No.03 | JUNE 2013
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road // tri // mountain // cross // urban
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As you know we’re pretty passionate about bikes here, and we know you are too. So don’t keep it to yourself - pass this magazine on when you’re done with it. You could leave it on a colleague’s desk, on a bus seat, or even the dentist’s waiting room. It doesn’t really matter where and to whom… just spread the two wheeled love.
P3 WELCOME TO PLANET X P4 FEATURE: PRO CARBON ULTEGRA
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We’ve just put together a new Inbred 29er build. Trail hungry - this will roll over anything in its path. Our most fastest, most powerful Inbred to date, have a look at our website for a closer look… The Inbred 29er is our much loved cro-mo hardtail, built for giving the Yorkshire terrain a good seeing to. We’ve built this one up with top quality Shimano Deore groupset and RockShox Silver TK fork. It’s plush at the front, stiff at the back… the way a good hardtail should be. We know there’s huge affection out there for the Inbred and this build is only going to add to that. Available now at a market crunching £899.99...
The all-conquering Pro Carbon gets upgraded with Shimano Ultegra.
P6 PRO CARBON WOMEN’S BIKE P7 PRO CARBON FRANKO BIANCO P8 TI 456 EVO P9 TI PRO ROAD P11 SPONSORED RIDER: CROSSJUNKIE
Al Dorrington gives us the lowdown on the life of a cyclocross racer.
P12 POSTCARDS FROM CHINA P15 FEATURE: TITUS EL GUAPO
We take a close look at the latest version of Titus’ iconic full suspension bike.
P19 TEAM NEWS: VVF PLANET X P20 INTERVIEW: GUERCIOTTI
Italian cycling legend Paolo Guerciotti pays a visit with his son Alesandro. We talk bikes, brands and heritage.
P23 STAFF BIKE: CHARLIE’S N2A P26 OUR STORES
We’ve got a new store open in Barnsley and it’s not like any bike store you’ve ever seen before...
P29 BACK IN THE DAY P30 OUR HEROES: JOHN TOMAC
Our Chief Designer Brant Richards writes about legendary figures that have influenced him & cycling.
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We’re a bit of a funny bunch at Planet X. “Rider owned” is a phrase that’s more in common with backyard BMX brands, but it’s what we are. Grown from wanting good stuff to ride, and selling it to make some money, Planet X is built around cyclists just like you. Our sales team buy tubular tyres because they like them. We’ve got former top level pro road riders in our workshop. Our Chairman is a good level Ironman triathlete. Strava KOM’s? We have a leader board in the canteen. Heard of the Race Across America? We’ve staff members who’ve done it. There’s a Mammoth Kamikaze downhill medallist. And Tom who rides to work every day, in shorts, whatever the weather. We ride bikes. We live bikes. We love bikes. Our products are designed and built by us, for us, with all that feedback and passion; and yes… some of it purely selfishly because we want nicer gear. But by doing it for us, we can offer you the very best. We test, check, dig, compare, examine. We cut out the hype to give you the best value around. It’s our name on it. We won’t accept anything less than the best. We don’t have a Pro Team. We don’t have high street stores. We don’t put on glitzy press trips in ski resorts and send journalists home with free schwag. We don’t send out clothing in poncy boxes with free tissue paper and nonsense. Because all that comes at a price, and that all gets put on the price you pay. And our mums would kill us. And we wouldn’t do it any other way. This month sees the opening of our new Barnsley Store - our biggest destination store to date. Eight thousand feet of bike related joy, stocked with our full range of road bikes, triathlon and time trial bikes, cyclocross bikes, mountain bikes and all the clothing, tools, lights, spares and nutrition that they need. In Barnsley. It’s just off the M1. It’s on the TransPennine trail. It’s a perfect location and we took it on because it’s a perfect example of what we’re about. Thanks for reading, and we hope you enjoy the magazine. It’s got lots of small slices of what we’re about inside, and we’re looking forward to showing you them.
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PLANET X PRO CARBON ULTEGRA FROM £1399.99 FRAME Planet X Pro Carbon FORKS Planet X Pro Carbon WHEELS FSA RD-60 Clincher BRAKES Shimano Ultegra BR-6700-G CHAINSET Shimano Ultegra FC-7650-G FRONT MECH Shimano Ultegra 6700 REAR MECH Shimano Ultegra 6700 WEIGHT 7.8kg / 17.3lb (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Matt Black, Guru Blue, Red, White
We’ve turned up the heat on our classic Pro Carbon model in the last month by adding a full Shimano Ultegra groupset as a complete bike option, all at a price point that’s sure to catch your eye as much as the awesome guru blue paint scheme we’re featuring here. This one’s a bit special - our award winning full carbon road bike, now equipped with a full Shimano Ultegra groupset. We’ve added Dedacciai finishing kit, featuring carbon wrapped bars and luxurious Selle Italia Smootape. The Planet X Pro Carbon is a true road all rounder. Equally at home on the commute, training rides or start line, a Pro Carbon equipped with Ultegra is an example of what we do best; quality frames with classy finishing kit, at a price that is simply unbeatable. Ultegra is Shimano’s high specification groupset, utilising the latest Dura-Ace technologies. Super smooth shifting is a characteristic of Ultegra, and together with the ergonomically designed STI Dual Control levers you get a helping hand on those long, arduous climbs. Shimano, first and foremost, is renowned for its high quality groupsets and Ultegra really is one of the best looking, on point and lightest they produce. As all our bikes are hand built by our fully trained Cytech mechanics in Sheffield, Yorkshire, we can offer you unrivalled component speccing options. Want to dial in your own stem length or bar width? Change the colour of the bar tape or model of saddle? We can do that all that for you.
