Thorn Cycles Forum
Community => Member's Gallery => Topic started by: Hamish on December 28, 2010, 09:41:05 PM
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Here it is. The replacement for my Catalyst:
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1502/raventourinsnow.jpg) (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/raventourinsnow.jpg/)
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Very nice. I think I'm sold on the green.
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Looks great hamish, nice colour.
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Thanks guys.
The green does look good. I wanted a red bike but they had run out. I'm now glad I got a green one!
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Nice bike Hamish, but why did you opt out of the Catalyst club?
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Very nice bike Hamish.
Did you remove the Rohloff stickers from the chainstays? I tend to think they are an unnecessary attraction to potential thieves.
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Why did I leave the Catalyst club?
Hmmmmm - not sure really. Well I often carry quite a load - for work (fieldwork) and touring. I thought that the shorter chainstays and load limit made the bike less suitable. Also, I wanted CSS rims having worn out 2 pairs of normal rims since getting the Catalyst. I liked the idea of a Schmidt dynohub and also a black Rohloff- so I decided to get another bike to work voucher and sell the Catalyst and get a Raven Tour.
I thought that the Tour may well be more suitable to my use as I did not use the versatility of the Catalyst.
The new bike is very good - but not better than the Catalyst! Just different. In my opinion the Catalyst handles a normal touring load very well. It felt more rigid than the Tour but the Tour has the edge on road handling.
Cheers
hamish
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Oh and the stickers - it came without chainstay stickers! In fact the bike looks fantastic.