Originally Posted by
chas58
Or is the love cost justification? I have a friend who broke his Ti and is now riding steel. Its lighter and faster and genearally better. Steel has come a long way.
I don't know, I don't have first-hand experience with riding Ti, but the OPs question was why isn't Ti more common.
FWIW I love my steel bikes but my aluminum gravel bike rides great (with quality tires), and at some point I hope to own carbon and Ti bikes. Or some other space-age material that they don't use yet.