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Titanium vs Carbon

  • 21-04-2009 12:58pm
    #1
    Needabike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭


    Looking at the Van Nicholas Euros or Planet X Ti Sportive

    Are Ti bikes as comfortable as people make out , how are they on irish roads.
    Has anyone on boards had experience with Ti bikes and how did you find it

    thanks


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  • #2
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Needabike wrote: »
    Looking at the Van Nicholas Euros or Planet X Ti Sportive

    Are Ti bikes as comfortable as people make out , how are they on irish roads.
    Has anyone on boards had experience with Ti bikes and how did you find it

    thanks

    Blorg has a Ti litespeed, and a Van Nicholas Amazon, and is a big fan of Ti, but mostly cos he's contrary... there's a few others that have Ti bikes on here too, and I think in general they're thought highly of... the Planet X is a damn good price for a stunning frame (particularly if you get the £2000 build)


  • #3
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    dont ignore scandium frames either:cool:


  • #4
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    I currently have a titanium road bike, ti tourer and a carbon MTB; have had two carbon road bikes in the past. The tourer was the first ti bike, you can't really get tourers in carbon and the ti was lighter than steel which was the alternative I was considering.

    Carbon can be just as comfortable. It's lighter, cheaper and can be stiffer. Ti is a bit more different and probably holds up to side impacts a bit better. The ones I have had have been comfortable certainly but probably not much more than my carbon ones. What sort of riding do you want the bike for?


  • #5
    Needabike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭Needabike


    About 3-4K per year

    Mostly 2 hour spins on a Sunday with 4-5 century rides per year

    Have a Hercules SE and find it pretty comfortable , some lower back pain but probably due more to lack of miles in the legs this year than the bike


  • #6
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    If you already have a nice carbon bike (I am guessing bought recently?) and find it comfortable probably no point moving to ti. Lower back pain is generally position on the bike, maybe consider a physio or bike fit? Certainly not the sort of thing changing to a titanium bike is likely to help with.

    When I changed my carbon road bike (Focus Cayo) to the ti one (Litespeed Archon) the Archon was half price and a big upgrade over the Cayo. Besides, I had the Cayo for slightly over six months at that stage so it was getting old :)


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