GLIDER TUPELO TI - custom
Not of this world – crafted by the best in the world The very popular Glider Tupelo Ti is now a custom model only allowing us to build you a bike that will fit and handle perfectly.
Titanium is truly incredible stuff. It boasts sci-fi properties that don’t hail from this planet. By volume it is 1/3rd the lighter than steel, it can’t rust, doesn’t fatigue and is difficult to dent or scratch. Titanium is by far the strongest and therefore safest material to make a bicycle frame from. And Serotta titanium is the most carefully crafted and technically advanced metal on the planet – so we were happy to wait until they could fabricate the Tupelo Ti for us in their Saratoga Springs factory.
Serotta control all the tube processes themselves. Each Tupelo Ti tube is swaged, and shaped in house at Serotta using 3AL.2.5V aerospace grade titanium; the alloys of aluminium and vanadium increasing the workability and hardness of the final structure.
The Tupelo Ti drop-outs are CNC’d from whole billets of 6AL.4V titanium – they may look like works of art but they are also the strongest drop-outs in the world. The Tupelo Ti is available in matte finish with polished logos. Measured frame-only weight – 3.2lbs (56)
£2,699.00 (frame and Serotta S2 carbon forks)