DEDACCIAI FINISHING KIT
No matter what the situation, venturing on big ring ascents or gearing up for the sprint; the Pro Carbon Ultegra provides optimal performance that will serve you well for years to come.
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NEW MODEL SHIMANO FACTS
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Based in Sakai in Japan, Shimano product sales account for around 50% of the global bike component market. They’re the biggest component supplier by some margin, and were founded in 1921.
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Ultegra is their one-from-top group set, below the pro-race level Dura Ace, and above the excellent 105.
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Andy Hampsten got Shimano their first Grand Tour win, with the 1989 Giro on Shimano components.
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Shimano once made a group set with a chain with a 10mm pitch, rather than the usual half inch pitch for smoother running and lighter components for motor paced racing.
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Shimano is the family name of the company, run to this day by Yozo Shimano (President), Yoshizo Shimano (Chairman).
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The newly remodelled version of our legendary SL Pro Carbon frame. Delivers proven Pro Tour level performance that’ll outsprint and outclimb the best in the bunch. The carefully hand tuned, carbon composite lay up uses a compact geometry that’s been shaped by years of feedback from some of the fastest, hardest riders on the circuit. Comfortable, smooth and seriously fast...
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ROAD BIKE
PLANET X PRO CARBON WOMEN’S FROM £999.99 FRAME Planet X Pro Carbon FORKS Planet X Pro Carbon WHEELS FSA RD-60 Clincher BRAKES SRAM Road Brake CHAINSET FSA Gossamer Compact BB386 EVO FRONT MECH SRAM Rival REAR MECH SRAM Rival WEIGHT 7.73kg / 17.1lb (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Matt Black, Gurua Blue, Red, White
Our best selling, award winning, full carbon road machine, with a women’s specific set up, available in a fantastic small 44cm size too! We’ve listened to your feedback and produced a performance road bike just for women. The same award winning carbon chassis and componentry that make the Pro Carbon the greatest in its field, with a few tweaks to the finishing kit and gear ratios. Our legendary £1000 carbon road bike just got a sister. We’ve revised the gearing to suit a higher cadence riding style. We’re offering shorter stem options, reduced bar width and a women’s saddle for extra comfort. Team all that with the compact frame geometry of the Pro Carbon and you have a bike that will fit your riding style as well as your form. Whatever your discipline, from Sportive, training, Triathlon, this bike will not let you down whether it’s race day or big ride day. The Pro Carbon is the ideal introduction to carbon road bikes and the Pro Carbon SRAM Rival will see you proud for years... How we build them: All Planet X bikes are hand assembled in our Sheffield HQ by trained Cytech qualified staff, checked over by our head mechanic, former UK road Pro Mark Lovatt, then carefully packaged and dispatched to you in a tough box with just the handlebars to straighten and pedals to fix on.
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IT’S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Shorter torsos and a different femurto-tibia ratio mean that women’s bikes should be set up different to blokes’ bikes. With our compact frame geometry allowing great stand over height for extra confidence, our shorter stems and more in-line seat post putting the rider in the right place, and matching to a women’s saddle, this bike is spot on for all women riders.
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PLANET X PRO CARBON FRANKO BIANCO WHY FRANKO FROM £999.99 FRAME Planet X Pro Carbon FORKS Planet X Pro Carbon WHEELS FSA RD-60 Clincher BRAKES Tektro R320 CHAINSET SRAM S350 FRONT MECH SRAM Rival REAR MECH SRAM Rival WEIGHT 7.78kg / 17.2lb (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Matt Black, Guru Blue, Red, White
One of our special edition Pro Carbon models. This special Bianco themed special Edition Pro Carbon for lovers of the white stuff. Our Pro Carbon frame is the best around, and here’s a special edition model we’ve put together in strictly limited quantities. Kitted with SRAM Rival components at an amazing price with updated graphics and components for 2013, the Planet X SL Pro Carbon is the perfect do-it-all carbon road bike; light enough to take the fear out of any sportive climb yet stiff enough to make sure you finish at the front of the final sprint. Whatever your discipline, from Sportive, training, Triathlon, this bike will not let you down whether it’s race day or big ride day. The Pro Carbon is the ideal introduction to carbon road bikes and the Pro Carbon SRAM Rival will see you proud for years... We’ve picked components from the best manufacturers around to make this Bianco Ltd Edition a joy to behold at a price that nobody can match. Stem and Seatposts gets your collars and cuffs matching with classy items from Deda. Our Strada bar puts you in a perfect position with it’s shallow drop. A classic Selle Italia saddle completes the theme without corners being cut. It’s a performance bike at a most incredible price.
