v10 – Member
Lovely bikes – colour is better in the flesh too.
Not sure how Orange have done it either but there Alu HT's this year stack up incredibly well VFM wise against all of the competition so you no longer have to pay a premium for the Orange badge. As an off the peg HCHT there isnt much close.
Biggest problem you will probably face is availability. Not sure what any one elses situation is like – but bought in quite heavily on these at the start of the year and they have nearly all gone, ordered some more a few weeks ago and i wont see most of them until March.
your right about the VFM, the p7 comes with tora forks for the same money, the blue pig has better forks than the tora, but a lesser groupset, the "lime crush" has avid exlier [sp] brakes, X9, race face, and some fox forks
where are you mr V10, do you have a 17" gathering dust perchance?