Blackheart Road Ti: Initial Ride Impressions

I'm super thrilled you got your hands on this frame, as you're the steel king! Congrats kind sir.

Bought a Lynskey Helix in April. I have a smile on my face every time I ride it. It is a very smooth ride!

Zone 2 @ 25-27 mph?!?! You’re a beast! Haha😂

Best road commentator on yt

Love to hear your breakdowns of the product. You have one of the better feels for these types of materials. But no lie the blackheart is amazing titanium bike that takes the classic idea of the bike. And modern look of a road bike today. Honestly very enjoyable ride and nice video!!😊

I own carbon, aluminum, steel and ti. They all have great features, but invariably I'm grabbing my ti off the rack for pure enjoyment.

Been waiting for you to review titanium, my brother! I’ve just recently been scratching the itch to get my “lifetime” bike and I’ve been contemplating the Litespeed Spezia. Titanium is so forgiving and beautiful! As usual, great video!👍🏽

Amazing review not a stone left unturned i have never ridden a titanium frame but boy over rough roads that's a winner Luis like 85% of our roads thank you i loved the video keep safe Sir.

I really appreciate your input on riding. On the West coast we have many trails available that provide safe access. Keep up the good work. 74 but still riding

I'm very interested in getting this bike in the future. I look forward to seeing your follow-up review.

Nice review, I am really enjoying my Blackheart Road Ti so far. I have a different perspective on the cornering, my old Scott Addict (not the Addict RC) corners like a pick up truck so the Blackheart is like a sports car to me.

I had a Seven Cycles Axiom with traditional frame geometry. It was very responsive and predictable to rider input. Compared to my steel frame bike, road vibration was greatly reduced and the ride was very comfortable. However, I changed to Seven's hybrid titanium/carbon fiber frame. It absorbed even more of the harsh road vibration, yet has the same responsive and predicable ride as the all-titanium Axiom. Both bikes were purchased on the second-hand market at a fraction their new prices.

Man I’m so chuffed for you. The expression and passion is easy to see on your channel. I had a Ti mtb in my younger mounting biking days and loved it. Been on Aluminium and Carbon road bikes lately and now on a much better fitting bike. Look forward to the continued reviews and seeing power numbers too. Cheers

That is cool you ride with the GC guy, I like his videos too. Another great topic, love to see these different frame material takes. Cheers, and ride safe.

Thanks for the review! Looking forward to riding with you and your group someday. Be blessed!

You're right m8, it's not beautiful. It's freaking Gorgeous! 😍

❤ nice review. I ride a Ti bike. Love it😊

I'm glad to see this video and hear your assessment of this bike as I have one on order from Blackheart and expect it to be built this week. This will be my second titanium bike, the first being an Airborne Valkyrie with Campy Centaur components. I had bought that one in 2002. I sold that one after a couple of years, returned to steel frame, then in 2018 bought a carbon bike. It's okay as an endurance bike, but I've never felt inspired on it. I think this Blackheart Road Ti is going to tick a lot of boxes and inspire a lot of rides for me.

Got myself the Ribble Endurance Ti. Disc earlier this year. Loving it.

Another great film! - your descriptions on the miniature of characteristics are superb! I've always felt that (in general) steel provides a soft flex which dampens the road, aluminum has a spring - as in an energy return or ping when you put power into the frame, and titanium can do both. Carbon can do both too but it depends on the layup (i had a v3rs and that had a ping on initial power put down - now a have a c68, and this has a different ping - when you power 100w over your norm, it has a feeling like a sudden rush of energy being pushed into the rear triangle).