Which Ti Bike?

[wonderloaf]

Bought a Ribble CGR Ti a couple of months ago and am very happy with it, I also wanted an 'all round' bike similar to your requirements and it fits the bill exactly, very versatile. I've got 40mm Schwalbe G-One tyres fitted at the moment and they roll well on the road but also allow a bit of light off roading (tow paths etc). You can also fit full mudguards and racks if that's your thing.

It's a bit outside your budget but you might be able to get something back by using Quidco or similar. I got mine when Ribble were running a Bike Builder promo so managed to upgrade the groupset and a couple of other components for no extra cost, don't how often they run these but might be worth signing up to their newsletter, you never know.

 

[HLaB]

Hello,

This site definitely seems to be the place to ask about Ti!

I'm looking to buy a kind of "all round" style ti bike. Main use will be road, sportives, centuries. Looking for a comfortable ride that I can push quite hard in events etc.

But ideally it could also replace my winter bike which does see a bit of trails/cross bike territory - nothing major. But it will ideally be disc or at least have decent clearance. Probably want guard and rack mounts.

I don't have a massive amount to spend and am at the budget end of ti with no more that £2000. PX offers look alluring. I'm in Scotland and limited for actually seeing and riding bikes before buying unfortunately.

It might not be feasible for you I had a similar budget a few years ago and went the frame route.

Edit: I got a Kinesis Gran Fondo Tiand I've been very happy with it. Mine ticks most of you boxes but doesn't have your ideal disc brakes but I think their newer version does and there's also the Kinesis ATR Ti