Momsen MUNGA - Drop Bar VIPA ULTRA

[TheJ]

https://bikerumor.com/2018/11/19/momsen-builds-a-special-bike-for-munga-full-suspension-drop-bar-vipa-ultra/

 

Anyone who has been on the bike through the 90's would immediatelly appreciate the throwback, especially if

you knew the man that designed it's own long standing appreciation for the influence a certain Mr. Johnny T had on our sport.

 

My opinion is that this bike is the best of everything you could need for something like the Munga. Dual sus. Aero features. LITRES of drink storage and tons of onboard storage as well.

 

Planned by Victor Momsen and assembled by Robbie Powell and his team who is a legend in his own right.

 

Sho... This bike gives me... feelings. Unsure how something so modern can unearth that "old school" feeling as well at the same time.

 

 

 

http://thebodymechanic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/MTB3.jpg

 

 

[Sitting slip]

 

explain the dropper post!!!????

[hubbernero]

 

explain the dropper post!!!????

 

Was about to ask the same...

[TheJ]

 

explain the dropper post!!!????

 

Was about to ask the same...

 

That's the way things are going I guess. The Munga isn't all just flats and uphills. No problem with swopping out the dropper for a fixed post I'm sure. I think The Momsen guys were trying to cover all the possibilities, and that's understandable given the Munga's vast distance to cover.

[fanievb]

 

explain the dropper post!!!????

 

makes it easier to get on or off the bike with tired legs and a sore ass

[Sitting slip]

makes it easier to get on or off the bike with tired legs and a sore ass

This is the only sensible reason.

Drop bars on a full sus is just not cricket. go full gravel bike or full duely. 

#castersemenya would like this 

[taito]

_{The only real problem is the lack of  Tri bar arm supports when in the tri bar position. With all the hours spent pedalling you need to support your back and you are also resting your upper body. You spend hours in that position.}

_{No need for dropper.}

 

_{Great bottle holder at the bottom and the storage idea is great.}

[Andrew Steer]

Saw this at the Cycle Challenge Expo... very sexy piece of machinery  

I must say though, I also don't get the dropper though.

[Sitting slip]

_{The only real problem is the lack of  Tri bar arm supports when in the tri bar position. With all the hours spent pedalling you need to support your back and you are also resting your upper body. You spend hours in that position.}

_{No need for dropper.}

 

_{Great bottle holder at the bottom and the storage idea is great.}

Just wonder if that chuncky tires will scrape your bottle. 

Go skinny tires to go fast. saw the Pro's do it at the race to the sun.

[Grease_Monkey]

Looks like the perfect build for ultra endurance races. I would get rid of the dropper and add an additional water bottle cage on the seat post though - I know 2 bottles was not enough for me at 36One, and that was with water points every 30km or so - it gets hot in the Karoo!

[Spoke101]

makes it easier to get on or off the bike with tired legs and a sore ass

I would be so buggered I'd rather just fall off into the nearest bush.

[splat]

That's a serious gravel monster!

Nice collaboration with Farr Components.

[fanievb]

That's a serious gravel monster!

Nice collaboration with Farr Components.

 

all belong to the same stable

 

 

[Shebeen]

That's a serious gravel monster!

Nice collaboration with Farr Components.

 

 

all belong to the same stable

 

 

 

 

what did i miss something?

Momsen = Farr

[Shebeen]

So who's going to be riding this bad boy? let the speculation begin.

any momsen related riders on the startlist

 

 

storage space top tube..way TOOOOO small

 

you need a fuel tank there

http://www.bikepacking.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bikepacking-top-tube-bags-22.jpg

 

but i suppose you could put some out the way backup stuff there, but you'd need to take the bag off.

[Shebeen]

i know there's corrugations

if i did Munga, i'd go hardtail.

 

and load it up like this

(sans sleeping kit)

 

http://www.bikepacking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Tour-Divide-Rigs-2018-Thomas-Woods-1-2000x1334.jpg

 

maybe put on a thudbuster seatpost