This was our first Titus Moto Lite we got in. I was at the 04 Interbike show when I saw this new bike and called Dave from the show. I calmly told him "I found your new bike". Dave had been on a Santa Cruz Blur for about a year and I took care of the warranty for him when the frame broke. At that time he confided in me that he wasn't too happy with it's performance or feel. He had hoped the Blur would be a good XC and suspension bike....But always felt like he was riding on the bike not with the bike. I looked at the geometry of the 2 bikes and found that the Moto Lite would be a better fit for what he is looking for. Having the option of 4 or 5 inches of rear travel and able to take up to a 6 inch travel fork would allow him more freedom, more standover clearance, and better handling...And as I predicted Dave never used the Blur again, and he ended up selling the Blur after only a few months of Titus riding.

Again I did some more measuring and started cleaning and swapping some of the parts from the Blur to the new Motolite frame. We decided to keep the new Reba fork on the Titus and then after more research he was glad he did. We'll be setting the fork up as 115mm travel for the summer. The bike as is with many of the same parts off the Blur is about 1.5 lbs lighter too. The Newest parts included a slightly more aggressive UST tire (IRC Mythos from Hutchinsons Pythons), the new SRAM Front Der., new Reba SL fork, Cables, Chain, and a new Chris King Headset. He now has the bike at home...so I am waiting for an updated picture that shows the completed bike with chain and cables cut.

Scroll down to view some pictures...If you have questions about these project bikes please feel free to e-mail us at trails-edge@trails-edge.com and we'd be happy to help as much as we can.