hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
Who's is the big bicycle overhead?
Show us your Titanium....
- Thread starter potnoodle
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booze and cake
probably out cycling
I've joined the club. Got the frame today, over 20 years old but doesn't look it. I've still not got all the parts to put on it yet, but a new project is underway
EDIT; and here it is built up.
EDIT; and here it is built up.
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NotAsGoodAsMyBike
Active Member
Here’s my Moots in Richmond Park (excuse the clumsy black pen erasing the car number plates and pedestrian to protect their privacy - I couldn’t be bothered loading the pic into software to do it neatly!)
Soltydog
Legendary Member
- Location
- near Hornsea
Got myself a set of Ti bolts for my 2 steeds. Fitted to Van Nic bottle cages already
Got a set to fit to the Enigma, hopefully later today, along with a set of drilled Ti washers for the mudguard mounts
edit - fit all bolts & washers to the Enigma & I reckon paying extra for the drilled washers may have been a waste, can't see tham at all under the bolt head 🤔
Got a set to fit to the Enigma, hopefully later today, along with a set of drilled Ti washers for the mudguard mounts
edit - fit all bolts & washers to the Enigma & I reckon paying extra for the drilled washers may have been a waste, can't see tham at all under the bolt head 🤔
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anothersam
SMIDSMe
- Location
- Far East Sussex
Liking that Moots... and pretty much any other ti my eye spies.
I can’t believe it’s been almost 7 years since I posted on this thread! Nothing has been added to my small rare metals* collection, unless you count the bolt which I bought for some reason.
Can be used as currency in a post-apocalyptic world
Here are my Enigma Esprit and Litespeed Blue Ridge leading the pack:
4 bikes, 4 gears
*OK, titanium is apparently the 9th most common element. Right after hubris.
I can’t believe it’s been almost 7 years since I posted on this thread! Nothing has been added to my small rare metals* collection, unless you count the bolt which I bought for some reason.
Can be used as currency in a post-apocalyptic world
Here are my Enigma Esprit and Litespeed Blue Ridge leading the pack:
4 bikes, 4 gears
*OK, titanium is apparently the 9th most common element. Right after hubris.
Exlaser2
Veteran
It was my Ventus 7 year birthday this month too and I could not have put it better .😀
Hugh Jampton
Guru
- Location
- Epping Forest
Deafie
Guru
- Location
- So good they named it twice
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
The Ti part of my fleet, removed from the shed while I was fettling something else.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
What frame is the 2nd in line?
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
From right to left - Spa Elan (with the red Hope light) ::: Van Nicholas Ventus - the one that started it all 5 1/2 years ago, all decals removed and running on Campag Zonda wheels ::: flat bar build based on an On-One Pickenflick frame & forks ::: bog standard Van Nicholas Ventus SE picked up as a clearance direct from VN and used as my main commuter
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Nice.
The seatstays look slightly more forgiving on the original Ventus than on the SE? But that may be a trick of the light/angle of photo.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
It's probably the angle or the light as they are the same frame - the SE is the basic bike supplied direct from Van Nicholas and the other one is the retail version supplied by Fatbirds. There's very slight differences in the spec only, but I've upgraded/tarted up a few of the bits on the one with no decals as it was my 50th birthday present to myself.
Soltydog
Legendary Member
- Location
- near Hornsea
Glad you posted that too, as I thought the 2nd was a Ventus, then saw the 4th & thought, no that looks more like a Ventus
Got mine about 4 or 5 years ago & started my love affair with Ti too. Mine was only about £1400, should have bought 2 
