On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 12:45:16 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 2:18:28 PM UTC-5, wrote:

At the age of that bike you probably won't have any worries but many ti bikes are built with improper welds that will crack. I said this to people several times and they have told me I'm FOS.

But two years ago one of our fast riders showed up with a Linskey and I told him about that and the whole group made a joke of me on the entire ride.

The following week I pointed out a crack on his downtube. Luckily with a new bike he could get a replacement frame.


So you are saying Lynskey, and Litespeed back when Lynskey started the company, don't know how to weld titanium? I have a Litespeed Tuscany, made before Lynskey sold the company, and I have not noticed any cracks or defects. But then I don't inspect the frame with a magnifying glass before and after every ride. I just ride the bike, and it rides fine every time. Many, many thousands of miles on the frame. Can't say whether your story is true or not. But I suspect every manufacturer has a defect every once in awhile. Even Rolls Royces and Rolexes need warranty work once in awhile. Its not like an anvil, where essentially nothing can break.

Are you a dumbass? Do you think that you can see overhardening because of welding? Do you think that you can detect it except AFTER the failure? The crack I pointed out was a couple of inches long. This occurs very rapidly and not in some slow motion like some asshole trying to protect his reputation wants to pretend. If your bike hasn't broken in a year or so it probably won't but Ti bikes are famous for cracking longitudinally from welds. Even my Colnago BiTitan cracked along one of it's downtubes. And since I had bought it new I was just SOL. These cracks are rarely dangerous as far as I've seen but they would grow to be dangerous if you continued riding them.