ZEN TI
The perfect blend of materials and science designed for those who want performance
with a unique silky smooth ride that only titanium can give. You may have seen
some other titanium and carbon mix bikes out there and so you ask what is the difference
here? Most other manufacturers take a welded ti frame and cut the tubes out and
replace them with some basic carbon tubes because they can't join carbon tubes.
We believe that this is the wrong way to go! You can't get the smoothness from
the titanium out of the joints! If you want to have the smoothness and feel of
titanium combined with the snap and responsiveness of carbon we believe that you
should have a combination of titanium tubes and carbon joints with carbon stays.
This results the best balance of weight, material usage and performance.
The ZEN TI is equally at home on the wind swept flats, in a spirited sprint or
going up and over the steepest slopes of your favorite mountain. How does a ZEN
TI ride you ask? Our best description for the ride is one of floating along. The
feeling you are just flying on top of a cloud that is light, smooth and will instantly
react to your every input as you intend it to. But don't just take our word for
it, check out what our customers have to
say.
Each and every ZEN TI is a one of a kind handcrafted work of art that is custom
made as the rider wishes. With Ruegamer we give the rider many more options than
any other "custom builder" out there. Here at Ruegamer we like to start out with
the riders themselves; we take your size, shape, weight and intended use all into
account when we build your frame. This way we are able to custom tune the frame
to perfectly fit your needs.
Of course every ZEN TI we build has full custom geometry built to the rider.
Like sloping top tubes, great! Like a more traditional horizontal top tube, cool,
it's yours! Want an extended seat tube all the way up to the saddle? Done! The
titanium we utilize is made up of some of the worlds most advanced alloys 3AL-2.5V
to make a tube that is not only smooth but also very strong and light.
We like to let the rider choose their tube size; do you like big fat tubes or
smaller more selvete tubes? Your bike your choice. Then you get to choose
the look of the carbon; do you like unidirectional material, plain weave or twill weave?
Do you like a smaller weave like 3k or do you like a bigger weave like 12k. The
choice is yours! Do you like the look of internal routed cables or are external
cables your deal? You got it, it's your bike, you choose!
Well, now that you kind of have an overall idea of how your bike is going to look
you get to the single hardest thing with building a custom bike, deciding on the
paint job! We give you the option of a couple of eye-catching schemes to help this
along. You get to choose any two-color stock schemes.
If you want something truly custom of your own design we are very glad to accommodate
your ideas and will work with you to create that very
special custom look you are dreaming of. You can even have us color match your
special favorite flavor of color!
More options you say? In addition with the basic frame options you are also given
the choice from two diameters of an integrated bottom bracket shell that will suit
your choice of cranks as well as the standard English or Italian threaded shell.
Have a special seat post that you want to have fit your new ride? The option of
a 27.2 or 31.6 seat post size, or fully custom seat tube size is up to you! No
one on the planet gives you these kinds of choices!
Come and experience your inner ZEN!
Quick Specs
- ZEN TI carbon fiber and titanium road frame.
- Your choice of full custom geometry.
- Custom seat tube extension up to your saddle height available.
- Custom tube diameters and material finishes.
- Full carbon fiber 1-1/8" fully-integrated headset headtube.
- Head tube extension available at no-additional charge.
- Cable stops integrated into the headtube for a nice seamless look.
- Option for full internal cable routing.
- English or Italian threaded bb.
- Option for 37mm or 42mm integrated bb.
- Includes paint of any two colors, with choice of schemes.
- Weight: 1000g-1400g*.
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*Weight varies with size, paint, and additional options chosen. |