Which Ti Frame ?

Hi All,
New to the site and helping out a female friend build a Ti bike for her.This will be an upgrade to her Specialized Dolce and specifically told me that she wanted a Ti frame. The only Company I've found was Litespeed Bella and cheapest frameset is $1899. She has a budget of $2000 for the frameset. Is there any other company that makes Ti WSD frame out there. Oh and she stands about 5'1 95lbs. Thank you

http://www.merlinbike.com/bikes/2006...ic/camena.aspx

Look at the Merlin Camena. Melissam just bought one and she's about that height or maybe shorter.:)

The Seven Alaris has a frame price a bit over her budget....but then, it's a Seven and would be completely custom for her. A custom bike wouldn't be "WSD" but would be rider specific - which, given her size, would be a great way to go.
I highly recommend Seven.

No idea what the price but Titus has long been focused on women riders.

Titus Estrella
http://www.titusti.com/estrella.html

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Originally Posted by SadieKate

http://www.merlinbike.com/bikes/2006...ic/camena.aspx

Look at the Merlin Camena. Melissam just bought one and she's about that height or maybe shorter.:)

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I was looking at this site also - any idea how much is Camena custom fitted for her?

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Originally Posted by 7rider

The Seven Alaris has a frame price a bit over her budget....but then, it's a Seven and would be completely custom for her. A custom bike wouldn't be "WSD" but would be rider specific - which, given her size, would be a great way to go.
I highly recommend Seven.

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I also visited this website I don't know about her budget though, Kind a expensive.

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Originally Posted by SadieKate

No idea what the price but Titus has long been focused on women riders.

Titus Estrella
http://www.titusti.com/estrella.html

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Thanks I'm gonna show her this website .

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Originally Posted by SadieKate

http://www.merlinbike.com/bikes/2006...ic/camena.aspx

Look at the Merlin Camena. Melissam just bought one and she's about that height or maybe shorter.:)

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On Sunday I found out that I'm only 60.5". I didn't even make it to 5'1". OTOH, I weigh a bit more than 95 pounds. :o

Anyway, the Merlin Camena XS fits me very well -- maybe a little better than my 47cm Trek 5200 WSD.

nismosr, you might have your friend take a look at Habanero bikes. They could probably make a custom titanium frame at a price within her budget.

Happy shopping!

- Melissa

Are you doing yoga regularly? You might make 60.75". :D

I'll put it on my list of things to do. ;)

- Melissa (who used to think she was 5'2" -- now *that* was a gross misrepresentation, wasn't it?)

Yeah, and yellow thought she was the same height as I. :rolleyes:

If so, I weigh the same as she.












I wish.

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Originally Posted by 7rider

The Seven Alaris has a frame price a bit over her budget....but then, it's a Seven and would be completely custom for her. A custom bike wouldn't be "WSD" but would be rider specific - which, given her size, would be a great way to go.
I highly recommend Seven.

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I thought about Seven Cycles but I think frameset starts at around 3K right ? kind a bit for her budget.

Lynskey

Drool.....

http://search.ebay.com/merlin-bike_W...MerlineQ20Bike

Good think it's too small for me...

CA

You might look into a Ti-Cycles Hyak (http://ticycles.com/TiCycles/hyak_ti.html) A non custom frame is less than $2000, a custom frame is a little over. Even though they don't list it in their specs they have a 47cm frame with 650 wheels- I have one. It's not specifically WSD, but the geometry is compatible with us smaller women (I'm short and long legged, my race bike is a Specialized Ruby).