Momsen MUNGA - Drop Bar VIPA ULTRA

[Monark]

thanks the banter guys --- this was an in-house FUN project we did //// we worked with RBC in Port Elizabeth on the tweaks and final assembly.

 

the guys from Cape Cycle Systems ( SRAM Importers to SA ) were also very helpful with the idea of mixing ROAD and MTB to make this bike happen.

 

with the MUNGA only a few days away we will be following the event closely and hope to see some VIPA ULTRA's on the startline come 2019 -- the bike was designed and developed with Stage Races / Marathons and events like the MUNGA / Freedom Challenge in mind.

 

general comments and feedback on the bike has been " i'd ride that! " - so who knows ... maybe we end up producing something like this?

 

I think its very cool, our country with its open dirt roads is almost the perfect place for this bike

[Knersboy]

I like the idea of those bars for gravel roads. My hands suffer much more on the mtb than the road bike.

[Dicky DQ]

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!

The dropper wont work anyway as there is typically going to be a large bag attached to the seatpost

[Dicky DQ]

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

You will loose the water bottles in a blink of an eye at the first corrugations.