New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
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New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby adamr » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:52 pm
Oppy SL $5499 with DuraAce 9000 11sp
Oppy Di2 $3899 with Ultegra Di2
New frame design. Price still looks pretty competitive (and I expect the street prices will be a fair bit less). There is also an entry carbon model, the C4 with Tiagra at about $1600.
What do you think? Will this help MS progress?
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby adamr » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:25 pm
I can see what you mean about Cell. Pretty similar, although the Cell seems to my eye to have a slightly curved down tube and a more curved top tube and no internal electrical wiring. There are obviously similarities to other brands too in different aspects. Few bikes are particularly distinctive (except BMC and Pinarello that come to mind immediately).gururug wrote:Shape is similar to hongfu and what cell 2 years ago?
Overall, I really like the paintwork on these two Oppys.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby ni78ck » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:31 pm
much happier with my upgrade, oppy is the wet weather bike now
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby R12RT » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:55 pm
I bought my C6 because it represented better value for money than anything else I looked at - being a previous years model helped here.
After 18 months and 16000km I am still happy with the C6. When replacement time comes Malvern Star will be at the top of my list,
Is it a great bike? I really don't know what makes a bike great. One thing I do know is that no matter what bike I ride it will always have the same engine.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby gururug » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:08 pm
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby biker jk » Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:50 pm
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby greyhoundtom » Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:24 pm
ProRace Ultegra $1799.
ProRace Di2 $2499.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby Jono L. » Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:27 pm
Sure win a lot of bike races thoughR12RT wrote:Malvern Stars will never be the thing of dreams for bike snobs..
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby R12RT » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:10 am
I know!Jono L. wrote:Sure win a lot of bike races thoughR12RT wrote:Malvern Stars will never be the thing of dreams for bike snobs..
I find it a little ironic...
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby adamr » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:49 pm
That's true, but the spec page I saw listed DA9000, and since it is not out for a few more months yet, that will probably be the version it ships with.biker jk wrote:Just for the record, the MS in the first picture has Dura-Ace 7900 not 9000.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby wombatK » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:18 pm
Cell is a lot less $, with slightly better wheels. So too is the Azzuri Forza Pro Di2.
So the Oppy won't be a huge bargain. Whether it's "brand" (now Avanti ?) is worth
the extra grand is something you've got to weigh up.
I'm not unhappy with just having bought a Cell Triumph.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby usernameforme » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:06 pm
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby Sydguy » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:12 pm
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby nickobec » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:20 pm
Less than 2k with SRAM red and S30 wheels for the road bikes, only concern 2 out of the 3 have had their frames replaced recently
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby usernameforme » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:07 pm
adamr wrote:I currently ride an Oppy A5, which I bought because it was good and cheap
I asked my BS what the differences between the A5, Merida Race Lite and Giant Defy was. Their reply (I quote) "the Giant's and the Merida's have a higher quality frame and fork. They both have a tapered steerer which makes them very confident in the corners. But the Malvern Star is still alot of bike for the money" which makes me wonder what nickobec said
nickobec wrote:only concern 2 out of the 3 have had their frames replaced recently
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby DW260 » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:40 pm
I'm looking at a 2012 C6 for about $2500, but am tempted to wait for the Di2 shod Oppy.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby Solirossi » Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:55 pm
I wonder if Raoul Luescher has designed these new frames, he certainly knows his stuff.
Yeah I love the fact that Genysis have won basically everything on a bike that many disregard before actually riding it.
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby DW260 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:03 pm
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby zakka101 » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:51 pm
loving it. a huge upgrade from my aluminium/sora fitted bike!
get around the malvern stars!
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Re: New Malvern Star Oppy 2013 range
Postby Howzat » Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:48 pm
I saw that the 2013 Oppy Team retains the current, Luescher-designed frame.Solirossi wrote:The geometry looks a little bit more relaxed than the previous frame. The head tube also looks different.
I wonder if Raoul Luescher has designed these new frames, he certainly knows his stuff.
Yeah I love the fact that Genysis have won basically everything on a bike that many disregard before actually riding it.
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