Dad, why can’t you build me a titanium bicycle?

What do you ride when you’re seven? A BMX from Halfords? A child-specific design from a specialist bike company like Islabikes? A bike that’s too big to ride because your dad said you’d grow into it? What if your father builds titanium bicycles for a living?

Jim Zoellner of Roark Custom Titanium Cycles built this beautiful bike for his daughter, Juliana.

The wheels are milled from solid discs of aluminium, the rear doing a very graceful job of incorporating a SRAM i-Motion hub gear.

More detailed shots here

Oh, and my answer to the question at the top is that it requires specialist welding equipment.

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