21 Sep 2008

I took delivery of my new roadie this week that I’ve been hanging out for a while as my old roadie was pretty much past it’s used by date. Emily (my new roadie) is one of the new Thylacine Tephra XCr road bikes which is new to the Thylacine road range for 2009.

As the name suggests, the Tephra XCr is made out of Columbus XRr stainless steel tubes.

More photos here.

The build.

Thylacine Tephra XCr Frame
Edge Composites 2.0 Fork
SRAM Force Crankset 175mm 34t/50t
SRAM Force Shifters
SRAM Force Cassette
SRAM Force Rear Derailer
SRAM Rival Front Rerailer
SRAM Rival Brakes
SRAM Bar Tape
Easton EA70 Wing Bars 42cm
Selle Italia Flite Saddle
Thomson X2 Stem 100mm
Thomson Elite Post 330mmx29.4
KCNC Skewers
White Industries H2 Hubs
DT Swiss R1.1 Rims
DT Swiss Competition Spokes

Posted by brett @ 9:51 pm

3 Responses to “Thylacine Tephra XCr”

1. nelo784 Says:
   September 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm

   Looks very nice! Classic build, hardy and no pretension. Any reason why you havn’t cut the steerer down? I always think this looks rather poxy and ruins the clean lines!

2. brett Says:
   September 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

   Thanks Nelo,
   The bike was designed around having 100mm saddle to bar drop which is about where the bars are right now. I’ll do a few more rides then cut it down once I’m happy with the position of the bars.

   I was going for a fairly subtle build, nothing to exotic or over the top. Working class build around a very nice frame.

3. Andrew Brautigam Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 8:59 am

   I love that frame - so clean.

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