And the only ride report is its plush? Come on you can do better than that.N8 said:
Bought; Titus/Asylum 29_incher!!!
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N00biE question alert:
What exactly is Titus/Asylum? I mean, I know what Titus is obviously since I own one, but what's "Asylum"?
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What exactly is Titus/Asylum? I mean, I know what Titus is obviously since I own one, but what's "Asylum"?
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Don't be a sissy, install those yourself........................N8 said:Getting a set of these installed on my baby today!
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Not bad for full squishy and 29'erN8 said:
Nice freaking bike!! And way to pimp with the new X.0 shifters.
Let me know what you think in a few weeks, I might be looking to the 29" for my next bike.
Let me know what you think in a few weeks, I might be looking to the 29" for my next bike.
Short answer is the Asylum is Aluminum while the Titus 29" Racer-X is Titanium.I Are Baboon said:
From http://www.speedgoat.com/catalog.asp?cat=170 :
Asylum OCD FS29 Frame
Custom fabricated for Asylum by Titus Cycles, Tempe, AZ
More than three years in the making, the Asylum frame was originally developed jointly with Titus Cycles when Chris here (Speedgoat.com)--rabid big wheel fanatic--started pestering Chris (Titus) there to create a one-off custom 29" wheeled Racer-X. The Racer-X was the perfect choice. It's the original full-suspension frame, properly rethought, redesigned, stiffened, made more efficient, made more durable and serviceable, and beautifully fabricated. It's one of the few full-suspension frames stiff enough to handle the larger wheels, and the super agile rising-rate suspension system is perfectly designed to offer just enough travel, which, combined with the huge wheels, means rolling over everything in your path.
But we didn't stop there. We carefully perfected the numbers on this 29" Racer-X to create an entirely different type of bicycle, one with the handling characteristics of a quick woods bike, but the roll of a 29'er.
Andyman_1970 said:
Naw.. the shop installed 'em for $15 while I was at work today.
I am loving the FSA K-Force Mega-Exo Carbon Cranks on the bike... incredibly stiff!
I hope they hold up well.
I hope they hold up well.
Yours is stickered Titus, so what's up with that?
I donno... the guy I bought it from stuck those on there. I guess he did it since the frame is built by Titus.DRB said:
Oooooookkkkkkkkk Nancy...........N8 said:
Looks like Speedgoat.com has released the 2006 Asylum frame sizes, colors and costs:
http://www.speedgoat.com/product.asp?part=107004&cat=170&brand=2
http://www.speedgoat.com/product.asp?part=107004&cat=170&brand=2
aren't those saddles for people w/ vaginas?N8 said:
btw, it's a FORK not a SHOCK.
n00b.
narlus said:aren't those saddles for people w/ vaginas?
btw, it's a FORK not a SHOCK.
n00b.
Fork you then.
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Oh... n00b... might wanna get educated: http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?productId=5977389&storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&langId=-1&color=&img=/media/664275Lrg.jpg&view=large
N8 said:
Asylum is just the name Speedgoat gave to the frames. Titus makes em, Speedgoat sells and markets them.
Similar to the Hammerhead 100X - it is built by Titus and just differes from a Racer X in a few areas - I think a slightly beefier tube set, and maybe different top tube lengths than stock Racer X frames. Maybe a slightly higher bottom bracket too.
Titus seems to supply a lot of rear triangles to custom builders as well such as Vicious Cycles and Inglis Cycles etc. etc.
you'd spend $110 on a saddle from REI? man, you are dumber than i thought.N8 said:
narlus said:
I think you need to pull that little yellow Bush flag out of yourself and get with the program here boy.
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MMcG said:
Where the hell do you learn this stuff?
You gotta remember that when I rep'd for Balfa I had to stay up on stuff like this shiznit.I Are Baboon said:
Where the hell do you learn this stuff?
Plus I'm a certified bike whore remember!
How do you know they are "stiff" ? Do you have some type of machine that measures stiffness of crank arms against crank arms by other mfgers ?N8 said:I am loving the FSA K-Force Mega-Exo Carbon Cranks on the bike... incredibly stiff!
I hope they hold up well.
Not trying to harsh on you - it's just that I hear the "stiffness" term thrown around all the time and I don't buy it. I think the perceived stiffness of a given component, especially a crank is mostly in your head.
Alaa Abdelnaby said:
Nicely stated, n00b!
Alaa Abdelnaby said:
By stiff, I mean non-flexy.
I don't think you're really qualified to know what "stiff" constitutes.N8 said:
SkaredShtles said:I don't think you're really qualified to know what "stiff" constitutes.
Ok Mr. Stiffy Expert... spit it up then...
wooglin said:Now that's funny. Four posts to id the seller. And its exactly who I'd have guessed knowing him from the mtbr 29er board.
A couple days ago, he sent me an email stating that he'd "accidently" bought two 19" Rigs and wanted to know if I'd like one... LOL!
http://classifieds.mtbr.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.pl?db=MtbReview&website=MtbReview&language=&session_key=432043f821f56455&search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=92407&results_format=long&query=retrieval&exact_match=on
He's really nice dude!
Mz N8 had that same problem a week ago.SkaredShtles said:I don't think you're really qualified to know what "stiff" constitutes.