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Tisport Titanium Road Bikes
by Rick Schultz
posted 2006-03-25

TiSport has been building frames since 1989. TiSport has fabricated road, mountain, cyclocross, triathlon and recumbent bike frames for a number of foreign and domestic customers such as Bacchetta, Bontrager, Colorado Cyclist, Dean, Diamondback, Fuji, Gary Fisher, GT, Ibis, Kona, Marin, Mongoose Pro, Sampson and Yeti. They also produce Titanium Golf Club Shafts and Titanium Wheelchairs. Basically, they know how to fabricate titanium…

Metallurgy for Cyclists - Part 5
by Scot Nicol
posted 2006-03-15

If you’ve followed parts one through four of this series on bicycle metallurgy, you’ve learned a lot about the physical characteristics that are important to consider when designing aluminum, titanium or steel bicycle frames. This installment takes a step outside the realm of metallurgy, and looks at the use of carbon-fiber composites in bicycle frame applications…

Metallurgy for Cyclists - Part 4
by Scot Nicol
posted 2006-03-01

The Titanium Development Association calls titanium “the material of choice,” and there are a lot of people in the bike industry who would agree. This, the fourth part of our metallurgy series, is about that mysterious and expensive metal, titanium. Its reputation within the industry is excellent: light weight, super strength and fatigue life, a magical ride …and a heavy price tag, to boot. So let’s find out what the physical characteristics are that give titanium such an enviable reputation…

Metallurgy for Cyclists - Part 3
by Scot Nicol
posted 2006-02-15

Good morning …afternoon …evening (circle one), class. Today, we are going to study aluminum. What we learn today will be based on the knowledge you’ve already gained during our two previous sessions…

Metallurgy for Cyclists - Part 2
by Scot Nicol
posted 2006-02-01

The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one, no one in the world can you trust – not men, not women, not beasts …this you can trust.” – Conan’s dad, from the film “Conan the Barbarian…”

Metallurgy for Cyclists - Part 1
by Scot Nicol
posted 2006-01-15

What is the best material to use in building a bicycle frame – steel, aluminum, titanium or carbon fiber? What about something even more exotic? While this certainly isn’t as important a topic as who will replace Shannon on “Beverly Hills: 90210,” it is fodder for lengthy debates among bike junkies (like myself)...