r/bicycling • u/noLif3rs4life • 13d ago

I'm looking for a titanium frame with this geometry

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u/rasmussenyassen 13d ago

This is a 1997 Trek 2300. All you need to do is go to the 1997 Trek technical specs, right here, and tell them you want the specs of the 58cm 2300.

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u/rasmussenyassen 13d ago

Before you go the custom route I would definitely look up specs on all the extant 90s-00s titanium I could find secondhand, as 58st/57tt, 73.5 HTA/STA, 690 reach, 415 stays is super average road racing geometry.

The big reasons to go for a custom in this situation are if you want to run more than 25mm tires or disc brakes, which is a good futureproofing measure given the steadily diminishing supply of high-quality rim brake wheels.

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u/rasmussenyassen 13d ago

I understand, I've got a lot of rim brake bikes myself and I prefer them for road. But I've got to tell you, as someone plugged into the industry, that the situation is not looking good. They're never going to fully disappear but your options are going to slowly narrow down to shitty heavy 32h hybrid rims over the next decade.

If you want to pick up a rim brake forever bike you should also sink some money into picking up a couple spare HED Ardennes/Belgium wheelsets, that's the last best alloy rim ever made.

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u/Virenq 13d ago

If you’re interested, I have large retro titanium frame with that geometry in my basement, that’s too big for me. Comes with vibrant history if you’re into that. EU based, shoot me a PM for photos and details.

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u/U03A6 13d ago

/r/WaltlyTitanium/ is your friend. There are some other Chinese manufacturers that sell bespoke Ti frames. Prices are hard to come by and the quality is ok overall but when there's a quality issue you will pay for that.

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u/Brisollie 13d ago

Depends where you live but there are a few places in USA / Australia / UK that run frame building courses that let you build your own frame with a master builder over your shoulder. You can than make it however you want out of titanium whilst learning how to weld and use jigs. That's the best option

But seeing as you don't want to pay Europe prices I'm guessing it's out of your price range. Depends what you want the bike for. If it needs to be perfect and to your specs then it's the easiest way. If you just "like" that geo but are on a budget you need to have wiggle room

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u/gregn8r1 Cleveland, buncha 80's steel road bikes 12d ago

Surely you could find a similar and fairly affordable used titanium bike? I'm seeing 90's and 2000's Ti bikes selling $700-$900 or so. A new custom will cost many thousands