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  • Any history experts out there? Orange sub5 and 5 head tube angles
  • prettygreenparrot
    Full Member

    Just wondering how the orange sub5/five frame angles have changed over the years.
    The current 5 is 67? head and 73? seat.

    grantway
    Free Member

    Give Orange a call they will help on your info
    You will find it is steeper than that

    coolhandluke
    Free Member

    Sub 5 wouldn't take anything over a 100mm fork.

    I had an orange sub 5 years back and got some 100-120 Manitou Black forks on the frame. It was Ok at 100 but handled like a boat at 120mm by flopping into corners.

    Frame was designed for 80mm forks originally because that was what was around in them days.

    Don't know about head angles but I suspect the sub 5 had a slack head angle to suit shot travel forks, compared to a more modern "5" that can handle longer forks.

    duncan
    Full Member

    You can find figures for most years with web archive, eg. sub5 here:
    http://web.archive.org/web/20001120131500/www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/sub5.shtm

    accu
    Free Member

    or….original site from 2003…

    http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/2003bikes/sub5.html

    igm
    Full Member

    Has been as high as 70 head angle

    grantway
    Free Member

    71 Degree head angle and 73 Degree seat angle

    prettygreenparrot
    Full Member

    ah, web archive. neat!

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