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Gloria founder Carlos Ramirez sits on the floor beside a titanium bike in the Archive café

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Glory Days: how Gloria is making the case for titanium in a carbon-obsessed world

Gloria is making titanium bikes for a new, smarter generation of cyclist that's rejecting marginal gains and mass-produced carbon for something more durable, practical and meaningful

By Simon Smythe

Photography by Alessandra Bucci

24 JUNE 2026 | UPDATED 11.18 AM BST

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Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.