Catalog: Bicycles 2004
Company/Brand: Litespeed
titanium tubing in Bicycles 2004 by Litespeed
the overall frame performance why titanium in the world of high performance ... primary materials being used today titanium carbon fiber composites and aluminum ... work very well in cycling however the titanium alloys 3al/2.5v and 6al/4v offer the ... and to understand exactly why these titanium alloys work so well you need to first ... is next in line at .098 lb/sq in and titanium is actually the heaviest at .160 lb/sq ... certain materials such as steel and titanium actually have a threshold that if ... this in essence becomes a safety factor titanium has excellent elongation 15 to 20 ... better the very high strength levels of titanium once again allows less material to be ... a material can stretch before failing titanium is an incredibly tough material its ... will have any effect whatsoever on a titanium bicycle conclusion each of these seven ...

for and a better appreciation of why titanium is the ultimate frame material for ... various forces geometrically enhanced tubing g.e.t we have found that by creating ...
all the complications of working with titanium under control we believe in the axiom ... necessary to create bicycle specific titanium tube sets by doing all this ourselves ... sacrifice geometrically enhanced tubing is taking litespeed to a whole new ... that imitators can only hope to follow titanium frame fabrication titanium bicycle ... is the reason there are so few titanium makers in the world we know because we ... ve been custom fabricating titanium for over 40 years cold-working ... one of the properties that makes titanium so difficult to work with is part of ... for a high-performance bicycle frame titanium litespeed combines all the data in each ...
teardrop-shaped chainstay 6al/4v titanium cold-worked geometrically-enhanced ...
of its all-new geometrically enhanced titanium get tube set to the smoothness of its ...
-worked 3al-2.5v geometrically enhanced titanium get tubing the tuscany inspires ...
remarkable damping performance of our titanium-enhanced carbon seatstays and the unmatched ... of the road is negated by the unique titanium weave of the new litetec carbon ... seatstay the titanium s strategic location and pattern have ... frame design crafted from 3al/2.5v titanium new get 3-leaf clover top tube and ...
classic titanium :road the classic sets the standard ... tight corners its cold-worked 3al/2.5v titanium tube set and european geometry are ...
city after which it was named veneto titanium road performance styles cr iter ium ...
solano titanium road brand new for this year the ... a traditional road geometry with a get titanium tube set the litespeed carbon fork with ...
flagship the ghisallo with its shaped tubing compact geometry and viper red paint ... the competition stays behind teramo titanium road performance styles cr iter ium ... frame design crafted from 3al/2.5v titanium cold-worked get three-sided top tube ...
firenze titanium road named after the famous italian ... one glance at the traditional round titanium tubes full-wrap decals and non- ... 31.6 seat post and oversized 3al/2.5v titanium down tube radially-curved seatstays ...
and fender mounts and stiffer oversized tubing for a powerful ride with plenty of ... country the blue ridge is the only true titanium touring bike in its class blue ridge ... titanium touring performance styles cr iter ... 53 55 57 59 61 cold-worked get 3al/2.5v titanium tube set longer wheelbase and slacker ... cantilever brake bosses and beefy titanium seatstays 22 ...
49 51 53 55 57 59 61 massive 6al/4v titanium aero-shaped down tube double-bladed and ...
an aerodynamic teardrop-shaped 3al/2.5v titanium down tube and an aero-bladed litetec hp ... titanium-enhanced carbon seatstay for the perfect blend ...
although litespeed s history in titanium is legendary we feel confident that the ... as we continually push and refine our titanium frame structures we push and refine our ... available today and just like in titanium some deliver more performance than ... others litespeed s alite tubing is based on an6 aluminum after frame ...

the greater tensile strength the alite tubing used throughout the litespeed aluminum ... al get aluminum geometrically enhanced tubing we ve spent the better part of a decade ... developing our own titanium tube shapes that enhance the ride ... characteristics of our flagship titanium bike the vortex but we didn t stop ... and road second the newly designed titanium weave further dissipates small road ... to the inherent damping properties of titanium as road vibrations attempt to travel ... seatstay or the front fork the unique titanium weave serves to diffuse the unwanted ... is why litespeed developed litetec our titanium-enhanced carbon seatstay and front forks the ... acceleration that combined with the new titanium weave means a remarkably comfortable ...
close to matching the performance of titanium in an aluminum frame until now the ... used to describe the aero-profile titaniumenhanced carbon seatstays the matching litetec ...
diamond-shaped triple-butted alite tubing and the new litetec hp titanium- ...
throughout shock stroke 4.9 lbs full titanium frame w/shock made from 6al/4v and 3al/ ... 2.5v get titanium tubing fox s float rl ava rear shock with ...
s cold-worked geometrically enhanced titanium get tubing gives you maximum control ... a smooth air-adjustable ride unicoi titanium mountain riding style xc race ... cold-worked geometrically enhanced titanium tube set oversized 3al/2.5v down tube ...
tanasi titanium mountain named after a beautiful ... 14 16.5 18 19.5 cold-worked 6al/4v titanium main frame weighs in at a scant 3.1 lbs ...
forest it was named after pisgah titanium mountain riding style xc race ... 19.5 cold-worked geometrically enhanced titanium tube set laterally stiff 4-sided down ...