Originally Posted by
chaadster
Thanks; that’s a completely different statement from what you said before, but I do understand you now, so thanks for clarifying.
...like the extreme shaping from T-Lab and the cool, one-piece, cast BB/chainstay yoke from J. Guillem.
I have a T-Lab X3 and the tube shaping always gets comments along the lines of "That almost looks like carbon shaping" Which isn't wrong. If it weren't for my desire to have wider tires & disc brakes I could very well still be riding my 2003 Airborne Valkyrie. There are plenty of pictures of Ti (and carbon, and steel, and aluminum) frames that have failed, but if it makes it past the first 5 years/15k mi, there's a very good chance that it's going to last an exceptionally long time. Long enough that future components won't be compatible.