Oppy Owners Club
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby martinjs » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:34 pm
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Laidlaym » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:18 pm
I have a flatbar aluminium commuter which gets most of my riding hours so the Oppy is not wearing out but I enjoy the different feel of the Oppy from time to time, it certainly feels much lighter and quicker to ride.
As a youth I had a Skidstar with 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub gears and my sister had a DragStar.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Solirossi » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:30 pm
http://genesysprocycling.com.au/drubie wrote:The past is a different country rkelson - both major parties had despicable immigration policies back then.rkelsen wrote: He may have been a great cyclist, but learning about the things he did while he was Immigration Minister for the Menzies government has caused me to lose all the respect I had for him previously.
I reckon the oppy range looks the goods, but they could really benefit from sponsoring a team in the national road series to give 'em a bit more credibility. Overall they'd get a fair bit of goodwill / racing cred for the annual cost of 20 or so bikes. If I was in the market for a new bike I'd definitely have an oppy on the shortlist.
Im pretty sure they won the whole series, as well as many individual races.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby drubie » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:39 pm
How did I forget that? Maybe sponsorship doesn't work
As for buying a Gorton bike, it's better than a Holt Speedo
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby wheels46 » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:51 pm
I'll take your Holt and raise you a pair of Fraser's trousers.drubie wrote:Genesys DOH!
How did I forget that? Maybe sponsorship doesn't work
As for buying a Gorton bike, it's better than a Holt Speedo
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby rkelsen » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:02 pm
Why raise them? They'll only fall down again...wheels46 wrote:I'll take your Holt and raise you a pair of Fraser's trousers.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby R12RT » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:08 pm
The C6 appeared to offfer far better value for money than any of the competitors. $2300 for a carbon fibre bike with full Integra SL is nothing to sneeze at.
My first bike back in 1977 was a Malvern Star. A steel frame 5-speed with down tube shifters. I later had it converted to a 10-speed to cope with the hills around Kalamunda.
I am more interested in value for money than brand prestige so I don't care that the Malver Star brand is looked down upon.
Looking forward to more km's on the C6.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby dualsyste » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:15 pm
Reason for purchase is I'm not much a brand-snob (when it comes to bikes anyway).
I took it for a ride, and it rode well, was at the right price for full carbon, and had 105 which IMO will probably take me years before I'm riding beyond it's limits.
More importantly, I loved how it looked!
I really don't think the brand is stopping me from spinning up at 40kmh on solo rides anyway .
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby sagara0510 » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:43 pm
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby sagara0510 » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:08 pm
love the blue and white colour combo
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby London Boy » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:36 pm
Very good value.
And yes, the past is another country. And the past wasn't that long ago. 'Let my abbo's go loose, Bruce', anyone? Who'd have thought it?
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Chuck » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:39 pm
+1sagara0510 wrote:love the blue and white colour combo
A touch of Specialised about it ?
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby psike » Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:43 am
The Opperman All Day Trial is an annual event held by Audax Australia. The Oppy is an event for teams of three to five bicycles and is held over 24 hours. The course and distance are chosen by each team and must be at least 360km long and finish at a designated location in each state.
The Fleche Opperman All Day Trial event is modelled on the Fleche Velocio event, held every year in France and begun by the Patron Saint of Cyclists, Velocio.
It is named in honour of one of the greatest Australian sportsmen, Sir Hubert Opperman, OBE (1904 - 1996), whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim.
He was voted Europe's most popular sportsman of 1928 by 500,000 readers of the French sporting journal L'Auto and won Paris-Brest-Paris in 1931, which at that time was a professional event. Oppy was Audax Australia’s patron until his death.
How does it work?
You get together with some friends and/or family and tell them what a great challenge you've found. Sit down and work out a route which does not cover the same road twice in the same direction, and allows you to finish in a set location in each State. The route, going by the map, must be at least 360km - there is no upper limit. Calculate where you will want some rest stops - these will be your controls where your support team (if you have one) can meet you and provide you with food/water/support. You are permitted to sleep, if you have spare time, but you must ride a minimum distance of 25km in the last 2 hours of the event - i.e. you can't ride your total distance straight to the finish and be early. All teams finish roughly between 8am and 9am on the Sunday morning, and then partake in a communal breakfast and exchange stories of hardship.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Jono L. » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:36 pm
Many more to comeSolirossi wrote:http://genesysprocycling.com.au/drubie wrote:The past is a different country rkelson - both major parties had despicable immigration policies back then.rkelsen wrote: He may have been a great cyclist, but learning about the things he did while he was Immigration Minister for the Menzies government has caused me to lose all the respect I had for him previously.
I reckon the oppy range looks the goods, but they could really benefit from sponsoring a team in the national road series to give 'em a bit more credibility. Overall they'd get a fair bit of goodwill / racing cred for the annual cost of 20 or so bikes. If I was in the market for a new bike I'd definitely have an oppy on the shortlist.
Im pretty sure they won the whole series, as well as many individual races.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby lucky7 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:55 pm
I had narrowed my selection down to 3 bikes - and ultimately the higher specs on the Oppy had me leaning. A 15 min test ride from the LBS won me over. After that, it was a matter of arraning a collection date.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Patches » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:15 pm
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby wagr1213 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:34 pm
Done just on 3000km in under 12months - love every minute of the ride - It looks great and rides well - makes me want to ride more & more.
Have only changed tyres for hardshells and put on a Romin Sl 143 saddle.
Im already tempted to get a C model coz they look sh*# hot and from what im told ride even better.
For now the A4 lives in the lounge room where it begs/encourages me to ride as well as looks great!
Luurrrvvv my OPPY!
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Howzat » Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:36 am
Perhaps I'm a little jaded, but it seems like lot of bike brands think they're done once they have specified the paint & stickers on generic Chinese bikes. But Malvern Star, then part of Pacific Brands, stepped up and got Raoul Luescher to spec the whole frame from an original design. And judging from the racing results, it's clear he really knows what he's doing when it comes to carbon bikes.
Not sure if new owners of Malvern Star (Avanti) have taken the same care with the new Oppy; I hope so, because it is (or was) a classic product.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby DTdotcom » Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:59 pm
Mate you will love it, fantastic frame.ldrcycles wrote:Just picked up my 2010 Oppy C7 frame this arvo, looks fantastic and i got it for next to nothing, popped on the wheels from my current bike for the photo, will build up with mostly 105 bits.
This is my latest Oppy, also very good.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:08 pm
Frame: 1140g (Medium, 56cm top tube, including headset cups)
Forks: 454g (including crown bearing race)
Was cool to see the little cable guide housings inside the headtube when i opened it up .
Hoping to have it all together before Christmas.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby DTdotcom » Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:18 pm
So a 105 build should come in (AT) around 8kg?ldrcycles wrote:Just stripped mine to weigh the various bits,
Frame: 1140g (Medium, 56cm top tube, including headset cups)
Forks: 454g (including crown bearing race)
Was cool to see the little cable guide housings inside the headtube when i opened it up .
Hoping to have it all together before Christmas.
Same frame just 2011 paint.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby antipodean » Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:40 pm
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