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46 posts & 32 voices | Started 1 year ago by roger1980 | Latest reply from roger1980

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depth-junkie - Member

I went for all white frame and swingarm, but had neon orange rims. well you gotta have sum ut orange on a orange five

I think the combo looks great, where as the all neon colours on a bike look a bit much imho. My upgraded forks came in white also.

My five pro has upgrades forks (RLC), maxle, V2 brakes, hope zero stack headset, Thomson seat post, Controlotech 710mm carbon bars.

Not a great pic, but gives you an idea, and for all the folk that slag the five off but most have never ridden one all i can say is the rougher the trail gets and the harder/faster you ride through it the better the five gets. The five is made to be ridden hard on rough tracks. Round smooth tracks its a bit so so, nice bike but whats all the fuss about if you get my drift. But take it to a proper rough trail and ride hard and fast and its just like WOW what a bike. I love mine

Posted 1 year ago #
stumpy01 - Member

Mate of mine used to have a sub-5. I think it was white frame with blue swingarm and that looked pretty good.

I saw someone picking up an apple green one from my LBS ages ago & it looked fantastic. It had red finishing bits on it.

Posted 1 year ago #
robinbetts - Member

I was on at Llandegla with a different coloured swingarm and it looked awful IMO. Go with all one colour!

Posted 1 year ago #
roger1980 - Member

Ended up going for apple green with the performance pack,m4 brakes,s/s bb, hope pack and maxle rear end.

Posted 11 months ago #
elaine anne - Member

nice one ...do you like the colour now !
i acnt think of anything worse than two colours..-urgh..
apple green IMO-ACE.... tho alot seem to go for that neon green too....
actualy : i like the look of the new 2011 (blue).....and im a woman....
Btw : luving my apple green wich is now two year old and still the paintwork is great !

Posted 11 months ago #
chrisdb - Member

Quite a fan of Plasma Blue.

Still fugly though.

Posted 11 months ago #
getonyourbike - Member

I saw one in blue with a white swingarm recently and it looked awesome, esecpially with the white forks and wheels.

Posted 11 months ago #
Rik - Member

If anybody is interested in a 18 inch 2009 Five frame - maxle rear end - painted in the colour of your choice (by Orange to look like new) with a 2012 fox rp23 (when they come in July) let me know.

Email in profile

Posted 11 months ago #
oliverd1981 - Member

Black swing arms don't clash outrageously... with pretty much anything.

Posted 11 months ago #
uberscott - Member

My LBS has a demo Alpine 160 in Neon Green / White. Not quite Apple Green, but might give you an idea of how the two colours work together.

Posted 11 months ago #
roger1980 - Member

Well hopefully I will like apple green as it's now ordered and should take delivery in three weeks or so as I'm away with work and then over to ibiza for a week. Can't wait to get it now. That neon green looks nice.

Posted 11 months ago #