BIANCO?
All the Franko Bianco models are specced by our head of sales, Frank Campbell, a true legend of cycling. With a pedigree of 30 years in the cycling industry his reputation for integrity and knowledge are now only matched by his girth and infectious enthusiasm for cycling. Frank has been involved with Planet X for well over 10 years now, first as our Irish agent, then as our pro team manager. He’s also been the Irish National Road Team Manager, the Irish Olympic team manager, and has mentored the current cream of Irish cycling - such as Nicholas Roche, from innocent young pups to international superstars.
All Planet X bikes are hand assembled in our Sheffield HQ by trained Cytech qualified staff, checked over by our head mechanic, former UK road Pro Mark Lovatt, then carefully packaged and dispatched to you in a custom made bike packing system. This allows you to customise your bike to your specification.
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MOUNTAIN BIKE
ON-ONE TI 456 EVO FROM £2199.99 FRAME On-One Ti 456 Evo FORKS Rockshox Revelation RLT Dual Air 150mm WHEELS On-One MAX Adaptable Maxle BRAKES Shimano XT M785 Hydraulic Disc CHAINSET Shimano XT M785 10 Speed FRONT MECH Shimano SLX REAR MECH Shimano XT M786 10 Speed WEIGHT 11.6kg / 25.7lb (approx) SIZES 16”, 18”, 19.5”, 21” COLOURS Super Raw, Anodized Black
Acclaimed by many as the best hardtail ever and now available as a full build. Our awesome 456 EVO Titanium now available as a complete bike. Built by titanium experts Van Nicholas, is the 456 Ti EVO is the magical one-bike-does all? Up front, a RockShox Revelation RLT 150mm Dual air coupled with a static 65.7 degree head angle ensure the even the gnarliest of descents are no problem for the 456 EVO Titanium. But it’s not downhill only - the proportional chain stay length and optimum seat angle combine with a Shimano XT 2x10 group set to make the climb back up painless and fun. Our tough On-One max adaptable sealed bearing wheel set use the Rockshox Revelation’s 15mm Maxle Light to keep things stiff up front. Whilst our On-One Ultralight CNC Stem and 760mm EL Guapo Ancho B bars give you full control of the ride. And you can trust that our Chunky Monkey, Smorgasbord tyre combo will keep you glued to the trail in even the trickiest trail conditions. When designing this bike the brief was a no compromise, extremely capable, ride anything, ride all day, mile munching, earth shattering one bike does it all. And here it is. Weighing in at 11.65 KG the TI 456 Evo really can do it all. Don’t Miss Out. If you are looking for the ultimate UK trail hardtail this is the bike for you.
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PERFECT 10? Our Ti 456 has the honour of being the only bike to ever receive a “perfect 10” score from What Mountainbike Magazine. This new model is even better - with it’s tapered head tube, dropper compatible seat tube, and ISCG mounts. Titanium is the perfect material for a trail hardtail as it’s impervious to rust and shrugs of rock strikes and scratches with merely a wipe of a scouring pad bringing it all back to fresh. A 10yr manufacturing defect warranty gives you the confidence to pound the trails hard. Built tough and strong, but still with fantastic titanium compliance, the Ti 456 Evo is a worthy successor to the Perfect 10 crown...
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ROAD BIKE
PLANET X TI PRO ROAD FROM £1999.99 FRAME Planet X Ti Pro Road FORKS Columbus Carve Carbon WHEELS Shimano RS30 BRAKES Shimano Ultegra BR-6700-G CHAINSET Shimano Ultegra FC-6750-G FRONT MECH Shimano Ultegra 6700 REAR MECH Shimano Ultegra 6700 WEIGHT 8.3kg / 18.3lb (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Industrial Polish
Is this the perfect blend of speed and comfort? Hand crafted with the best fast road group set around. Our Pro Road frame has always attracted attention and acclaim. Now in it’s third incarnation, we sat down with our designers and worked on the tube set again, to extract the most from the material. We increased the diameter of the main tubes by 2mm, which adds 25 percent to the lateral stiffness of the main frame but only minimally adding to the weight of those tubes. And to save that weight and maintain the ride characteristics, we’ve slimmed the rear stays and added an integrated contemporary headset. Geometry remains the same, ideal for fast road use, from day long high paced rides to shorter blasts. For the first time available with Shimano Ultegra groupset. Ultegra’s flawless precise shifting makes riding the Ti Pro Road a dream. The compact 50-34 Shimano Ultegra chainset paired with 11-28 cassette make this a true riders ride, capable of powering up the steepest ascents. Our Planet X Ultralight CNC stem and Strada Compact Light bars wrapped in Selle Italia’s smooth tape complete the package. Our custom build process makes it easy to customise the bike to you - from bar width or stem length - or even wheel set choice? Why not make this a true hill climb bike and upgrade to Shimano RS-80 C24 wheel set at a great price? The Ti Pro Road Ultegra speed meets comfort, the perfect bike for long days in the saddle yet still capable of mixing it up with the fastest carbon race steeds.
