Re: limits of Ti?: Bikefanclub.com

Those Serotta dudes drink a lot of beer and truly are big, they'd take look at you and think you were Iban Mayo. I weigh about what you do (early season) and my Ti frame is in the area of 2.6 pounds. I donâ€™t feel that Iâ€™m big at all when it comes to Ti. The lightest steel frames that I've seen with reasonable tube thickness are in the 3.5 pound area before paint. I highly recommend a compact Ti frame. Mine is plenty stiff enough torsionally and is certainly stiffer than my 853 bike. However, my 853 bike has a brittle-too stiff ride vertically. My Ti bike rides like a dream in comparison. Great builders add to the materials that they work with. If you read the posts on this the new forum, you will see a consistent theme that Spectrums are quite nimble but somehow posses amazing descending qualities. What I notice the most, is how well it climbs. I believe Tom does something different with the front end geometry that makes these bikes handle the way they do. You and I seem to have similar riding styles and my Spectrum is a true all-a-rounder. Give Tom a call, tell him what you want out of a bike and heâ€™ll tell you if it can be done. Without exception, every Spectrum rider Iâ€™ve ever met feels that Tom got their bike spot on.

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