Titanium Bike Frame Failure

The down tube broke after 132 000 cycles.

Titanium bike frame failure. Custom handcrafted bicycle frames and bicycles made one at a time from start to finish. The second lightest frame in the test the low priced schmolke titanium frame made in russia exceeded all expectations at 160 000 cycles. Like any material carbon fiber has a fatigue rate just like steel or. If you look at titanium frame bikes on the web you can see their warranties.

Klein s quantum race failed more quickly. The smart looking frame and deda carbon fork come kitted out with shimano s excellent ultegra groupset and a host of other quality components all at a very reasonable price for a titanium bike. Carbon fiber components have sometimes failed juskaitis conceded but he said that s simply the reality of bike building. Titanium frames are alas renowned for failure regardless of the price.

The good thing with enigma is they offer a ten year warranty on all their frames. There are three types or cracks in titanium frames from best to worst. Using the finest titanium and steel tubing from manufactures such as sandvik reynolds columbus dedacciai true temper and others. You may be lucky and go a lifetime without issue or like yourself and i have a frame failure.

So i would assume this frame was involved in a crash.