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WHY TI? Frames made of tubing welded together just seem to have a quality that makes us smile. Don’t get us wrong, we love the ride of carbon, but the fact that someone has cut and welded tubes together to make a frame just feels special. Couple that with the fact that we always wanted (but could never afford) a ti frame when we started out riding, we still have that attraction to the “wonder metal”. Tough, strong, light, reassuringly expensive, and truly giving a ride like nothing else, it makes wonderful frames for riders that want the best. Titanium combines the best characteristics of all the other frame materials. It rivals aluminum in weight, is as comfortable as steel and has a sprightly ride and superb handling that many riders swear by. We use a Ti 3-2.5 alloy - 94.5% pure titanium, 3% aluminium and 2.5% vanadium. Ti-3-2.5 balances the higher strength of some titanium alloys and ductility of commercially pure titanium to create an allround high performance material. Its lightning fast response to power input combined with dampening of road shock makes titanium a perfect material for the ultimate road frame. Hand welded by titanium experts Van Nicholas and featuring a 10yr warranty, this is a frame you can rely on for years of high speed road enjoyment.
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CYCLO CROSS
PLANET X
UNCLE JOHN The Uncle John legend continues in this updated version of our crossover classic. Now featuring top routed out-of-themud cabling and an oversized seat tube the Uncle John SRAM Force bike is better value than ever before.
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Triple butted alloy frame Rack mounts and mudguard eyelets Canti bosses Proper cross cable routing SRAM Rival double-tap shifters Planet X A57 wheelset Complete bike weight 20.6lbs
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ON-ONE
DIRTY DISCO This is a true race winning bike. Our classleading cyclocross model is at home on the racetrack as it is on tough roads and trails.
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High Modulus carbon frame and full carbon forks Avid BB7 Disc Brakes Tough yet light wheels Proper cross cable routing SRAM Rival 10 Speed Complete bike weight 21.3lbs
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PLANET X
XLS
The new Planet X XLS cyclocross is more than turning heads in the race scene with it’s up to the minute carbon design, sharp looks and dialled performance.
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Hand laid full carbon monocoque Avid BB7 Disc Brakes Cross race geometry SRAM Force components SHighly rated, versatile and lightweight build Complete bike weight 17.8lbs
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CROSSJUNKIE I once tried riding a cyclocross race ‘easy’. It was a lesson in abject failure. Lulled into a false sense of security of how it would be a pleasant training ride, by the time I found myself on the deck for the third time, I realised that there was no such thing as an ‘easy’ ‘cross race. An easy ‘cross ride perhaps, but when you throw a hundred or so fellow riders, a slick muddy course and a way too casual attitude together, you get a mix that guarantees incompetence and ineptitude. ‘Cross requires focus and commitment and makes very specific physical and mental demands, regardless of your ability or experience. And so to the musing I was doing recently as the new (summer) ‘cross season started. That’s the thing - nowadays you can race ‘cross for pretty much 9 months of the year, morphing from (usually) fast and dry summer ‘crosses into biblically wet and muddy winter races with only the deranged 3 Peaks Cyclocross in September to confuse the issue. Some have written about the physical demands of cross, but what does it actually feel like to race, and what does it tell you about yourself ? Whilst I don’t buy into that whole ‘pain cave’ thing where people try to outdo superlatives about how hard it is, there is no doubting that ‘cross is hard, physical and to be honest slightly unsettling to take part in. The start is not necessarily always the hardest bit physically but is always demanding in some way - get a clean start off the line and you will be riding close to your maximum physical and technical ability anyway as you try and capitalise on your position. Get a rubbish start and things get harder. You’ll still be riding pretty much full gas but mentally things just got a whole lot more difficult. Some of the fiercest battles in ‘cross races occur back from the front end of the field, in the mid pack as, in the growing fields we’ve seen over the last few years, legions of grizzled competitors fight for every corner, every scrap of rideable line.
