Fully custom Grade 9 titanium framesets, from gravel and road to mountain and touring, at the price of off-the-shelf.
Gravel and bikepacking riders make up most of Auren’s titanium customers, and it’s the frameset that decides whether a long, mixed-surface day feels manageable or exhausting. Titanium’s natural flex smooths out corrugations and rutted fire trails before they reach the rider, and because the geometry is set to your body rather than a size run, reach and stack stay dialled in over an eight-hour day rather than approximated. The Gravel Frameset is built for exactly that, and the All-Road Frameset splits the difference for riders who want one bike that’s equally happy on road and gravel.
Hardtail riders want a frameset that takes a real hit and keeps going, and titanium’s durability matters as much as its ride quality here. The Hardtail MTB Frameset is built with the more aggressive geometry technical singletrack calls for, while still carrying titanium’s natural vibration damping into terrain rougher than gravel or road ever puts through a frame.
Road riders want a frameset that’s light, stiff and precise through a fast corner without sacrificing the comfort titanium is known for over club-ride distances. The Road Frameset is built for pace and performance; the Randonneur Frameset takes the same material and shifts the geometry toward long-distance, self-supported road riding, more relaxed, more mounts, still built for speed.
Loaded, multi-day riding puts more strain through a frame than any other ride style, and it’s where Auren’s range goes deepest: a dedicated Touring Frameset for structured routes, a Bikepacking Frameset for looser, more technical loaded riding, an Adventure Frameset with cargo mounts front and rear, and a Rohloff Frameset built around a sliding dropout for riders running an internally-geared hub. Riders who want a gearbox drivetrain instead of a derailleur can also spec the Pinion Frameset, purpose-built around Pinion’s gearbox mounting.
Most titanium framesets sold in Australia under $10K aren’t actually custom. They’re a frame from a small range, in two or three stock sizes, badged under a local brand, a good bike that fits most riders adequately and no rider perfectly. Fully bespoke local frame builders exist too, but a locally-welded custom titanium frame typically costs roughly twice what Auren charges for an equivalent build. Auren sits between the two: a frameset built from scratch around your geometry, sourced from a vetted titanium manufacturer with the fit and spec handled locally by Will, at a price close to off-the-shelf titanium that doesn’t customise at all.
Framesets run $3,850, with the Pinion gearbox-specific frameset at $4,250. That’s roughly half what a locally-welded, fully bespoke titanium frame typically costs in Australia.
Around four to five months from geometry session to delivery, faster than most local bespoke builders while keeping the same depth of customisation.
Grade 9 (GR9) titanium, as standard across every Auren frameset.
No. A fit gives the most precise result, but Auren can also mirror your current bike’s geometry or start from a standard profile matched to your height and riding style.
Framesets can be bought on their own or as part of a full custom build. Either way, the geometry is built to match you, not picked from a size run.
The Gravel Frameset is built purely around mixed-surface riding, while the All-Road Frameset splits the difference for riders who want one bike equally happy on road and gravel.
The Touring Frameset suits structured, on-route touring; the Bikepacking Frameset is built for looser, more technical loaded riding.
It’s built around a sliding dropout for riders running an internally-geared Rohloff hub instead of a derailleur, a common pick for low-maintenance touring.
It’s purpose-built around Pinion’s gearbox mounting, for riders who want a sealed gearbox drivetrain instead of a derailleur. That extra mounting work is why it’s priced at $4,250 rather than $3,850.
Yes. Groupset, wheelset, fork and every other component can be specced independently of which frameset you start from. Talk to Will about the combination you want.
Titanium doesn’t force a trade-off between comfort, durability and weight the way the alternatives do. Carbon is lighter but can crack invisibly on impact, and steel is compliant but heavier and needs its finish maintained.
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