In my pursue of getting a gravel frame, i have considered carbonda cfr696 and china made custom Ti (Waltly or Titan). What im looking for is probably a road bike with bigger tyre clearance (40c), and of course with tweaked geo to make it more stable off road. This sorta rule out cfr696 as it looks like a pure all out gravel frame. So i have decided on Titan cycles. Waltly was considered but they’re not taking orders so the decision to go with Titan came pretty easy.

I work with Eric on geometry details. I provided all info about the frame i have in mind  in my initial email and Eric did consider every little details into the drawing - i was quite pleased.

Geo was approved by me on 1jun2021 and i expect it to be completed and shipped by end of august.

I have decided on:
Sram force 22 mechanical (shifter, RD, FD, cassette, chain)
Praxis Alba X 48/32
Juintech GT-F
Fulcrum Rapid Red 5 wheels
WTB Riddler tyres
Shimano Deore spd pedals
Cane Creek 40 headset
Deda Zero2 stem and seatpost
Arundel stainless steel cages
Handlebar - undecided yet. Not sold on flared hbar if im honest. Maybe just 12deg of flare only?

Will post as and when theres updates!