Thorn Audax mark 1 and Thorn Brevet

[ramiroelliot]

Hi everyone,
Has anyone ever used these 2 bikes, what is the difference between these two models? I would like to ask for advice to consider buying it!

[deejayen]

I saw an old Audax for sale and was considering buying it, but it wasn't the right size for me.  During my research I came across a couple of reviews.  On this thread there's a link to a 1997 review of an Audax and a Brevet by Chris Juden of the CTC.  https://thorncyclesforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=13753.0  I read somewhere that Chris liked the Audax demo bike so much he bought it for himself.

There's another CTC of an older review here: https://www.keepandshare.com/doc/2406383/thorn-audax-classic-pdf-november-29-2010-10-07-am-3-7-meg?da=y

From what I came across, the earliest Audax was made from a wide selection of Reynolds tubes - it was the model with a really long Reynolds sticker which listed a different material for each tube! (a slight exaggeration).

I'm not sure if this is correct, but I also read somewhere that from 2001 they changed to Reynolds 725 throughout - maybe with 531c forks.