Timeline for Experience with welding Titanium frame?
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| Sep 2, 2010 at 3:29 | answer | added | Dustin Ingram | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 18:02 | comment | added | geoffc | @dotjoe: Yes I still do, over a LOT of riding, I have done a LOT more damage to steel frames than I have to a Ti frame. It is 14 years old, and many tens of thousands of miles riding. And I am a big guy (270 lbs now, was racing at 235 lbs) so I expect things to wear out/break. Also, all the cracks but one do not affect riding. | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 15:29 | comment | added | dotjoe | With that many cracks, and you still think TI frames are strong? | |
| Aug 30, 2010 at 10:15 | comment | added | geoffc | Edited crank puller in. Thanks. I am 6'2" and raced at 235 lbs, but am now at 270 lbs, alas. | |
| Aug 30, 2010 at 10:14 | history | edited | geoffc | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 30, 2010 at 2:30 | comment | added | darkcanuck | The tool is a crank puller, I think. I'd answer your actual question if I could... My LBS steered me towards steel instead of Ti since at my size (6'3" 225lbs) I might flex the frame too much during standing climbs. | |
| Aug 25, 2010 at 19:55 | history | asked | geoffc | CC BY-SA 2.5 |