Originally Posted by
Fox Farm
Moots does send their Ti tubes to the UK for Reynolds to sculpt the insides, butting and fluting and then ships them back to Colorado where they are assembled. I have not ridden one but I do ride an original Merlin and like the ride characteristics of titanium. I also ride a carbon Orbea Orca, also nice. I would say that titanium is much more durable than carbon.
Do you know if Moots ships the Ti to the UK b/c they don't have the capital to do so themselves or is it that Reynolds has superior craftmanship? This seems terribly inefficient.