A bad start can finish you if you’re not careful. In your effort to claw back places you try too hard, go into a sketchy corner too fast or over-accelerate on a straight and overshoot when the course turns and before you know it you’ve lost another 5 places. Let your mind wander or panic and things can go from bad to worse. Calmness whilst all about you are losing their heads is the key to the game. Easier said than done. Survive the melee of the start and you try and settle in a bit. I say settle in, as far as maintaining a lung bursting effort, staying upright round the course and avoiding marauding fellow competitors conveys a notion of ‘comfort’... Either move up if you can, usually by being smoother and more efficient, or hold your station. If you start sliding back, once again things can get more difficult as panic can set in. Panic usually means mistakes which, like casualness means an encounter with flora and fauna around the course (including course tape) or intimate contact with the ground. And so to the finale. Hopefully a triumphant gallop around the last couple of laps, in control and looking imperious. Alternatively, it may well be an undignified fight against dwindling physical resources, increasing technical ineptitude as fatigue fogs your reactions and sometimes a fight against a madly clogging bike that
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WHO IS CROSSJUNKIE? Alan Dorrington is a cyclocross obsessive riding for Planet X and still striving to be more than an achtervolger (google it). Professionally, he’s a manager of homeless services for young people. The north’s leading cyclocross blogger, Planet X support him with bikes and equipment. Rubber fetishist (tyres!) and cobble fanatic, Alan represents Planet X with a unique style at races all around the UK. threatens to give up working at any moment. As I have been blessed with riding a pair of ‘anti-clog’ Planet X disc bikes, I can no longer use this excuse and am left with my own ineptitude as the likely cause of backwards progress at this point. The end of a ‘cross race is always a bitter sweet affair - the relief that the physical pain you’ve just been through is no longer there is strong, but tempered with the knowledge that somehow you’ve got to get your (almost guaranteed) filthy body and bike(s) back into or onto the car and home again in a vaguely presentable state to greet loved ones who doubtless will be waiting with bated breathe to see how you got on. But that’s where we come back to summer ‘cross - all the trials and tribulations of winter ‘cross but without the muck. Mostly.
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FAR EAST TRIP
POSTCARDS FROM CHINA We travel a lot on business, usually to places with strange food, and fascinating things. We post pictures on our Twitter, Facebook and Instragram pages and it rarely makes any sense. Here’s some of the colour and characters from our last trip around China and Taiwan. From local beer in dodgy clubs to Kung Po Cocoon. All lovely and lots of fun, and a bit of the background on what we do to get where we are.
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EL GUAPO! Planet X sponsored rider & test pilot Ed Oxley put the El Guapo through its paces in the Lake District.
TITUS EL GUAPO FRAMES AND BIKES ARE IN STOCK AND READY TO ROCK... MORE THAN 10,000 PRODUCTS ONLINE
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TITUS EL GUAPO 160mm TRAVEL ALL MOUNTAIN BIKE
FROM £1999.99
FRAME Titus El Guapo FORKS Rockshox Lyrik R Solo Air 20mm Maxle SHOCK Cane Creek Double Barrel Air WHEELS On-One Reet’ard BRAKES Avid E3 Hydraulic Disc CHAINSET SRAM FC S1000 GXP FRONT MECH SRAM X9 REAR MECH SRAM X9 WEIGHT 14.3kg / 31.5lb (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Pearl White, Anodized Black
They’re hotter than a spicy burrito, and ready to put a smile on your face. Titus El Guapo frames and bikes are in stock with us and ready to rock. Riders all over the world already are won over by the amazing ride of “El Guapo!” – it’s Spanish for “the handsome one”. With Titus being part of the Planet X group, we’re delighted to be able to bring them to the UK to get British riders onto that American goodness. Awarded “Best 150mm travel bike” by Bikeradar and WhatMTB, and built using the most cutting edge aluminium frame construction techniques, the Titus El Guapo is the best value, best performing full suspension bike on the market today. Bullet proof, ride-and-race proven bearing and bushing systems keeps things running perfectly. The best shocks in the world, courtesy of Cane Creek – with their Double Barrel Air shock, and Rock Shox Monarch RT3 make the suspension action second to none, with it’s genuine fourbar-link system ensuring perfect ground traction whether you’re stomping on the pedals or slamming on the anchors. With tubes being formed into shape with compressed air in heated molds, those fabrication methods let us build a fantastically strong and durable frame at a great weight. Partnering the awesome frameset are Rock Shox finest forks – the Lyrik. Tracking straight and true whatever you throw at them, but light enough for day long rides… we’ve got everything you need to get you rolling and out on the trails at a price you won’t believe. Frame, fork, headset, rear shock for less than our competitors charge you for a frame alone. Where does the Titus shine? Everywhere! That four bar linkage system means a bike that climbs brilliantly. The swingarm
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and yoke are constructed from a huge machined-out bridge and thermo-formed chainstay pieces which means that the lateral stiffness of this frame is off the scale. People point at the lack of a bolt through rear end as a weakness – on this model, we don’t see it as that as it allows people to retrofit their existing wheelsets and get on board with excellent suspension action and a solid ride, for a great price.
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“THE EL GUAPO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE VERY BEST 32LB, 6IN TRAVEL ALLMOUNTAIN BIKES ON THE PLANET” MORE BIKE FOR YOUR BUCK
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TITUS HAS HISTORY... BE PART OF IT Growing from a frame shop in Phoenix, Arizona in 1991, Titus has grew into one of the premier suspension frame builders of it’s time. Titus suffered some financial difficulties and was forced into receivership in late 2010. Planet X, parent company of Planet X Bikes and On-One, purchased the brand, designs and tools out of bankruptcy, and with the help of faithful supporters, refocused it with a direct business model and cutting of overheads, along with new product development to keep Titus afloat.
