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Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:48 pm
by schroeds
Good move...the new is the nicest Oppy I've seen

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:40 pm
by visrealm
Dimma wrote:Love seeing bikes well used!
Me too - makes it happy I think :)

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:46 pm
by jasonc
Dimma wrote:The new:
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very stealth Dimma

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:54 pm
by DTdotcom
Cheers mate, just need to get ride of the tires, and make some cockpit adjustments.

How's ur new ride going?

D

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:44 pm
by jasonc
Dimma wrote:Cheers mate, just need to get ride of the tires, and make some cockpit adjustments.

How's ur new ride going?

D

new ride is going well - de-stickered the thing yesterday. cockpit adjustments also required (have a shorter stem to try in my hand right now)

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:11 pm
by hanzao
Dimma wrote:The old:
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The new:
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Have to say very nice

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:33 pm
by ldrcycles
That new oppy is seriously cool, i really like the new headtube too, the old hourglass shape didn't do anything for me. I reckon the new one would look even better with the carbon rims you had on the old one.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:45 pm
by DTdotcom
Those carbon clinchers are dead, they only lasted 5 months.
The frame is great, the BB is ridiculous, def improves the stiffness.
The previous frame was outstanding for long seated climbs, yet to see how the new one goes.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:20 pm
by schroeds
Dimma wrote:Those carbon clinchers are dead, they only lasted 5 months.
Jeez, what brand were they? Remind me not to get any.

The Easton's should look after you. Btw fwiw I like the tyres.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:33 pm
by JessicaAlba
Dimma wrote:The new:
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Anything in Red and Black will get my vote...but that thing is just sex on wheels!

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:38 pm
by il padrone
A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs :shock: ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

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Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:23 am
by jheeno
Dimma wrote:Those carbon clinchers are dead, they only lasted 5 months.
The frame is great, the BB is ridiculous, def improves the stiffness.
The previous frame was outstanding for long seated climbs, yet to see how the new one goes.
why what happened to carbon clinchers ?

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:52 am
by schroeds
il padrone wrote:A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs :shock: ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.
Obvious question: why didn't you take the train :P

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:58 am
by Crittski
Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

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Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:04 am
by il padrone
schroeds wrote:
il padrone wrote:A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs :shock: ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.
Obvious question: why didn't you take the train :P
Nah, nah. We took the plane :D

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:44 am
by visrealm
il padrone wrote:A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs :shock: ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

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Good training rig :D Can't imagine how a nice roadie would feel after this.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:34 am
by DTdotcom
I wore out the braking surface, and had ongoing rear wheel durability issues.
They didn't suit my style of riding more than the wheels being inferior.

re tires, I just don't like colour, and I'm a Conti man.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:57 am
by familyguy
Dimma wrote:The new:
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LBS owner turned up on one of these on sunday. UDi2, stealth graphics, the works. Very nice.

Jim

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:04 pm
by rpmspinman
Crittski wrote:Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

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Thats a sexy looking stead there. Love it.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:32 pm
by norbs
Crittski wrote:Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

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Want!

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:08 pm
by hannos
norbs wrote:
Crittski wrote:Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

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Want!

pfft. It's got those new fan-dangled disc brake thingos. That idea will never catch on!

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:52 pm
by il padrone
visrealm wrote:Good training rig :D Can't imagine how a nice roadie would feel after this.
I whistled up Kinglake on this bike (unladen) on Sunday, leaving all my companions on their road touring bikes and roadies behind in my dust :twisted:

Have yet to touch the real road bike.

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:23 pm
by Whorl
First time poster! Got back into riding a few months ago after a 15 year hiatus and grabbed this shot on the weekend after a ride out to the local dam. Enjoying every minute of it!
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Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:41 pm
by adrian_d
il padrone wrote:A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs :shock: ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

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You sir need more drink bottles haha. I barely drink water when i'm riding so that lot would last me years haha.

65kg is a fair bit to carry around, thats like having someone on the back of a tandem and the other person not doing any pedalling. Very impressive indeed.

Do you get many flats on your journey?

Re: Bike Gallery

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:45 pm
by il padrone
Water? That's only 3 L in the bottles. On days like this one (39 degrees later) we went through all of that water and twice over !! You would as well. In the red panniers I had two 10L water bags with ~ 12L in them. This was enough for our overnight camping needs.

The total luggage load was a heavy haul. At the maximum load of 65 kgs, for about 7-8 days between resupply and up to 3 days between water points, I could not actually lift my rear wheel off the ground (without doing a serious back injury). 25kgs of all my camping gear, 23L of water = 23 kgs, and then food for up to 8 days = ~15 kgs.