now this is something to do jackass stunts on in style.

citizen024

Give it to Matt hoffman for the day and we'll find out if you can break it.

hu_hu_cool

Wow. Where was this stuff when I was growing up in the 90's?

bagellord

Regardless of its ridiculousness, that's pretty sweet.

bobdobbs

Have they tested it yet? Like having it run over with an 18 wheeler truck?

Ken_Darrow

Does it perform fellatio? No? Then why in the hell does it cost 2500 dollars?!

daftrok

@Gary_7vn: Titanium IS pricey. Its usually double what a similar steel tubeset would cost. What they use in bikes is an alloy and doesn't reflect CM (commercially pure) titanium prices. Also, its harder on tooling, and requires higher skill to weld. It's still not worth 2500 though. There's only 4 welds and about $800 in parts on it. Like it says, its for rich kids, or bike guys who want it all.

SadgatiAntion

@GrantH: the carbon fiber seat is probably the real right hook on the pricetag.

and more importantly, where the hell was this idea when some lady in a grand am hit me and totaled my bike when i tried to beat the light making it to school?

rimplestultskin needs an aluminum macbook

@Gary_7vn:

Sure, maybe you can buy titanium for $50 a pound, but I'm thinking that the process to make something out of it is what costs bulk of the money. I dont know for sure though.

GrantH

Umm, my bike is made of steel, it's 13t years old, and I ride the crap out of it, and the frame is fine. How many 4 year olds are there out there, really, who are snapping their frames jumping legos?

Titanium isn't nearly as pricey as the marketing weasel want us to believe, right now it's around $50 a pound. The tubing here, might weigh 2 pounds.

Gary_7vn

@bagellord: It was around. Litespeed did it around 10 years ago. It was an employee only thing at first, then they did limited runs for a few years. And the seat isn't carbon fiber. Just the seatpost.

SadgatiAntion

How about some look pedals and aero bars..you rock kid.

BiZarRroBALlmeR

This is for those laid-off baby investment bankers.

Michael Leung

this is pretty cool if you're 3 but who would buy it

brian01

@brian01: Parents, for their 3 year old.

This thing is awesome, but not for $2500.

photophile

So what? It's probably not as tough as your typical cast-iron tricycle from the 50's. And those cost a hell of a lot less too..

Mammoth

It has nothing on this one... [flickr.com]

ChakkaMofo

Waaahh! My racing trike was so light the wind blew it away!

FredicvsMaximvs

Richie Rich niche kitch...

Stem_Sell

@daftrok: Well after you've laid out that kind of cash you'll definitely feel like you've been screwed...

Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude

they use one of the most expensive headsets available, yet skimp out on the important parts. this thing is spec'd for looks, nothing more. the cranks and pedals are complete garbage. as far as the TI frame goes, they could have just substituted in a 7000 series aluminium at a way cheaper price. i'm also assuming that this is a bike being assembled over seas and if the TI is trom tiawan or china it's not really that good. that being said however it is pretty cool.

SayeedaSpork

@daftrok: Clever disguise for your sex toy.

"But honey...it's for Junior!"

Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine

I think the frame on a tricycle is the absolute last piece that would break.

japroach

so the ones who can already afford to replace their kids trikes are the only ones who can afford this???

yeah - that makes sense...

So, for the cost of 41 radio flyer trikes (at least at Amazon's price) you could get one of these...

tidybowl

@GrantH: Processing Ti isnt that hard or expensive in and of itself. It is however very time consuming and even easier to screw up if you dont know what your doing and how to do it well. The main problems are: heating the metal uniformly and keeping your welds clean and air free, both caused by the extreme reactivity of Ti. The best way to overcome these problems is to do your work inside of a glove box but finding one big enough to make a bike frame can be really hard and quite expensive. Regardless $2,500 is a ludicrous price for a childrens tricycle that will be grown out of within a few seasons. Even if it is made of titanium.

@rimplestultskin needs an aluminum macbook: A carbon fiber seat post is maybe 100 bucks if your getting top of the line race ready stuff which i am sure this is not. This one is probably in the $30-$50 range.

im_back

@im_back: almost no one uses chamber to weld. The way it is done is by flooding the tubes with Argon as you weld. Most new jigs, like that made Anvil accomodate this. This keeps the weld area O2 free. And actually you can pay several hundred dollars for a carbon post. This looks to be made by FSA (Full Speed Ahead), a high end carbon part maker. If so it would be in that $200 range. But it could be a knock of, given the shape though it would still be a pricey one.

SadgatiAntion

why would a 3 year old kid need a sturdy trike like this? does he ram every truck and car on the highway that he need a trike that will survive the wreckage?

BratPAQ

@BratPAQ:
it's so the parents can brag to other rich parents.

willyolio

"Check it out son. Titanium frame with the flame job accents. Just look at that baby my boy. Ain't she a beaut?"

"But Daddy, I wanted the red one at Toys R' Us"

........

Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine

@daftrok: 2500 for fellatio? you must be seeing someone more expensive than spitzer's girl.

capitalass

Well...First of all...it doesn't have Campy Record 11...so right away I'm not interested, but shouldn't it at LEAST have carbon seat stays?

winmac

@winmac: when i was a kid, my dad took a regular full sized trike and turned the frame up-side-down, did some welding, and made it into a Bad Ass Chopper trike.
we would get 2 or 3 kids on that thing and ROCKET down the hill...that titanium Fucker is never going to leave the driveway.

winmac

@winmac: Is that the new Ultra-Torque Crankset?

winmac

@winmac: Hey...And why the hell doesn't it have Spinergy Carbon wheels?

winmac

@capitalass: Maybe it's some sort of extended long-term license.

Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine

A. A steel bike of good quality will be just as strong.
b. 2,500? I could get a full-sized titanium bike draped in campy for that.
c. They used a threaded chrisking headset with an adapter and a threadless stem. Talk about no class...

This is pure marketing bullshit. Paying 2,500 for a tricycle is bad enough, but this thing isn't even worth it. Hell, $250 is probably more than it's worth worth. Titanium does not a worthwhile product make.

alpacalypse

If only the company that made that made one adult sized. I have recumbent (sp) trike, it's not titanium but I wish it was.

thefutureisnow

And look at me, on the verge of tears because I can't justify paying 90 bucks to get custom colored wheels for my Iro single speed.

:(

Lightman

I'm not paying $2500 for a bike without suspension.

Perhaps this bike is targeting circus clowns?

-KENT

kentsmithnz

@bobdobbs: It is a great concept. However, for $2,500.00 they could have done something more fancy for the rims; solid and just white!?! Come on!

unspellable

But does it come in adult size?

Eric 'Something Really Scary' Alder

Titanium

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strider_mt2k

@SadgatiAntion: It's funny that you mention that. The trike is a Lynskey, which was founded by the original people who created Litespeed.
[www.lynskeyperformance.com]
I don't were they got the price, but according to Lynskey's own website, it's $999 for the complete trike, still damn expensive though.

Boxer4

Learn to ride like an old man at an early age.

MaaseyRacer

@SayeedaSpork: Umm who here ever actually broke their tricycle in half when they were a kid?

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