ALLOY ROCKSTAR
Built in Portland, Oregon, USA and features 100mm of XC race or trail duty on a 29er platform. The alloy front triangle features an oversized, tapered head tube, a custom CNC machined bottom bracket, mated to a full carbon rear triangle with a carbon rocker driving a Rock Shox Monarch RT3 shock.
ROCKSTAR CARBON
Hand laid up with High Modulus T700 and T800 Toray carbon fibre, the Rockstar Carbon was developed and tested over the last 18 months to ensure that this was the ultimate 29er rocket ship. With full carbon construction, the Rockstar carbon is right on 6lbs (including the Rockshox Monarch RT3 rear shock).
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TEAM VVF-PLANET X Following a very successful 2012 season with over 20 victories from the GranFondo, MediaFondo and women’s categories, Team VVF-Planet X are now seen as one of the leading teams on the International GranFondo circuit. The sporting division of the Italian Fire brigade, based in Genova, we’re proud to support them and use them for the R&D at top competition level to help us make better products for you! Awesome results already this year from boyfriend/girlfriend/super-couple, Enrico Saccomani and Ilaria Lombardi, in the early season GranFondo Paolo Bettini, in Pomerance, Tuscany, as well as a dominant win for Ilaria in the Giro d’Italia Amatori (the amateur Giro). Keep up to date with the team on our website... www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk
JAMIE BURROW PLANET X DESIGNER Ranked #1 U23 rider in the world, Jamie Burrow is our top athlete and employee. Balancing the almost impossible task of pro-level on-the-bike training, and designing our new clothing, helmet and shoe range, Jamie lives in Rimini and is our go-to-guy for Italian problems. He helped us with our acquisition of SAB Bikes, he’s regularly checking on production at Sarto, on our Mondo production and custom framesets. Twice winner of the tough Maratona des Dolomites, one of the hardest Granfondo races in the calendar, Jamie’s currently in training for the 2013 race, in spite of a hectic schedule of factory visits and design work.
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GUERCIOTTI Part of the Italian cycling industry, and a true dynasty, it gives us great pleasure to work with Guerciotti. Our passion extends right back – our founder Dave Loughran’s first bike was a Guerciotti Record. Several sizes too big for him of course, but that white lugged steel frame stays in his memory to this day, and is one of the reasons Planet X exists. We took some time out with Paolo and Alesandro Guerciotti when father and son visited our Sheffield HQ recently. Next year sees Guerciotti’s 50th anniversary, growing the business from a small shop in Milan, through Paolo’s accomplished cyclocross career, and through the sponsorship of top level pro teams. And throughout all this, they’ve kept it “in the family” – as Paolo says, “All the entrepreneurs we admired, for example Colnago and De Rosa, they started
Planet X Founder Dave Loughran on his beloved Guerciotti Record
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from nothing with a small shop. And we are Guerciotti, like Colnago is Colnago, Pinarello is Pinarello, De Rosa is De Rosa. They all founded their company with, maybe, 30sqm and then grew.” For the anniversary, plans are already afoot; “We are planning to make special 50th anniversary frameset. It will available next May. Of course, we are making some particular arrangements to celebrate; our goal is to get a professional team who could ride the Giro d’Italia. For example, Campagnolo had their 80th birthday and won the Giro with Nibali, maybe we could do the same… We’ll have a fiesta for our customers, friends and riders that have ridden throughout our history. It’s an important anniversary that’s not easy to reach for many companies. I’m planning to make two new models – one modern carbon frameset, Italian made, and one vintage steel frame - because there are still many lovers. So, we have one model to represent the future, and another to represent the past, the history of Guerciotti. Not Just in the UK, but also in the USA, in Japan, in Asia - there’s a big demand for steel framesets.”
“In a way, the most important thing is that the family name can continue. To have a real Guerciotti, Colnago or De Rosa, that’s important. There was a rumour that Colnago had been sold to Giant – it’s not true! Colnago market the figure of Ernesto, it’s the person. If you lose the person, you lose something of the company. I’m not married. I have a sister as well, so we have two options. The name is from the son, if I don’t have one then the name, Guerciotti, will stop. I feel responsible; it’s a big responsibility. Same thing happened with Colnago. Ernesto Colnago only had a daughter, who in turn had a son, Alessandro his surname was Brambilla. So, Ernesto gave him the double name… Brambilla-Colnago!” However Guerciotti moves forward, we know they’ll continue to put the hunger, heart and passion into cycling that exists in Italy, and we’ll be right alongside them, offering their products with real provenance and history.
As to the future, will the company stay in the family for another 50 years? Alesandro looks nervous…
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SNEAK PREVIEW SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL... HISTORY OF AN ICONIC BRAND Guerciotti is a name synonymous with the cycling industry. From Cyclocross to TT, and everything in between, the company manufactures some of the most advanced carbon frames on the market from their HQ near Milan.
