2012 I got my Time at a swap and moved the Campy over from my chinacrabon
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2011: the beginning of the gravel years on my dirt road / CX bike
Another bike portrait…
2012: pushing the numbers on the gravel bike theme:
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My first personal cycletruck built for Mini Bike Winter 2012
I broke the original mini-ashtabula BB on another Portland trip a few years later https://i.imgur.com/QFGO7.jpg so my “Tough And Furious” got a donor set of 105mm cranks from a Barbie Bike
I gave it to @Rojoleon after I finished building my Swift
He glued a PF30-BSA conversion shell into it for normal track cranks and also converted it from 18" wheels to normal 20" BMX
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Nice katu
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Everything is a shitty Instagram screenshot, but here are m 2013 bikes
Trek Fredsled (still a daily rider)
Bridgestone RB1 w/ SR, swapped from the Cannondale. A customer left this one behind and it was my size, so I sold my alu racing bike and took on this unimpressive frame
Raw Kona Unit 29er. Had this one for a while, but eventually sold it when I realized I was going to need more than 80mm of travel to ride PNW trails
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Editing all this on my phone is awful, so you people can figure out the rest
don’t think of it as breaking the frame, think of it as making an 80’s pursuit bike
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How was the motobacon ti frame?
It was fine. I sucked as a rider then so I’m not sure I trust my memory, but it handled like a cross bike does on the road (which it was); not my favorite. I think with a lower BB it would have been fine? It was a smooth ride though. I hated the super long reach brakes but I liked the clearance. They should’ve just specced cantis or mini Vs but I guess they marketed it as a road bike. I’d totally own one of their Ti bikes again. They just look a little off.
Those frames are typically made from the shittiest, cheapest Ti with the turdliest buttways. It’s no Merlin Extralight or Serotta Colorado Concept
No real reason to choose a frame like that over a Gunnar or other high end ferrous bike
Also the bottom has basically fallen completely fallen out in the titanium bike market, so if you want a Ti frame, you have your pick of truly great ones on eBay
I mean fuck…
i think the floor has fallen out on road bikes in general, especially ti ones. When carbon is so easy to get affordably. I wonder if there is a space for a ti all-roader?? hmm…
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A lightweight wiggle bike steel frame is probably an easier sell than some Ti thing.
Carbon fiber Polyvalent?
Here’s the thing though. lightweight wiggle bike for our niche is not really possible on large scale. They have a hard time passing testing. Fine for custom where the ride is perfectly tuned for a specific rider, but for us, they must pass rigorous testing. There’s also fine line between wiggly, shimmy-y, and whippy which is difficult, expensive, and time consuming to find.
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Exactly, that’s why (pretty much) no one does it, or those who do (Rawland) end up with a lot of broken frames. I also don’t think a Ti bike is much of a value proposition, either, with the current carbon and alloy offerings. What about alloy?
Aluminum alloy is a good option too! Not opposed to it. But I wonder if folks can shake off the stiff and brittle and racy vibes aluminum has gotten in the past.
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I want a not-race-stiff aluminum bike so bad
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