My wife rides a 15 years old Ti-Bike for about 50000 miles in all weather conditions (Ti6Al4V, at these days you still got a Ti64 frame), just a little bit of water and soap and the frame looks like on day one. A strong point of Ti, it is robust, it doesn't need to be treated carefully.
The bike with all stuff is right at the UCI limit of 6.8 kg, thus lighter than all these new road super bikes for more than 10000$.
With the exception of the American fashion brands good Ti-frames may not be too expensive. At least from Italy one gets good custom frames at around 2500$, Specialized or other top brand carbon frames may be much more expensive.
I once had a super light Al-frame bike (Sc alloyed Al, but not a Cannondale). I liked it a lot, but it failed at the steerer tube after about 15000 miles. I replaced the frame with a Ti-frame and don’t think about cracking. If I remember correctly these light Cannondale Al-frames didn’t have the eternal life.
The bike with all stuff is right at the UCI limit of 6.8 kg, thus lighter than all these new road super bikes for more than 10000$.
With the exception of the American fashion brands good Ti-frames may not be too expensive. At least from Italy one gets good custom frames at around 2500$, Specialized or other top brand carbon frames may be much more expensive.
I once had a super light Al-frame bike (Sc alloyed Al, but not a Cannondale). I liked it a lot, but it failed at the steerer tube after about 15000 miles. I replaced the frame with a Ti-frame and don’t think about cracking. If I remember correctly these light Cannondale Al-frames didn’t have the eternal life.