Optima Baron

[steveindenmark]

Does anyone have an Optima Baron? There is one for sale locally and a current owner on here may be able to answer some questions. The seller knows nothing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Stolen?

 

[steveindenmark]

Stolen?

No. Its not stolen. He bought it and used it for a while and then moved on to another bike. Its been stood in the shed for a couple of years. You can see that and its a regular story.

 

[Scoosh]

Is it a High- or Low- Optima Baron ???
A couple of places to look for you:
– the aforementioned Dave Gardner's LaidbackBikes page
– a brief review of the High Racer here

The one I am really looking for is Dave McCraw's reviews site, where I'm pretty sure he reviewed both at different times and did very interesting comparisons with other bikes too.
Sadly, it looks like he may have taken them down – but is apparently re-doing his pages ...

 

[spark303]

You can still look at Dave McCraw’s old site on Wayback Machine - the High Baron review is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20181229183306/http://mccraw.co.uk/optima-high-baron-review

Didn’t see a Low Baron review though.

 

[Scoosh]

You can still look at Dave McCraw’s old site on Wayback Machine - the High Baron review is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20181229183306/http://mccraw.co.uk/optima-high-baron-review

Didn’t see a Low Baron review though.

Excellent – that's the one I was looking for !
Must check out that web.archive site ...

Thanks !

 

[00nevest]

Well I know I'm late to this thread but yes I have an Optima Baron low racer. It's my favorite ride.