Ti Gear Box Bike Handmade.

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flag iCloudz (May 27, 2009 at 4:10)
Very nice, gotta love bikes like this.
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flag x0Lz (May 27, 2009 at 4:11)
That's realy nice.
Weight ?
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flag nickperryman711 (May 27, 2009 at 4:27)
probably light as it's Ti
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flag mooseman414 (May 27, 2009 at 7:37)
Titanium is hard to weld on, harder than aluminum, because it has to be submerged in argon or some other inert gas. Aluminum needs argon flowing through it, so props to the man who welded this frame. You got skillstup
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flag Gran4ts (Jun 1, 2009 at 8:58)
Nice :O rly nice. Better than Kona Stinky etc ^^
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flag Gsnickets (Jun 1, 2009 at 13:22)
the tubing needs to be purged creating a vacuum inside and then have pure argon(99.999% pure, like 10 parts per million for best results) flowing to keep contaminates out of the backside of the weld, and shielding gas must be kept flowing on the weld until it cools to somewhere around 500F.... actually, other than the set up, Ti is easier to weld than aluminum, it's a lot more like stainless steel than aluminum, just the setup and preparation take a bit more effort.

when I was in school, Ti was something all of us were a afraid of touching, but after repairing a few Ti frames it quickly became my favorite metal to weld.

anyway, very nice job on the frame.... I can't imagine the total cost of that bike, very pretty.
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flag luky (Jun 1, 2009 at 18:06)
lol im gunna guess your a welder by trade
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flag Gsnickets (Jun 1, 2009 at 20:51)
haha, i have 3 years in the industry, and 2 years of schooling.... bike mechanic by trade, but welding is a true passion.
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flag Dav3 (May 27, 2009 at 4:57)
nice build ! very sick frame
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flag Timpero (May 27, 2009 at 5:06)
Wish I had the skills to create something like that myself...
Very, very nice... respect...
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flag lambdarider (May 27, 2009 at 6:04)
Ti handmade....that´s sick!
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flag mojstaryracing (May 27, 2009 at 9:03)
linkage looks like form turner dhr, but bigger and longer. How does it ride?
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flag nickbdhstreet (May 27, 2009 at 11:46)
wow this is amazing, do you know if there are is any kind of documentation of its creation online? i would love to see how it was made.
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flag melonhead1145 (May 27, 2009 at 13:27)
i saw this guy at Caersws cup round 1!
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flag keith24mtb (Jun 1, 2009 at 3:23)
beautiful! but, stick some fox forks on it!
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flag bjarkiv10 (Jun 1, 2009 at 4:32)
This is deffenetly one of the coolest DH bikes I´ve ever seen!!
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flag k2dan (Jun 1, 2009 at 6:03)
out of a mad max movie, so cool!
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flag bigburd (Jun 1, 2009 at 8:14)
yeah lol thats what i was thinkin!
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flag craazy (Jun 1, 2009 at 7:48)
Titanium weights a little bit more than aluminium but is harder and more robust.
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flag mlyons (Jun 1, 2009 at 9:33)
Weight??
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flag motoxracer189 (Jun 1, 2009 at 13:35)
u could prob get shit ton for this bike its dope
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flag bud22 (Jun 1, 2009 at 14:14)
45 pounds
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flag me2menow (Jun 1, 2009 at 19:43)
frame weight??
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flag seraph (Jun 2, 2009 at 11:13)
Quite possibly one of the ugliest bikes I've ever seen, next to pretty much everything Nicolai has ever made. I'm sure it works great, but there are a lot of bikes that combine efficiency and good-looks out there.
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flag batesy44 (Jun 4, 2009 at 11:18)
i no its ti and it looks gorgeous
but it needs paint
how much did it cost??
and how much dose it weigh?
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flag JokerMachine (Aug 5, 2009 at 9:16)
It doesn't need paint, Ti doesn't corrode.
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flag batesy44 (Aug 5, 2009 at 13:15)
i no it dosent but it just looks bad i think dh bikes only realy look good in some nice shiney paint
the only bikes that looks good raw are bmxes and street bikes
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Date: 2009-05-27
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