You're not seeing double, there's two of them, nearly identical.
The hanger has a really nice detail. If you look closely (click the picture to enlarge it) you'll see a small weld bead about halfway between the derailleur bolt and the quick release end. This is where Chris welds a CP hanger to a 6/4 dropout, the result being a softer, weaker hanger on a solid and strong dropout. If you get yourself into one of those messes where mud, a stick, small animal decides to wedge itself in between your chain and your derailleur making it decidedly less efficient at moving your bike forward but decidedly more efficient at ripping parts of your bike apart what will happen here is the welded on bit will bend or snap before any damage is done to the actual frame. This is a good thing. And it's a stiffer, stronger setup than most flimsy bolt on derailleur hangers. This is also a good thing.
The Elysium ti, as with all titanium bikes built by Dekerf, uses North American sourced 3/2.5 titanium with custom Paragon dropouts and fittings. The signature wishbone stay styling can be had via an alloy casting as seen here or in a completely new welded titanium version. I have pictures of the new version too somewhere that I will add at a later date.
These should make a couple of people pretty happy. They certainly made me happy in the shop today.
FYI, today's soundtrack for building stellar mountain bikes brought to you by the Constantines. http://www.myspace.com/constantines
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How come these bikes do not have suspension front forks? What classification of bikes are these? What do they weigh and what do they cost? Do you ship?
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