Oh yeah, I was also riding a fixie:
It's a zen thing, you wouldn't understand.Dear Fixedgeargallery... pic.twitter.com/lq4A82rII5— Bike Snob NYC (@bikesnobnyc) May 15, 2019
In the meantime, I've received the following request:
Maybe I'm still in the new-to-me-bike honeymoon phase, but I've ridden this thing almost every day since taking delivery and I must say I'm smitten with it in a way in which few bikes have ever smote me before. (I'm not sure any of the preceding sentence makes any sense, but what do you want from a free blog?) Granted, I have yet to conduct any scientific testing, but I'm beginning to suspect that maybe there is something to this whole "magical ride of titanium" thing. In fact, I like the bike so much I almost regret getting it, because it's got me thinking. For example, I also love this bike deeply:
So how much more would I love a Jones made out of titanium?
Sure, maybe you can't really tell the difference through those fat tires...but what if you can?
Even worse, what happens if I become so addicted to titanium that I simply have to have it at all times? First you're upgrading all of your bike holdings to titanium, and then before you know it you're putting a down payment on that titanium toothbrush.
Guess I'd better spend more time on that fixie, it's the only thing still keeping me honest.
pODIUum inheriting dust. Is it not verbotten to have rear brakes on a fixie?
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ReplyDeleteI have ridden ti since 2000. Bought a ti watch. Recently spent $12 on ti water bottle cage bolts to save 12 grams. Help me.
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ReplyDeletei thought you were previous 'smotened' with the wood bike..
(i'm still on aluminum and i want it to stay 'good enough')
wle
titanium is expensive
ReplyDeleteI've never had a Ti bike, but my little bro has an ancient Merlin Ti mt bike, and boy was (is) there some coveting going on...something about Ti does that. (his bike is so old that it has a caliper brake UNDER the chain-stays facing down....boy does that thing gunk up w/ mud quickly if you ever ride in wet areas!) And I think it even has the old 1" headset. But it STILL looks like a million bucks. Litespeed, Merlin, Seven, Moots...there are so many players that make wicked-bitchin' bikes out of Ti. And getting one used is the way to go...WAY cheaper than new (granted it won't be the latest and greatest doo-dads, but hey, it's Ti!) Enjoy it Tan...that lust will die down one day and it will be just another bike. The lusting days are few and far between in the lives of cyclists. Love the one you're with...wise words from Crosby Stills and Nash.
ReplyDeleteYou should definitely get a titanium Jones Spaceframe with matching truss fork. I hereby call dibs on the lowly-by-comparison Jones Complete when you do. I'll even give you the Brand X back!
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I have titanium in my bones. About a linear foot of ti in my left femur, to be more precise. I acquired said ti as a result of a little dust-up on my ti fred sled, which is a blood relative of that Tuscany. Looking back, I wouldn't have it any other way.
ReplyDeleteSo,it's ti,tan? See what I did there?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the ti,tan.
My at-work internet blocked the 2007 post because "sex". Frankly, I was kind of disappointed. I was expecting at least some Larry King-concealed fixie porn ...
ReplyDeleteSoon we will find Ti-novo huddled in the corner mumbling things like "We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious." And "It came to me. My own. My love. My own. My precious."
ReplyDeleteI have a Jones ti LWB truss fork Spaceframe with dropper post, mech dick brakes, 1x12 Sram and 29er crabon 50+mm rims 3.25 Zee bulldozer tires hanging on its big hook next to my several other bikes hanging on their small hooks. When you finally get around to hosting your fondont I will bring the ti Jones there and let you try it while I try out your Jones complete. C'mon and ti, Tan. We will have fun.
ReplyDeleteTi frames have a certain spring that's distinct from the flex of steel underneath a rider. More active return in the frame's omnidirectional compliance under load. Or something mumbo jumbo like that, i should've consulted Zinn before posting this. Without evidence I'm just broadly generalizing all ti bikes from the experience I had owning one, an 90's era Hercules Cycle and Motor Company/Raleigh frame I got second hand and would have kept, but was a skosh too small. Ti is the transcendent frame upgrade when steel's too plonk and no longer has appeal, carbon feels cheap and aluminum buzzy. I hope the Litespeed assists with the bliss for many miles. Ti is nice.
ReplyDeleteBack in the W years I foolishly sold the only titanium bike I’ve owned. It was a rare Ibis mtb, and I would treasure the damn thing now. Live and learn, they say, but the two seem to happen at different rates.
ReplyDeleteLook at all those Fredly PR's.... all the rest is marketing.
ReplyDeleteSelect all the images with cars... way to go Google!
ReplyDeletewait, wasn't the Budnitz made out of titanium too???
ReplyDeleteThat "zen thing" link was blocked by my werk. I believe there is a meaning in there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteSteel : marijuana :: Titanium : LSD
ReplyDeleteI've got a Colnago BiTitan that was my main ride for several years. The top tube is a wee bit long for me, but it's a beautiful bike. It's got a super stable steel fork...is that not cool? Anyway, I bought a crabon (as the Snob says it) "endurance" bike a few years ago and so I hardly use the Ti. The geometry and crabon make the ride much more forgiving and it fits better. Still, no one ever remarks on the crabon, like the did with the 'Nago.
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