The Titan Racing Valerian Pro is a classic road bike in a racy look with incredible consumer value. R34 999 with complete Shimano Ultegra Disc is not only class leading value – it rewrites the books on pricing for this competitive segment. With that in mind, I gave it a hammering up and down my familiar territory in search of niggles. The new Titan Racing Valerian Pro has clean and trendy design lines. Aesthetically the bike is very clean with internal cable routing and sleek design lines around the fork, head tube and downtube area. A reasonably beefy bottom bracket area minimizes unwanted energy absorbing flex whilst the stays are clean and functional. An integrated seat post clamp, a slightly sloping top tube and neat thru axle design completes the package. Titan Racing specced the strong and durable Shimano RS170 disc wheelset which has a 17mm internal rim width which combines well with a 25mm tyre width. The rim height is 24mm and the wheels are equipped with brass nipples
The Titan Racing Valerian Pro is a classic road bike in a racy look with incredible consumer value. R34 999 with complete Shimano Ultegra Disc is not only class leading value – it rewrites the books on pricing for this competitive segment. With that in mind, I gave it a hammering up and down my familiar territory in search of niggles.
The new Titan Racing Valerian Pro has clean and trendy design lines.
Aesthetically the bike is very clean with internal cable routing and sleek design lines around the fork, head tube and downtube area. A reasonably beefy bottom bracket area minimizes unwanted energy absorbing flex whilst the stays are clean and functional. An integrated seat post clamp, a slightly sloping top tube and neat thru axle design completes the package.
Titan Racing specced the strong and durable Shimano RS170 disc wheelset which has a 17mm internal rim width which combines well with a 25mm tyre width. The rim height is 24mm and the wheels are equipped with brass nipples, smooth rolling hubs, and a decent pickup.
With innovations from the top of the range Dura-Ace, the Shimano Ultegra groupset is a pro level, race ready groupset. The bike is specced with the larger 160mm center lock rotors front and rear. The 50/34T chainring combo with an 11 – 28T cassette is paired with 170mm cranks on the size we tested.
Seat, seat-post, bars, and stem are all in house from the Titan Racing range. The Vittoria Rubino PRO tires are a great training or racing tire which has good puncture protection with a long life.
Frame and fork weight for both the Valerian PRO and Valerian Elite model is around 1500grams – both models have the same carbon layup. Like the complete stable from Titan Racing, the Valerian PRO is sold with a 5-year multi-user warranty which is something not offered by many brands.
A marginally steeper head angle and slightly tighter chain-stays contribute to the bikes agility and race like handling. The stack height is on the racy side too, yet not ultra slammed. Overall the fit is low, stretched out, ready to perform and there is nothing too far out in terms of the geometry, in fact, it’s a classic road bike with that classic road bike racy feel.
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