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Soft-Tail Build Hi there,
I had started mountain biking on a hard tail with 120 mm travel up front and some wide 27.5x 2.8" tires. Eventually the full suspension envy set in and I built up a Chinese carbon with 150mm front and rear travel. While it is still a fantastic full squish I was never as fast and it always felt like over kill on the desert trails I ride here in New Mexico. The full suspension had a max rear tire of 2.35" and I also really missed the low pressures I could ride on my original hard tail. Also, every dull thunk of a pebble being thrown into the carbon frame made me cringe and fear for my life. This lead me to start pondering having a titanium hardtail built. However, I stubbled on a couple others on this Forum who had Titan weld up some custom soft tail frames similar to the Funk La Ruta+ and the Leon 88 Semita. (QuentinLL and Ottoreni, thanks for all the tips and pointers!) Having seen how well the soft tails came out I decided to have Titan weld up a frame to my specs. I had previously used Tiris for a gravel bike build. The quality of the build from Titan was soo much better (I don't want to get into the troubles and quirks I've dealt with that frame here), but the Titan build was much smoother, no weird quirks, and with so much better communication.

This soft tail bike is an absolute Joy to ride! It is the perfect tool for rough, rocky trails I ride. It is definitely not a full suspension, but that is what I was going for. The one thing I would change if I did it again would be to opt for a slightly thinner flex plate. I used a 6 mm plate for the increased durability, but I think 4 mm would be fine and allow for more travel. The 6 mm is more rigid and as result I have to use less pressure in the shock.
July 05, 2023, 04:00:52 PM 		1
Re: ZOOM HB-910 - another trickstuff clone dh & enduro Another minor update.
Found the lever bleed port screw to be way over torque.
Rounded the 2.5mm hex, so had to 'adjust' it up to t10 torx using my mallet. (Works fine now)
Also not sure what oil they've put in (pink tinge colour), but was a chunk heavier than my lhm+ I re-bled them with.
I.e. wouldn't even mind in the syringe, and separated immediately to the bottom.

Lever throw is really good now, not short or too long, but smooth and consistent with loads of usable reach adjustment range.
Just gotta bed in and see how they run.
December 11, 2023, 04:31:01 PM 		1
Re: MTB Cranks - Suggestions? I have 4 sets of the Cruz cycle cranks. The latest set in 155 may have not have perfectly faced interface with the chainring, or the two chainrings I mounted to it are ever so slightly bent. However, I it functions fine and I have never had any reliability issues across the four sets. One thing to note is they are shimano standard spindles (24 mm) NOT gxp spindles. The spindles are steel so I am not too worried about spindle issues.
December 22, 2023, 12:15:06 AM 		1
Re: Any thoughts on probability of 20% USA tariffs on purchases next year?
Quote from: PLA on November 14, 2024, 01:36:00 AM
With all due respect, Making America Great Again is more important to me than poor shifting $25 cassettes.

I love how these MAGA Trumpers are basically vegans telling you they are vegan.I swear they literally have to tell everyone how they like another man or they explode. So weird that PLA literally made his forum signature about Trump on a carbon fiber forum. This literally is a non political space lmao
November 20, 2024, 08:01:50 PM 		1
Titan - Singlespeed MTB Ordered a singlespeed mtb from Titan after having had three Waltlys - nothing to do with the quality of the Waltlys etc, just fancied trying something new.

I'm pretty pleased with it!
December 03, 2024, 09:56:49 AM 		1
Re: Aftermarket Brake Pads? I can reccomend all the aliexpress pads.
The ceramic seems to be the best compromise between organic and sintered
February 13, 2025, 03:41:54 AM 		1
Re: Aftermarket Brake Pads? I use unbranded ones from the bundle deal section, where a set of 4 pairs (8 pcs) was less than 3 bucks. After breaking in, which does take a while, they are just fine. I would buy them again.

Just for reference: 4Pairs Bike MTB Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads For Shimano B01S G01S A01S XTR XT SLX Deore Sram Guide Level HRD Red Etap Magura
February 14, 2025, 03:54:23 PM 		1
Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc! You can still make it debond itself by cycling it between some colld water and an oven. Frankly, I think it's basically a morally correct thing to do after Shimano's lies
May 16, 2025, 05:39:14 AM 		1
Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc! Radially laced spokes have an inherent geometrical advantage that will result in better lateral stiffness compared to crossed spokes. However they are very poor and possibly dangerous for transmitting torsional loads, which is why the disc side spokes need to be crossed, to transmit braking forces to the rim and tyre. Because the disc requires room to be mounted on the hub, the flanges and spokes need to be moved further towards the centre of the hub. This further worsens the geometry they are working with, in regards to resisting lateral forces on the rim, making that side of the wheel less laterally stiff.

So the disc side now has significantly worse lateral stiffness due to the double whammy of worse bracing angle and spoke arrangement. In order to counteract that and attempt to even out the lateral stiffness on both sides, you can reduce the number of spokes on the non-disc side by half (it can't really be more or less than that unless you want to create the mother of all headaches to design the rest of the wheel). The Roval CLX II nailed this almost perfectly with 18 spokes laced 2:1 and very even lateral stiffness
June 11, 2025, 06:04:02 PM 		1
Re: Recommendations for a downcountry fork? Hi Daniel,

Hard to give proper advice as you seem quite limited in options due to steerer and axle size. Assuming you're dealing with a 29er I advise you to check out Suntour Epixon Forks - they are air forks, cheap to get but decently light and reliable.

I bought one for my wife 5 years ago and it still works just fine (pretty much same spec as you're searching for) And at that price point not worth looking at Chinese counterparts IMHO.

All that said: in this price range / specs you're always dealing with xc to trail use oriented forks 😉

If you want to upgrade more future-proof think of getting a adapter headset to at least fit forks with tapered shaft for more sturdiness

July 14, 2025, 05:01:35 AM 		1