It appears that the titanium tri bike market isn’t all that great at the present time. There are (obviously) plenty of bikes that claim to be tri bikes. But, in reality, there aren’t all that many titanium bikes that employ an actual tri-specific geometry (ie. steep seat tube angles, truly aero frame designs with shaped tubes, internal cabling, short head tubes, etc). Seems most are lacking in at least one of these areas.
Now, having said that… I’m not the most bike-knowledgeable person on the planet, so I’m sure that there are options that I’m missing. So, I’m turning to the ST knowledge pool to steer me to “the goods”.
What I’m looking for is a titanium frameset with 78+* seat tube, a low head tube height, internal cabling, truly aero tubing shapes, etc.
77 degree seat angle, aero tubing, no internal cable routing but she’s a beaut… and stinking fast/light/comfortable over the iron distance. Custom will only cost you a hundred or two more. Steeper angles no problem. I had mine set up with 78 degree angle.
I’m sponsored, for 3 years, won’t be changing brands anytime soon.
I really like my Saber. Steep ST angle, short head tube that gets me pretty low and aero. The tubes are pretty aero and the workmanship is very nice. The new Saber has internal cable routing.
Roark Cycles can build anything you want. Any seat tube angle, head tube height etc. I went through the fit process with Roarks “go to” guy, Verne LaMere (spelling?) I ended up with a 78.5 deg seat tube. I don’t mean to get into what angle is best. If I could have fit on a production bike, then I could have just moved the saddle forward. The main reson I went with Roark was that I can’t get a “off the shelf” tri bike. I’m to tall. They have a nice aero frame too. The best thing is you can get a bike made for YOU at about the same price of other Ti manufacturers.