GUERCIOTTI ECLIPSE 769 80TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAGNOLO SUPER RECORD For many Super Record is the most desired groupset available on the market, as it has been since its introduction in 1973. For this landmark anniversary Campagnolo have created their most beautiful revision of the groupset yet. Sleek, minimal carbon aesthetics with subtle red highlights – it looks incredible and will be highly sought after. It runs like a dream too. Happy Birthday Campagnolo… This is a special, once in a lifetime and ultra-limited edition bike and we’re very proud to be able to offer it to you.
In 1964, brothers Italo and Paulo started Guerciotti from a small, 20sqm shop in Petrella, Italy. Originally specialising in the selling and maintenance of bicycles, the business quickly grew to producing frames bearing the family name. With a history firmly rooted in Cyclocross, Guerciotti have produced ten world champions in the discipline, including the likes of Vito Ditano, Daniele Pontoni and Roland Liboton. More recent years have seen famous victories from the likes of Michele Scarponi in the 2010 Giro d’Italia, and the Ardenne Classic, La Flèche Wallonne. Now, with their 50th anniversary on the horizon, Guerciotti are more active than ever. With their No-Limit Carbon Engineering concept they look set to break further boundaries in the industry.
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Charlie Tennick 27 3/4 Customer Service Advisor Almost 3 Planet X N2A Road and Track Red Cancer It depends what shoes I buy. Pink & black Peugeot road bike with 6 gears and sissy brakes. Won me many races.
WHAT’S YOUR CYCLING HISTORY: Started racing schoolboy crit’s at age 10 with Thurcroft CC. This led to riding track meetings in Scunthorpe after doing a taster session on Manchester at the age of 11 and getting the “track bug”. From then on had a healthy mix of road and track throughout the racing season. By age 14 the summers were spent getting driven all over the country to races. Even headed over to the continent to ride the Youth Tour Van Assen. Two years later I would find myself working for a lad called Mark Cavendish in our final year in the U16 category. I beat him a sprint you know… I had even more success when I moved up to Senior. I won the North Midlands Road League overall, beating Adam Blythe (BMC) and Ben Swift (Team SKY). In 2006 represented GB out in Trinidad in the Southern Games, and made it out there in 2008 and 2010 as well from 2010 onwards it went a little down hill. Then “the crash”. Season over and not raced since. Gutted.
THE CRASH?? Well... this is what happens when roadies get airborne… We had taken an on-one stand to a show in Willingen, Germany. I’d been hammering the freeride trail all day Friday with no hiccups. Then… the final run on Sunday before we come home Monday. I hit a 15ft table top that I’d be clearing fine all weekend, but this time hit it way too fast. Over shot the landing and landed really heavy on the front wheel. This throws me into the ground at 30mph, I stick my hands out to cushion the fall and this completely shatters my left radius at the wrist, splits my chin and severely concusses me. I was air lifted to hospital in a big orange helicopter and woke up surrounded by strange people talking a very peculiar, and I was laid on my back heading into a CT scanner. I kind of freaked out and thought I had been abducted by aliens! This was followed by two nights in the most expensive hotel room ever (according to the hospital bill). I was back at work the following Monday with a titanium plate in my wrist though! Hardcore!
BEST THING ABOUT WORKING FOR PLANET X? Working with a great bunch of people and I have to say the view from the office window is pretty amazing.
WHY THE N2A? Tis a beast. Looks great. Rides great. Really comfy and feels nice and aggressive. Why would anyone not want one? I’ve got it set up with SRAM Force, S950 cranks, Deda Carbon bars to keep the wrist cushioned. Carbon railed Prologo saddle, because it fits. And its bling…
YOU ARE WELL KNOWN FOR BEING SENT ON MISSIONS TO COLLECT FURNITURE FOR THE SHOWROOM - WHAT’S THE MOST RIDICULOUS PIECE OF FURNITURE YOU’VE HAD TO PICK UP? It has to be the pig carrier. A very strange bit of furniture. Only the boss could think of that as being a good display piece purely based on a picture on a website. But yet again. once in place in the showroom, it looks great!
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OUR STORES We now have two specialist stores for you to visit. Come and say hello, take a good look at our unique ranges of bikes, components & clothing, and maybe have a coffee while you’re at it. Our Sheffield store located next to our head office and warehouse is well established as one of the most a unique bike stores around, but the all new Barnsley store is our vision of bike retailing for the future.
BARNSLEY STORE We guarantee you’ve never been to a store like our new specialist store in Barnsley. It’s packed from floor to ceiling with the best kit we have to offer, surrounded by antique furniture, comfy sofas, great coffee and an Airstream caravan! With over 50 bikes in store and many available to ride away same day, our experienced staff can offer you expert advice on any questions or queries you may have. Come and ride before you buy on the TransPennine Trail, have your bike professionally fitted to you using the Retul System and have your bike maintained by our Cytech qualified workshop technicians to the same exacting standard our Chief Designer demands. This store really represents the future, and what Planet X is all about. We’re extremely proud of it and we’re looking forward to seeing you there.
