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[schroeds]

Good move...the new is the nicest Oppy I've seen

[visrealm]

Love seeing bikes well used!

Me too - makes it happy I think

[jasonc]

The new:

very stealth Dimma

[DTdotcom]

Cheers mate, just need to get ride of the tires, and make some cockpit adjustments.

How's ur new ride going?

D

[jasonc]

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)

[hanzao]

The old:


The new:

Have to say very nice

[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.

[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.

[schroeds]

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.

[JessicaAlba]

The new:

Anything in Red and Black will get my vote...but that thing is just sex on wheels!

[il padrone]

A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

[jheeno]

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 ?

[schroeds]

A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

Obvious question: why didn't you take the train

[Crittski]

Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

[il padrone]

A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

Obvious question: why didn't you take the train

Nah, nah. We took the plane

[visrealm]

A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

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

[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.

[familyguy]

The new:

LBS owner turned up on one of these on sunday. UDi2, stealth graphics, the works. Very nice.

Jim

[rpmspinman]

Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

Thats a sexy looking stead there. Love it.

[norbs]

Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

Want!

[hannos]

Updated the disc brakes to hydraulics with the TRP Parabox

Want!

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

[il padrone]

Good training rig 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

Have yet to touch the real road bike.

[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!

[adrian_d]

A different style of bike for your scrutiny - my Thorn Nomad with Xtrawheel fully loaded (~65kgs ) at Kulgera crossing the Ghan railway line.

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?

[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.