Oppy Owners Club
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:06 pm
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:36 pm
So without pedals, bottles or cables (cos i couldn't be bothered looking up cable weights as well!), 7947g. About 2kg lighter than my Scott Speedster with the Shimano R500 wheels. I'm more interested in a better ride, hopefully stiffer but without the harsh buzz of the Scott.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby AJ_ » Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:32 pm
OMGosh, Genesys Wealth Advisers Cycling Team, are sponored by MS. Last year riders such as Nathan Haas and Steele Van Hoff (who are now pro riders for Garmin) dominated the NRS on Oppy's. Steele actually road his Oppy in the TDU this year for UniSA. He personally told me at the TDU he loves it. At the time he had just switch to cervelo cause of his new team. His cervelo was having issues's so he went to his old Faithful Oppy. True story!Chuck wrote:+1 to all points drubster if I maydrubie wrote: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.
Also take a look at who are NRS road series champions again? You will soon see it was Genesys Wealth Advisers Cycling Team, and as mentioned are sponsored by MS and ride Oppy's.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:18 pm
Nearly 3,500km on her so far, and the longest ride was 260k .
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby ACT SC600 » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:25 am
I thought I should chime in... I purchased Dimma's old OPPY last year and have since added Carbon Bars, Carbon Seat post, Carbon seat and a set of Matrix T38 Carbon Tubs - great ride she's dropped into the 7kg bracketDimma wrote: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 Derny Driver » Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:45 pm
Short story is I bought a C7 two years ago and found a crack in the paint, head office did an immediate warranty replacement for us. Didn't have a C7 in stock so they upgraded us to a Team issue.
They are great people. Good old fashioned customer service like you never get anywhere these days.
My dad and his brothers were kinda famous cyclists in the late 40's and 50's and rode Malvern Stars. My uncle was in the Malvern Star team of 1954, it was Hec Sutherland, Eddie Smith and Reg Arnold (my uncle). Genesys completed a clean sweep of Australian races in 2011, but in 1954 the MS team won every race on the calendar bar the Warrnambool where the scratch group crashed out. They won the Sun Tour, Tour of Tasmania, Tour of the West, Sydney to Melbourne Tour, Melbourne to Wangaratta, tour of Echucha, Advertiser tour of SA, Goulburn to Sydney ... total domination!
Hey Im proud to follow in the family tradition. Im a loyal Malvern Star man. Plus they are a brilliant bike, my son (17) said he wants to keep this one FOREVER.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby kenwstr » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:47 pm
Giant seem a lot more popular here and offer a darn good frame warranty but I don't see the gearing range in them as standard.
I am just not sure as my old clunker proved itself a real rolling machine in the B2B this year, so it seems the main problem is the current engine.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby London Boy » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:53 pm
Like he said, everyone thought that way back then. You can't judge what they did then by your values and experiences today. Just as what you do today should not be judged in 50 or so years' time. And let's be honest, I imagine there are things you do which are acceptable to you but which others would find disgraceful even today.rkelsen wrote:Yes they did, but that doesn't change things for me. I wouldn't buy a "Gorton" bike either.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.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby cyclotaur » Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:33 pm
I think it's safe to say that being a cyclist is no particular indicator of anything else much ... either positive or negative, depending on your point of view. I think it's also safe to say that if you oppose someone or something, then you will be able to rationalise your position some way or other.rkelsen wrote:Yes they did, but that doesn't change things for me. I wouldn't buy a "Gorton" bike either.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.
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:52 pm
They're good bikes, I know a few people who have aluminium Oppys and they're all happy with them. I'd say the reason you see more Giants about is just that there are more Giant dealers.kenwstr wrote:I am considering an Oppy A1
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Postby KonaCommuter » Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:40 pm
ldrcycles wrote:They're good bikes, I know a few people who have aluminium Oppys and they're all happy with them. I'd say the reason you see more Giants about is just that there are more Giant dealers.kenwstr wrote:I am considering an Oppy A1
I'm rolling on my 2012 Oppy A4 and it's still going strong although the Tiagra parts are wearing out from actual use and the plan is to upgrade them to 105. Love my bike
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby BrownBike » Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:08 pm
Looking forward to doing some serious road biking - and on a Malvern Star!
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Rhubarb » Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:57 pm
So I made the hard decision to sell it.
I cleaned it up last weekend, pumped the tyres, and rode it in to work one last time this week. I really enjoyed it, particularly the way it climbs. Compared to my 30kg velomobile, the Oppy just glides up the hills.
If I ever buy another road bike down the track, the Oppy will certainly be on my list again. Maybe a C6 next time ...
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby Cossie Phil » Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:16 pm
I wanted to build it light and wanted to use Di2, after lots of website prowling and research, I ended up with 3T Ltd Bars, Stem and Seatpost, DA9000 52-36 crankset and BB, Ultegra 10sp Di2 Levers and Derailleurs, DA7900 Chain and Cassette, DA9000 Pedals, RS80 Wheels and DA9000 brakes. All up with pedals weighs 7.2kg.
Its been on the road for 2 months now with 2000km up and its awsome!! Im hoping to do my first crit racing soon on it
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby R12RT » Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:33 pm
I have a 2010 C6 I bought in January 2011 as a run out special.
31000km and still going strong. Although the owner of my LBS keeps telling me that the frame will break "at anytime".
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby andione1983 » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:57 pm
far out... Reliable bike so why would it break at any time? Do carbon frames fatigueR12RT wrote:I'm 6'1" and have found the XL frame to be a comfortable fit.
I have a 2010 C6 I bought in January 2011 as a run out special.
31000km and still going strong. Although the owner of my LBS keeps telling me that the frame will break "at anytime".
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby BrownBike » Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:04 pm
This is good to hear! Everything I read says that I should be an L but my legs just felt too bunched up. After shelling out for it I have been worrying that I made a mistake somewhere, only thing I might do is change for a shorter stem. Rode for an hour and a bit today and only had a slightly stiff back- but this is my first road bike so I was expecting a bit of adjustment. Loving the look. My mum grew up in Melbourne and informs me it's pronounced Mulvern.R12RT wrote:I'm 6'1" and have found the XL frame to be a comfortable fit.
I have a 2010 C6 I bought in January 2011 as a run out special.
31000km and still going strong. Although the owner of my LBS keeps telling me that the frame will break "at anytime".
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
Postby vex33d » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:20 pm
I'm the proud owner of a 2010 C5.
Some minor changes over standard:
Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL wheelset
Continental GP4000 tyres
Ritchey Carbon Pro seat post
Zero Zelix Pro saddle
Zero Attack 90mm stem
and changed the white bar tape and saddle for black
Overall I love my Oppy!
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Re: Oppy Owners Club
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