaces, seat collars, headtube badges and seatposts.

[Mikej]

Originally Posted by sales guy

We do custom ti anodized headset spaces, seat collars, headtube badges and seatposts.

I remember Kent Eriksen (disclosure: I am a rabid fan) anodized some Moots frames back in the early-mid 90's -then seven poo-poo'd that saying it was going fail (or somebody). Then Firefly re-started the current trend of anno'd ti and now, well, who doesn't have an anno option on ti? pretty cool imo.

[sales guy]

Originally Posted by Mikej

I remember Kent Eriksen (disclosure: I am a rabid fan) anodized some Moots frames back in the early-mid 90's -then seven poo-poo'd that saying it was going fail (or somebody). Then Firefly re-started the current trend of anno'd ti and now, well, who doesn't have an anno option on ti? pretty cool imo.

Not sure what Seven said about it. Never heard that before. Honestly, it's super super common tho on titanium. I was doing this on titanium seatposts back in 2002 at American Classic.

It's just an electric and chemical reaction. And it's only a surface treatment. If you use a slight abrasive rag or chemical, you can remove it completely.
Enigma has been doing for 6+ years.

Everyone is doing it now. It pretty easy to do and can produce some great results.

[mcteague]

Originally Posted by sales guy

Not sure what Seven said about it. Never heard that before. Honestly, it's super super common tho on titanium. I was doing this on titanium seatposts back in 2002 at American Classic.

It's just an electric and chemical reaction. And it's only a surface treatment. If you use a slight abrasive rag or chemical, you can remove it completely.
Enigma has been doing for 6+ years.

Everyone is doing it now. It pretty easy to do and can produce some great results.

http://www.sevencycles.com/buildingb...nt/surface.php

Seven strongly advises against anodizing titanium. Hence, we will void the lifetime warranty on any Seven frame that has been anodized.

Tim

[chiasticon]

Originally Posted by mcteague

http://www.sevencycles.com/buildingb...nt/surface.php

if we're to take their word over that of a dozen or so other Ti builders who offer these options, they should present some references to back up their claims.

[Mikej]

Those welds looks pretty good, too, Sales Guy.

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by sales guy

We do custom ti anodized headset spaces, seat collars, headtube badges and seatposts.

You have my attention, do you offer these to the public or only Enigma customers (didn't see them on the website)? Does Enigma make the stems and posts, customs?

The world needs more nice Ti seatpost with vertical clamp hardware.

[mcteague]

Originally Posted by chiasticon

if we're to take their word over that of a dozen or so other Ti builders who offer these options, they should present some references to back up their claims.

Agreed. But, OTOH, what bike builder has more experience building with titanium than Seven Cycles? Remember, many of them started at Merlin.

Tim

[ltwtsculler91]

Originally Posted by mcteague

Agreed. But, OTOH, what bike builder has more experience building with titanium than Seven Cycles? Remember, many of them started at Merlin.

Tim

The former Serotta crew that is staffing No22 or the guys at Moots?
They both offer some range of anodized finishes that look great.

From reading Seven's blurb it sounds like they're worried about cracking from the potential gas buildup and composition change which I would definitely worry about near/on the weld areas, but if you see where other builders are anodizing it is always right on the tubes where they should be strong enough to hold up and surrounded by "clean" Ti