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Well, I'm bored, so why not?
Actually, I've been meaning to do this for some time now, ever since @IHateRain donated most of the correct running gear from his Titanius over in Germany to the cause.
So, my German Titanius F41 00557 (which had a short life as a gravel bike, see here; ) is going to get dressed up in all the STX kit from (I'm assuming scrapped?) F41 00648
It's not just for the sake of it though, oh no, it's going to spend it's days in my basement strapped to my turbo trainer, destined to see thousands (maybe hundreds) of digital miles on Zwift!
For historical documentation, here's some background repeated from my WI build thread.
The list (so far)
F4I 00557 Germany (Mine)
F4I 00632 Croatia (Mine, WI clad)
F4I 00636 Poland
F4I 00648 Germany (scraped now, parts donated to 00557)
F4I 00??? Hungary
F4I 00??? Holland
The Titanius seems to have only been for sale in mainland Europe with the only sales information being an advert for the hardware chain Praktiker which had shops in at least Germany, Hungary and Luxembourg, there maybe others?
Bit more digging (by I Hate rain) made the discovery that in 1994 a German company called Hawk were advertising a Titanium range of bikes, one of which (the Take off) has a frame with almost exactly the same details as the Titanius except the connection between the stainless-steel lugs and the Ti tubes was beefed up, one could easily make the assumption that they (Hawk) were the actual manufacturer of the collapsible bargain bucket Clauds...
Actually, I've been meaning to do this for some time now, ever since @IHateRain donated most of the correct running gear from his Titanius over in Germany to the cause.
So, my German Titanius F41 00557 (which had a short life as a gravel bike, see here; ) is going to get dressed up in all the STX kit from (I'm assuming scrapped?) F41 00648
It's not just for the sake of it though, oh no, it's going to spend it's days in my basement strapped to my turbo trainer, destined to see thousands (maybe hundreds) of digital miles on Zwift!
For historical documentation, here's some background repeated from my WI build thread.
The list (so far)
F4I 00557 Germany (Mine)
F4I 00632 Croatia (Mine, WI clad)
F4I 00636 Poland
F4I 00648 Germany (scraped now, parts donated to 00557)
F4I 00??? Hungary
F4I 00??? Holland
The Titanius seems to have only been for sale in mainland Europe with the only sales information being an advert for the hardware chain Praktiker which had shops in at least Germany, Hungary and Luxembourg, there maybe others?
Bit more digging (by I Hate rain) made the discovery that in 1994 a German company called Hawk were advertising a Titanium range of bikes, one of which (the Take off) has a frame with almost exactly the same details as the Titanius except the connection between the stainless-steel lugs and the Ti tubes was beefed up, one could easily make the assumption that they (Hawk) were the actual manufacturer of the collapsible bargain bucket Clauds...
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...think I missed to ad the STX brake cable straddles - or however they are called. Found them randomly laying on the garage floor. Sry about that.
