I have a Waltly ti frame with a 31.6 mm seat post that is also bored at 31.75 mm. It creaks really bad as well. I wish I had ordered a 30.9 mm seat post not but I wanted to run a 31.6 mm dropper on this frame. Keep us updated if you find anything that stops the creaking.

This is a beautiful bike. The bead blasting came out really great! Do you know if there are road brake/shifters that will allow you to use a 10-50 tooth 12 speed cassette in the back to make a 1 by gravel bike with a huge gear range?

StefanB - It might be worth mentioning to your friend to move the front brake line inside the fork leg so they don't catch the line on a passing branch. The bike looks awesome.

Those both look like great chainstay protectors. I will have to try and find some of that bathroom tape. I haven't seen that before. Thanks. Looks like you are putting some miles on your new ti bike and aren't afraid to get it muddy!

I emailed Sumi at Waltly and he said they do not do full suspension frames now. I know marino bikes will make a full suspension frame. I am not sure if it is fully custom or partially custom, but that might be another option.

Thanks. I really like the bike. I only have 150 miles on the bike so far but the BTLOS wheels seem great. I would definitely buy from them again. I thought their website was easy to use and the options are nice. There are a couple different places that had similar looking product and prices I read a lot about them and decided on BTLOS.

My frame arrived after 67 days. I placed the order on 7/7/2020 and it arrived in Colorado on 9/7/2020. The frame was packaged just fine and it did include a seat post clamp and a rear through axle. I did have to take it into a local shop so they could run the tap through the bottom bracket again as I don't own one of those taps and there was a burr that was hanging up installing the bottom bracket when I went to put it in. If I order another frame I will ask them to make sure that they run the bb tap through once before they ship it off. I was really impressed otherwise and love the frame. I put all my parts on and have been riding it around a lot up until yesterday when we got a foot of snow. The frame was 1971g without anything on it. The built up bike is around 22-23lbs with pedals. I have a 12 speed xt drivetrain with a 36T front chainring. The brakes are xt two pistons. I love the salsa bend 2 bars with 23 degree backsweep. My town commuter has surly terminal bars and I really like those also.

Fork: salsa firestarter 110 deluxe
Wheels: BTLOS WM-i24A
stem: whisky no 7 60mm
brakes: shimano xt 8100
cane creek hellbender 70 headset
WTB resolute tire front and back 42c
SDG duster seat
SDG tellis dropper post 170mm

Here are a few photos and the drawings from Waltly. I would buy another frame from them in the future. I think this one was $850 plus shipping and fees. I did draw this frame up in bikecad before I sent it off to Waltly to try and figure out the dimensions. I almost came up with the same dimensions as they did which is nice. There isn't much I would change if I was to make this same bike again. I forgot to route the derailleur cable on the left side by the headtube. I would also maybe just make the seat tube straight. Pretty minor changes.