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BACK IN THE DAY
THINGS THAT NEVER MADE IT INTO PRODUCTION (AND PROBABLY NEVER SHOULD) As well as designing things from plain pieces of paper and the back of napkins from wholefood cafes (Dave’s favourite is actually the bits of paper you can get for flip charts, but just used as a “spreadsheet” as he calls it, spread on a table), we sometimes get offered things by factories which they’ll make us as a sample with our logos and geometry to see if we like it. Which is how this little beauty came into our lives. It’s a variety of “mini velo” as they’re called “out East” (as we call Taiwan sometimes), and looks like it should be good, and indeed is if you’re not too tall... the issue being longer seatposts, too much leverage, shorter wheelbases, and heavier riders make something that doesn’t work as well as it should. Couple with that the fact that the purchasing person who signed this off was sure it was a folding bike, and when it arrived (at quite some considerable expense) it transpired it wasn’t folding at all, well... it wasn’t a pretty discussion. It’s a fascinating beast though, and you wouldn’t guess for a moment it’s from the company who make our On-One steel mountain bike frames. A full suspension tiny wheeled road bike that doesn’t fold and costs rather more than we hoped. Wasn’t the first bike that sat around for someone to take it away, and won’t be the last (though they do often tend to have small wheels, thinking about it...)
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PROTOTYPES The introduction of the EN tests in recent years has given us data we can use to test frames for some aspects of stiffness and strength, but it doesn’t cover everything. Whilst you can rate a frame on a machine for pedalling fatigue and horizontal fatigue (repeatedly trying to pull the fork off ), there is no test for “no hands riding at speed whilst trying to put on a rain jacket” or “full suspension bearing durability whilst riding in Calderdale.” So we do all that ourselves. And we never let Brant do any brazing, but we didn’t have another photo to put in this section. Because all the other stuff is TOP SECRET.
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JOHN TOMAC Our Chief Designer, Brant Richards, writes about legendary figures that have influenced him, and cycling.
To me, and I guess, mountainbikers of a certain age, there is no rider that comes close to the impact John Tomac made on the scene back in the late ‘80’s. I first discovered him, in the pages of MountainBike Action magazine, which as a 16yr Saturday boy in Two Wheels Good in Leeds was my only gateway to the new technology that was available for mountainbikes. The monthly arrival of our shop’s copy of MBA was a must-attend event, as we gathered round to see the new components a bike trends, in the thin half black and white, half colour magazine. Even shop ads were scoured for tales of new components we could only dream of. A cheeky, gobby, skinny sales rep used to come around and read our MBA too. We always greeted him eagerly as he produced product from the far off land of the USA that we’d seen for the first time in MBA in the previous few months. Like magic talismans or strange objects of desire, we would stare in awe at products like Roko Lever Skins, Odyssey Mohawk grips and even a “Powerbar”, all pulled from a red plastic box out the back of his (mums) red Mini Metro. That rep was Dave Loughran, the founder and owner of Planet X, who I’m working for now. It’s funny how things work out. Oh yes - before the internet, MBA was
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our gateway to the world, condensed into a hundred or so pages. I can still remember the smell now. John Tomac featured frequently. His incredible style of 100% commitment and effort was always totally visible in every photo of him on the bike, juxtaposed against a poster-boy, calm and cool image off the bike. His bikes were always cutting edge. His Mongoose signature edition mountain bike was made with steeper geometry – 72deg head angle - for faster handling. Then came the drop bars. Drop bars?? Was he the first true Monstercrosser? Gravel road racer? Tomac was road racing for the 7/11 team and wanted to replicate his on-the-bike position across road and mountain, even racing the world’s downhill in 1990 on drop bars, to 4th place aboard his Yeti C-26 – a bike made with welded steel lugs bonded to carbon tubes - with some of the first Manitou suspension forks. For me, as a tech-geek - it’s Tomac’s innovation in materials and tech that makes him stand out. He always seemed to push companies to make better and more exciting product. The Raleigh project with a Litespeed/Easton combo of welded Ti lugs and carbon bonded tubing made an awesome race bike, and that coupled with the secrecy, the glimpses,
the custom feel… it’s a far cry from racers rolling out on moulded carbon models. As great as carbon frames are, I still have a huge passion for frames that are welded together by hand. They seem to have more soul. More passion. Today John Tomac is continuing to leave his impression on the sport – he has been involved in helping downhill racer Aaron Gwin be one of the most successful downhill racers ever. John’s also got a prodigy, following in his footsteps. His son, Eli, is a massively talented up and coming motocross racer now firmly established in the pro ranks, following an awesome ascent up the ranks, complete with tales of him lapping the whole field as an amateur. Tomac also has also had his own bike brand, working first with Manitou originator Doug Bradbury, though since that promising start, the brand has stalled somewhat. At the time of writing the Tomac brand isn’t in production, certainly a shame. But I’m sure it’s not the last we’ll hear.
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