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Titanium Deluxe
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  • Refined, race proven titanium version of our renound Steel Deluxe
  • Prototype ridden to victory by Christina Begey in National Championship 24 hour solo race in Winter Park, CO, 8/7/01
  • Aero-space grade 3/2.5 titanium tubing
  • Main triangle custom butted with precise centerless grinding
  • Shot peened for durable, superior finish and significantly improved fatigue life
  • Exquisite welding that must be seen to be believed
  • Hand carved and cast Sterling Silver head badge
  • Size specific tubing
  • Custom machined 6/4 titanium dropouts
  • Unlimited Warranty for the life of the original owner
  • Carbon seat tube insert eliminating any possibility of galling or seat post seizure
  • Choice of 6 decal color combinations
  • Painted panels included with choice of 26 colors, painted in our own PPG Certified paint shop
  • Designed around 80 mm Rock Shox, but geometry can easily be adjusted to other configurations

  • S&S coupling option for ultimate portability
  • Custom designs and geometry (no additional cost)
  • Additional water bottle brackets (no additional cost)
  • 29" wheel option available
  • IF suspension adjusted rigid steel fork available made with Columbus Nivacrom fork blades
  • Single Speed available at no additional cost
  • Top tube or down tube cable routing (no additional cost)
  • Rack mounts available (no additional cost)
  • Custom paint available applied in our own PPG Certified paint shop. (This is not recommended as rough use will require periodic repaint to keep the frame looking nice)

  • Haynes International aerospace 3-2.5 titanium tubing
  • Ancotech aerospace 3-2.5 titanium tubing

*IF chooses the best tube choices from each of these companies to give your new titanium bike the best ride characteristics for your body, weight and riding style.

Though we don't have a fancy marketing name for our tubesets, rest assured they are the absolute best titanium tubing money can buy, and are precisely butted using centerless grinding to ensure that they are not only light weight, but stiff where needed.

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Titanium Deluxe

When our dealers and riders saw the outstanding quality of our ti road bike which we introduced in the Fall of 2000, they started demanding a ti version of our race proven steel Deluxe. We made 3 prototypes of the ti mountain bike and gave them to Johs Huseby, Cristina Begey and Ken Helgeson to race in December of 2000. Riding the Ti Deluxe prototype, Cristina went on to become the winner and National Champion for the inaugural 24 hour solo race held on August 7, 2001, in Winter Park, Colorado - a nice chapter in the story of the development of the Ti Deluxe.

The Ti Deluxe made history upon its introduction at Interbike by being the first titanium mountain frame to be shot peened. Shot peening provides a uniquely lustrous finish, stress relieves the frame and dramatically increases the fatigue life in the heat affected zones.

 

 


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