Condor Gran Fondo titanium

[ianrauk]

Oh definately, but the old phrase 'cheap, light, strong. Pick two', well....


Tony.

Well, these are light and they are strong.. so not bad considering the cost.
9000 miles and only now the rims are showing wear,

 

[jowwy]

Handbuilts here too on my Ti - £320

 

[outlash]

And they're very nice wheels too .

 

[vickster]

Ian's appeal more, I don't personally like black deep rims

 

[jowwy]

Ian's appeal more, I don't personally like black deep rims

Thats ok - but for the record ian's rims are deeper

 

[vickster]

But they're not black so dont look it your bike is more of a rugged look

 

[SSmatty]

Pants wettingly beautiful!
I have a Ti mountain bike with a shame fully low spec.
I'll Never sell it.

 

[Onyer]

My Enigma Etape with handbuilt wheels from DCR. Unlike Ian I still use my Roubaix most of the time. But Ti does give a cracking ride.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Van Nic, Lynskey etc who are known Ti specialist do a cracking job. You can customise it and build at home or at Fatbird. The tube spec are identifical - grade 9 Ti

Ps. By the way, it was you who seeded the Ti in my mind. Go for it.

 

[vickster]

I want to continue to build my stable from British brands, which for off the peg leaves me mainly with Condor and Enigma I think. The pearson ti does nothing for me

 

[Arrowfoot]

I want to continue to build my stable from British brands, which for off the peg leaves me mainly with Condor and Enigma I think. The pearson ti does nothing for me

The frameset is all Italian including the headset and tube. The 3 pieces are available around the world. The distributor is an Italian firm in the UK.

 

[vickster]

Yes but the company and brand is British it's also a London thing, I'm from London and I've always wanted a Condor bike. If I didn't already have steel, I might well have burnt the credit card yesterday!

I've not yet seen a frame in the metal or online that comes close to the attractiveness of the condor, they are all a bit plain to me for want of a better word!

 

[ianrauk]

There's also Burls. Sabbath and Spin Industries, all British Ti framebuilders

 

[Lisat]

Yes but the company and brand is British it's also a London thing, I'm from London and I've always wanted a Condor bike. If I didn't already have steel, I might well have burnt the credit card yesterday!

I've not yet seen a frame in the metal or online that comes close to the attractiveness of the condor, they are all a bit plain to me for want of a better word!

I was also on the Condor shop yesterday and after going into a number of shops in the past months they were the most welcoming and helpful so my mind is almost made up. So time to save the pennies for next years purchase.
I haven't got a steel bike, being a Londoner Condor was always going to be top contender, seeing them in the flesh in large numbers only made one more desirable.

 

[vickster]

There's also Burls. Sabbath and Spin Industries, all British Ti framebuilders

Not heard of Spin but the Burls and sabbath frames I've seen just don't have the wow factor which the Condor did. It's hard to explain, the detailing was to my eye just exquisite (I realise it's a very personal thing). My reservation about titanium so far has been that it's a little too silver and simple. The condor has turned my head on this

Now I just need that PI claim to settle

I also need to check how much it would cost to add such an expensive bike to my home insurance!