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1995 Ibis Titanium Road

Ibis was one of the first to offer bicycle frames built with butted titanium tubing, which grew out of a close affiliation with Gary Helfrich of Arctos and Merlin fame.  The unique tubes came from a collaboration with Ancotech in Detroit, MI who supplied the raw material and drew the tubes.  The result was a tube set that was internally butted with a 2:1 wall thickness ratio between the midsection and the ends where the welding took place.  The tubing was used to make both mountain bike and road bike frames with tapered chainstays and seatstays.  Up to this point, titanium bicycle tubing was mainly titanium electrical conduit for aircraft applications.  This particular bike is from an early production run, with a radical-at-the-time sloping toptube that was later abandoned for a more conventional horizontal toptube.  The bike weighs a bit over 16 pounds.

The Build

Year: 1995
S/N: 4565
Frame: Ibis Titanium
Fork: Alpha Q Sub Pro
Stem: Ibis Titanium
Headset: Star Industries
Bottom Bracket: Sweet Parts Cartridge Bearing
Handlebar: 3T Forma SL
Shifters: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Front Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Brake Levers: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Front Brake: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Rear Brake: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Crankset: Sweet Parts Sweetwings
Chainrings: Shimano Dura Ace 39-53
Pedals: Speedplay X-2
Hubs: American Classic
Rims:  American Classic Sprint 350
Tires: Continential 4 Season Grand Prix
Wheel QR: Control Tech Race Lite
Seatpost: Moots Titanium
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite
Bar Tape: Deda
Cogs: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Chain: Shimano Dura Ace 7700
Bottle Cage: King Titanium
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