[Closed] anyone seen this? ive just ordered one!!

You could buy a couple of filing cabinets for that price.

They look very nice in the flesh...

Shame they couldn't match the fork decals to the frame.

Its an early April fool!

Another off the peg Orange; Whoah, hold me back...

im gutted to not have seen one in the flesh but the pics look great...

SLX and Mavic TN319 rims on a (nearly) £3k bike?

no ta.

But it's limited edition init!

Nice!

Not seen the geometry but isn't the suspension design going to result in silly long chainstays due to the bigger wheel? Depends what its aimed at i guess but if its a 29er version of the Five then i'm not convinced.

they spelled Giro wrong

In real life it looks very normal. I was trying to figure if it was even a 29er or not.

I have a Five but that spec if real is pants!

I think the Gyro revers to the gyroscopic effect of these huge wheels!

Any idea if/when they are available frame only?

Go Canyon IMHO I,m pretty sure there are 100 suckers out there 🙄

Yeah cos canyons are hand built in the uk aren't they 🙄

Yeah cos canyons are hand built in the uk aren't they

Are these?

Edit - from that link, this would suggest not:

only 100 available....orders being taken......due into the uk in june!!

another expensive bike kitted out in cheap shyte tat. 😀

trade mark orange that tho.

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I was told about these fellas, can't say I've ever been that impressed by Orange. I remember way back when Lester raced Int Canoes (hope he still does)
Anyhoo's, looks nice, will it be hated on the trails or loved?? I wonder.

Still sticking with the Rumblefish.

It's a 29er five that's not sounding popular round here.

You couldn't make it up....

Stop insulting the Raleigh Burner by comparing it to that!

burner looks nice , old school cool 8)

Yes please, but not in black. Gold with black on the other hand... 8)

I remember way back when Lester raced Int Canoes (hope he still does)

is it april first yet ....

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It's an Orange five that looks a little wronger.

If I come into a lot of money I'll try a 29er. Part of me is worried that I might actually like it and in doing so render my current three bikes obsolete. Finding a pretty 29er is a challenge, proportionally they look a little clumsy, unless they're made by Niner.

Its monocoque the same as the Five so it will definitely be made in Halifax.

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/gyro_black-gold/

Whats with the Orange hatred? Its like a school playground.

Crispedwheel - fair enough I had't looked just assumed they would be. Bit rubbish if they're not though.

Still rather have it than a canyon though!!

Its cool to hate Orange. Didn't you get that memo? All the cool kids on the forum hate Orange.

Not sure if all this is Orange or 29er hatred but who cares.
I like the look of this bike and the brand.
I'd love to see the geo.
If its a 5inch trail worthy machine I would love to drop my money on it.

Hmmm... 3:1 leverage ratio on the shock! Thought that kinda thing went out the window years ago?

Rules it out for fatties at least anyway...

Im sorry but that just looks gopping. not because its an orange, not because its a 29er, just the paintjob looks like crap. might look better if it was sparkly gold but that just looks like cheap spray paint gold. i hope to god it rdes better than it looks, and if youre that loaded to piss this much money up the wall to have something 'unique' then good for you.

I may go bankrupt if a see a once more.lol

Hmmm... 3:1 leverage ratio on the shock! Thought that kinda thing went out the window years ago?

Rules it out for fatties at least anyway...

Go on then, what does this mean. Does it mean anything or are you just 'sperging?

17" & 19" frame's only....... Really 🙄

As for the spec...... do me a favour 😯

just the paintjob looks like crap. might look better if it was sparkly gold but that just looks like cheap spray paint gold.

Apart from the fact Orange have pretty much the best quality paint job of all the brands I have seen in the flesh, those shitty gold bits are stickers 🙄

i like orange bikes a lot.
probably more than i should just based on a few simple facts

there made down the rd from me
top top people work there
the bikes are built in th uk & not (taiwan) major plus
they ride incredibly well.

what does baffle me is all the haters ,i dont get it.
lets all buy from china & really screw up whats left of brittish manufacturing .

i import machines from china that were once made in germany & god is my job a lot more stresfull.

p.s i dont like this 29er though

having said that i dont like any 29er ive ridden which is all of one admittedly,but they work well on open fireroads but fall flat on there face when it comes to been thrown around .

Hmmm... 3:1 leverage ratio on the shock! Thought that kinda thing went out the window years ago?

For a start it's not 3:1

Pitch/enduro 150/57 = 2.63
5 is 140/50 = 2.8
Gyro 110/38 = 2.89

So it's in the same ballpark as most other bikes. If they went up a size (to 50mm) it's be almost 2:1.

having said that i dont like any 29er ive ridden which is all of one admittedly,but they work well on open fireroads but fall flat on there face when it comes to been thrown around .

EHHHH????? I've ridden an appollo 26" bike, are all 26" bikes rubbish?

As for the spec...... do me a favour

Guestimates:
Frame with kashima RP23 £1400?
Forks £800?
Wheels £250?
XT Groupset?
Elixir brakes?
OK, it's not cheep but it's still cheep compared to building that spec from scratch.

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p.s i dont like this 29er though

having said that i dont like any 29er ive ridden which is all of one admittedly,but they work well on open fireroads but fall flat on there face when it comes to been thrown around .

Oh dear, I'll put the kettle on 🙄

I really like the look of orange bikes and single pivot bikes in general. Nice and simple. The makes that always get the ugly prize for me is Mongoose, too many pivots. Canyon may be decent but they look a bit cheap.

For a start it's not 3:1
Pitch/enduro 150/57 = 2.63
5 is 140/50 = 2.8
Gyro 110/38 = 2.89

Well it's close enough to 3:1... Talk about splitting hairs!

Most bikes these days are 2.5:1 or less on the leverage ratio, which has been proven to be very beneficial both in terms of shock longevity and performance. That's not to say that of course you can't make a bike ride well with a shorter stroke shock, but if you're gonna put an air shock on it with a high leverage ratio you're essentially ruling out fatter people from buying one as shock pressures are still capped at 250psi max in general.

As for shock sizes... 44mm stroke is reasonably popular size these days OEM. Might be hard to find a 44mm stroke aftermarket, but to a manufacturer like Orange it would be easy to get hold of.

As for the 5 with a 2.8:1 ratio, it still puzzles me they don't put a 200x57 shock on that, there's plenty of room in the mainframe and it would make sense. Especially when Orange also make the ST4 with a 50mm stroke shock and 110mm travel (2.4:1 ratio) and the Blood with a 2.5:1 shock ratio.

2.8:1 isn't drastic, but getting close to 3:1 is compromising performance and suitability for fatties, which I don't understand given how easy it is to design the frame around a longer shock in the first place! Hey ho