Titus/On-One

Thanks for visiting Titus and On-One's webstore. Since One-One's original founding in Sheffield, UK--over twenty years ago--we have sought to inspire and equip cyclists with the best equipment possible. As the original direct-to-consumer bicycling brand, our parent-company Planet X is currently the UK's second-largest bicycle manufacturer. Our roots in Planet X and On-One directly influence the way we deliver our customers the best-valued product available.

Recognizing an opportunity to grow its presence in the United States, Planet X acquired the legendary Titus Cycles in 2010 and began selling its storied bikes direct-to-consumers. Planet X relocated Titus' headquarters from Tempe, AZ to America's bicycling Mecca: Portland, OR. From its location off North Williams Ave, our Portland office also began selling the UK's original, no-nonsense, mountain bike brand: On-One. In 2011, Planet X decided to consolidate its US distribution channel, combining Titus/On-One's operations with those of the Planet X brand. Now under the banner of Planet X USA, our warehouse in Portland operates as the North American home for Titus Cycles, Planet X, On-One, and Guerciotti.

Since putting Titus and On-One under the same roof, both brands have learned a lot from each other. 

Heading up Titus' design and innovation department is seasoned industry leader, Brant Richards. Brant has been in the cycling industry for over 25yrs, working up from sales assistant, through journalism, to be the editor of MBR magazine and Bikemagic.com He then left journalism to start On-One bikes with Planet X owner, Dave Loughran. At On-One, Brant transformed the brand into a direct-sales model, before leaving for a two-year period to work with Nukeproof on their World Cup Downhill bike "Scalp", their all-mountain "Mega" bikes, and re-launch the Vitus Bikes brand in Europe.

To learn more about the storied heritage of Titus, click here to go to their dedicated site.

Our first Inbred bikes were relatively simple steel, because it did what we needed it too for our designs. We then built a few posh Reynolds 853 ones to see what they were like. Riding them back to back with our own evolved DN6 blend of steel tubing we could barely tell a difference though, except for the fact they cost about three times more. That's why we just use DN6 tubes on our steel bikes now.

There's a similar story with Easton RAD and Scandium tubing and our own ScandAL frames, which we've honed and worked to be as good as any alloy frames out there. Without the extra cost.

We also work with one of the best carbon factories in the world helping them refine their processes in return for getting the best performing pieces ourselves.

We don't just make our bikes using the latest technology, we make them capable of using the latest technology too. We were one of the first brands to make a 29er that really rode well, and now our range is one of the most extensive available. Where it makes sense we fit ISCG mounts that'll take chain guides or Truvativ Hammerschmidt two speed cranks. We use tapered headtubes for stiffer 1.5 to 1.125in fork steerers and oversized press fit BB92 bottom brackets on our latest carbon bikes too.

We weren't a performance brand when we started, but then people kept winning stuff on our bikes. Now we've started designing bikes with them to make them even faster.

Our first inbreds were designed as bikes 'just for riding really'. They seemed to be really popular with people who did a huge amount of 'just riding'. The sort of people who turn up for epic events and happen to end up on the podium. Then we made the 29ers which opened up a whole new scale of whup ass that just bewildered all the people who were getting beaten by a couple of hundred quid steel frame with a rigid fork

To be honest we thought this was really funny, because we like our riders to really enjoy their bikes, especially riders like 24hr and Duathlon demon Twinklydave. So we built our ScandAL 26 and 29er bikes out of the lightest alloy tubesets we could find for people who really wanted to rip along at races or whenever they got to ride.

That includes horribly fast folk like adventure racer Richard Usher who's been a big part of the design process for our state of the art carbon fibre Whippet and Lurcher frames. They're lighter, stiffer and faster than anything else we've made before and if it's performance you're after these really are going to take some beating.

Even our premium line bikes are radically affordable compared to the opposition. It’s not because we cut corners, it’s because our designs are so good factories like to make our bikes for us. That sounds really big headed, but it’s true. As part of the deal that gets us our carbon frames beautifully built by one of the best factories at their best price, they get to sell the design on to other brands in other countries.

We did the same with Lynskey and our award winning perfect ten Ti456, working hand in hand with Mark and co in Tennessee to produce the perfect titanium tubing blend for our innovative geometry. Look how many people they’re making bikes for now. Now we’re working with Van Nicholas on tapered headtubes and manipulated tube rear ends for our next batch of Ti bikes.
We do the same with the components we select too. If you’re a regular on this site you’ll notice complete bike specs tend to fluctuate frequently. That’s because if we can get a cracking deal on something from a supplier we’ll buy the lot. After all if we can get XT this month for the price of Deore last month you’re probably happy to cope with a bit of change now and then.