Titan Racing Pro vs Scott Spark 940

[TyronLab]

On 7/9/2022 at 7:50 PM, Darryl Pentz said:

Just to report back on this thread. Given stock shortages across all brands, I eventually got the Titan Racing Cypher Carbon Pro. It's a great bike, and while there was an issue with the rear shock, TR sorted it out for me with a very nice upgrade replacement, and I'm very pleased with the bike given the price and the spec of components. I did get Bike Addict to upgrade the brakes from SRAM TL to SRAM TLM.

 

Schmancy! Congratulations!

For my $$ though I'd chuck the terminator gears and use the proceeds for a dropper. Those luverly suspendy bits need, NAY, deserve the bum wagging goodness of a dropper.

[Darryl Pentz]

48 minutes ago, TyronLab said:

Schmancy! Congratulations!

For my $$ though I'd chuck the terminator gears and use the proceeds for a dropper. Those luverly suspendy bits need, NAY, deserve the bum wagging goodness of a dropper.

Terminator gears 😄 - that's a good one. I have to say having used them now for a few weeks, it'd be hard to go back. They are just so accurate, and the ability to go from a hard gear to an easy gear simply by holding the button down has gotten me out of a few tight spots. I've also heard from a few mates that they do really well in muddy weather when mechanical gears start to clog.

There is of course the other side - a flat battery and you're screwed, or a broken derailleur etc. I guess for now I'm going to learn by trial and error. 😬

As to the dropper post, it actually comes with a dropper post but due to supply chain issues, they're not currently available. I will be getting one when they are again available. That said for some of the endurance events I've signed up for, I won't be needing a dropper post for those.