My new Thorn Raven Nomad

[pkeenan]

Hey

A while ago I told you all I'd ordered my new Thorn Raven Nomad - I finally have the bike, and here are the first few pics I've taken of it (sorry for the quality...).

Rather than upload the pics here, I've put a link up for a small collection.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61755561@N06/5908806666/in/photostream/

I'm calling the bike KITT - for various reasons!!

 

[amaferanga]

Bloody hell! Even for a Thorn that's a lot of spacers. In fact I wonder if that's a dangerous number of spacers?

Why didn't you buy a bike that fits you instead of one that needs a foot of spacers?

 

[benb]

Hey

A while ago I told you all I'd ordered my new Thorn Raven Nomad - I finally have the bike, and here are the first few pics I've taken of it (sorry for the quality...).

Rather than upload the pics here, I've put a link up for a small collection.

http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/

I'm calling the bike KITT - for various reasons!!

I like it.

 

[betty swollocks]

I Think I like it

Would love to see some better pics though.

 

[Keith Oates]

That is one very nice bike, the world is your oyster now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[John the Monkey]

Interesting bike - I've never seen brake studs on the back of the fork before (sheltered life ).

I'd also be slightly worried that the mudguards are a bit narrow for the tyres...

 

[numbnuts]

<breaks in to song> spacers are cheap today cheaper than yesterday ........
they must have bought a job lot
I think I have only 3 inches of spacers on my Thorn Club Tour

 

[Crackle]

Nice bike. Dynamo and Rohloff. Wonder what the thinking is in having the brake on the back of the forks. You'd think they'd pick up more filth there.

 

[pkeenan]

Yeah am pleased with it! Looking forward to touring it.

But I agree about the spacers. Is there any way to remove the extra ones? I presume not.

Also, I tried fixing my kickstand, but the Rohloff cabling flows along the point where it'd clamp on - has anyone else had this experience, or something similar? I am aware that Thorn say kick stands void the warrantly - it'd just be nice to know if I can even get one on...!

 

[vernon]

Yeah am pleased with it! Looking forward to touring it.

But I agree about the spacers. Is there any way to remove the extra ones? I presume not.

Also, I tried fixing my kickstand, but the Rohloff cabling flows along the point where it'd clamp on - has anyone else had this experience, or something similar? I am aware that Thorn say kick stands void the warrantly - it'd just be nice to know if I can even get one on...!

It's an expensive bit of kit to ruin so why try?

 

[ufkacbln]

The Nomad is a nice bike, but then I am (a little) biased:

Yours looks a little smarter and shinier than mine though!

 

[betty swollocks]

Wonder what the thinking is in having the brake on the back of the forks.

I think the theory is that with the rotational direction of the wheel, the brake arms and pads are drawn towards the frame tubes (just like the back brake) and thus the likelihood of brake squeal is reduced.

 

[pkeenan]

Vernon - yes, I do have to say I agree... I was more just curious as to whether they'd made it that way in order to prevent people putting kick stands on (thus taking away the choice). But I was thinking of getting one of the Click-stands instead.

Cunobelin - Nice bike!! Remarkably similar - you even have Camelback bottles (which I do too!). Mine will only keep the shine for a couple of days from Sunday onward I'll be free to ride it to my heart's content!

 

[betty swollocks]

But I agree about the spacers. Is there any way to remove the extra ones? I presume not.

You can remove spacers by getting the steerer cut down. You can experiment with bar height before getting the steerer cut by sliding the stem down the steerer, first taking spacers from below and placing them above. But more than one or two spacers above looks ugly imo

 

[stephenjubb]

Yeah am pleased with it! Looking forward to touring it.

But I agree about the spacers. Is there any way to remove the extra ones? I presume not.

Also, I tried fixing my kickstand, but the Rohloff cabling flows along the point where it'd clamp on - has anyone else had this experience, or something similar? I am aware that Thorn say kick stands void the warrantly - it'd just be nice to know if I can even get one on...!

www.clickstand.com