Titan lost the plot

[Lord Catapult]

I walked into Finish Line Cycles in Edenvale recently, best bike shop in Johannesburg. To be greeted by a beauty, the new top spec Titan Carbon 29er Ultimate. It looked great and has some great components, full XX1, SRAM carbon wheels and RockShox SID XX. Then I saw the price...almost 60k.

 

It looked a bit high, until I saw the beauty standing a few bikes away, a Momsen Vipa. Specs are almost the same, XX1 with front and rear suspension provided by Fox CTD and ZTR Crest wheels. And price...only 49k.

 

Then I knew it, Titan lost the plot. I much rather have the Vipa. It just is a beter bike, not even mentioning the 10k you will save by buying one

[dre]

Surely the Sram carbon wheels are a tad more expensive than ZTR crests? No idea of what they go for though, compared to the roughly R7k of ZTR crests (depending on the hubs)...

 

EDit: see now the Titan is hardtail.

Edited April 3, 2014 by dre

[gtr1]

As far as I know, the Vipa standing there has XT spec for R49k. Massive difference in price between XX1 and XT. Also those carbon wheels are in the region of R 20k. A Vipa with similar spec was at the bike show last year for R90k.

 

And then go weigh the 2. The Vipa is round 11kg's vs the Titan at under 8kg's.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

The SRAM rise 60 wheels retail for R18-R20K so does make up the difference.

Titan is known for "beefy" frames when it comes to weight though.

[Francois Pienaar]

I thought the VIPA was like 100k?

[gtr1]

And don't get me wrong...........I like the Vipa..........but you gotta compare apples with apples. The Titan has a solid fork as well........so really depends what you buying either bike for.

[scotty]

I walked into Finish Line Cycles in Edenvale Kempton Park recently, best bike shop in Johannesburg.

Fixed, but agree with your statement of best bike shop.

[Longbarn Killer]

Is this a full suspension Titan or a hard tail? I didn't know that they made full suspensions.

[shaper]

Titan is a HT http://www.bicycling.co.za/bike-buyers-guide/carbon-ultimate-29r/

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Yeah, not really apples to apples...

[jaco369]

just buy a Scott. argument solved

[davetapson]

just buy a Scott. argument solved

 

27.5 or 9r..?

[davetapson]

But you can get an XT spic Pyga for less than that?

[jaco369]

27.5 or 9r..?

refer to the "Cycle Lab settles wheelsize debate" https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/136539-cycle-lab-settles-the-wheel-size-debate-once-and-for-all/page__hl__wheel+size+debate

:whistling:

[Warren911]

Awesome bike!! Pricey but nice.

This is obviously a pro bike.

Titan are value for money so I'm sure you are getting a lot of bike for that price.

personally I'd take the Vipa, but that's just cos it's cool!

 

Just look at the Titan Carbon pro for the value:

http://www.titanracingbikes.com/carbon29rpro.html

for about R26000

Edited April 3, 2014 by Warren911

[Warren911]

or some more research showsTRUE value, check out the Tiatn 29R Pro for only R18000.

http://www.titanraci...com/29rpro.html

 

Just my point that Titan do offer good value.

Edited April 3, 2014 by Warren911