Do you know perversely now that everyone officially hates them 
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OK You Hate The Orange 5 But What Do You Actually Ride
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IMAG0137 by peter.dougan, on FlickrHere She is! My Lovely. BTW dont hate 5's.
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Went to a demo day at Laggan to specifically test the 5, ended up falling for a tracer and love itPosted 7 months ago # -
Please! No more Mavericks! They look like they belong in the era of Proflex's and Girvin flex stem!
Hahaha, nothing like a bit of prejudice based entirely on how something looks is there!
For the record, I don't hate the 5 either. I think it's a well refined version of a proven design, it's just bloody expensive for what it is, it's not particularly light, and it has a very poor warranty. All of which could probably be forgiven if it looked the mutts nuts, but it doesn't, it's "functional" at best.
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ellsworth epiphany, out of the many fs bikes I've owned or ridden it's the best by miles. The only thing I've ridden that climbs technical stuff as well as it is a Maverick, but elli is more fun (for me) in the mental bits on the downs.
EDIT and yes I know it's a bit marmite on the looks department but it's still the best
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everyone seems to be riding flats..........
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i don't hate the 5, i just think it's too expensive for a bike which boasts about it's simplicity and minimal RnD.
the orange RnD office must be an exciting place:
(... years roll by, dust gathers on dust, the air is still - having been undisturbed in centuries...)
someone coughs.
"er, bigger headtube?"
"ok"
(...and once again, stillness returns...)
i've got a blue pig, i'd like a bouncy 29er, but gosh they're expensive.
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I quite like the look of the Five.
I bought my Mountain Cycle
two years ago because it was a cheap way to get something that i knew would work out of the box.
As a first foray into riding a full sus it's taken me all over the place.As with the five it is a functional machine with little attempt to disguise the simplicity of the suspension.
Apart from the fannying around with drivetrain arrangements i've not had bother with the frame, only the stuff bolted to it.Aestetics? Questionable. I like the it from certain directions. Side on it looks slightly short and awkward.
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My big bike
And my everything else bike. Only difference is that it now has a reverb fitted
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Ventana!!
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