Let's see your titanium bikes...

[Rebecca19804]

I'm not aware of a specific ti show-and-tell thread and am a bit tired of running searches to see other people's ti bikes.

So... anyone fancy posting up a photo or two, and maybe a few words about what they like about their bike or what led them to choose titanium?

I can start (if I must!) --

I ordered a custom Enigma Etape at the end of July. 90 days later, she was delivered into my hands:



I chose ti because I love steel but was hoping for something just a bit more forgiving on longer rides. I'm not quite pushing my mileage boundaries again yet, but the future looks bright. I went the custom route because stock geometries are persistently short. There's only so much you can do with stems and handlebars. I got my steel roadbike set up near enough, but the result was the bike was not "under me" properly -- apparently my centre of gravity was too "behind" the bike, so the handling suffered. On the Etape, I'm in much the same position but further forward. The results seems to be a bit less effort needed. Meanwhile, the reach is good and the bike has that just-right balance between responsive and stable.

The entire custom build experience with the Enigma team was A+, too. I highly recommend.