Identify Titanium (maybe) bike

[TreaderSteve]

Nice, looking really nice

 

[interceptor75]

Hi everyone.
bike almost finished. I'm waiting for an Easton carbon seatpost to arrive.
apart from the saddle and the grips, I took most of the parts from an old Stevens MTB bought at a bargain price.

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[interceptor75]

Hi everyone.
the bike is practically finished.
I "added some lightness"

 

[interceptor75]

Now comes the hardest part....
make the rider lose weight...

 

[bikeworkshop]

Now comes the hardest part....
make the rider lose weight...

Easy.
No snacks
Nothing sugary
No artificial sweetners

Have a bowl of fruit around

I reckon it's 10x faster to gain weight than lose it.
I gain 2kg in a few days over Xmas and it takes me 2-3 months to lose it, but then I go up hills a lot easier.

 

[baron von greenback]

Nice find and bike looks good how can you tell if something's titanium is there any easy tips

 

[bikeworkshop]

Nice find and bike looks good how can you tell if something's titanium is there any easy tips

There are some tips at the start of the thread, but basically the welds are a much closer width to steel than aluminium, and a magnet won't stick.

It's usually unpainted, and the slightly golden brown colour is distinctive, and even polished is not as shiny as nickel plate or chrome.

With experience you can feel the heat transfer (steel is coldest, carbon warmest) and sound the tube for thickness.

Additionally the frame ends and tube sizes and profiles tend to be distinctive, but this isn't definitive - you could do the same in other materials.