Lord Catapult Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtr1 Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Pienaar Posted April 3, 2014 Share I thought the VIPA was like 100k? gtr1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtr1 Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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. DIPSLICK and gtr1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbarn Killer Posted April 3, 2014 Share Is this a full suspension Titan or a hard tail? I didn't know that they made full suspensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted April 3, 2014 Share Titan is a HT http://www.bicycling.co.za/bike-buyers-guide/carbon-ultimate-29r/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted April 3, 2014 Share Yeah, not really apples to apples... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaco369 Posted April 3, 2014 Share just buy a Scott. argument solved Accelerate and gtr1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetapson Posted April 3, 2014 Share just buy a Scott. argument solved 27.5 or 9r..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetapson Posted April 3, 2014 Share But you can get an XT spic Pyga for less than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaco369 Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren911 Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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.htmlfor about R26000 Edited April 3, 2014 by Warren911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren911 Posted April 3, 2014 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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