View Single Post
Old 10-08-12 | 09:11 PM
  #6  
BlazingPedals's Avatar
BlazingPedals
Senior Member
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 12,560
Likes: 799
From: Middle of da Mitten

Bikes: Trek 7500, RANS V-Rex, Optima Baron, Velokraft NoCom, M-5 Carbon Highracer, Bacchetta Quattro, Catrike Speed

It looks like the Oryx is a touring 'bent with dual-26" wheels. Compared to their competitors, Optima tends to be on the heavy side, and adding suspension sure doesn't make it any lighter; but what the heck for the right price it'd be a nice ride, if somewhat slow on climbs. It's just me, but I would not want an older 6061 alloy frame, which were not only a softer alloy but weren't even heat-treated. The new 7005-series frames are something like 3 times as strong.

http://www.optimabikes.com/en/products/optima-oryx
BlazingPedals is offline  
Reply