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I quite like it, would like a demo...shh don't tell anyone
They don't normally bother to paint the prototypes 🙂
Is it not just an old 29er with wide wheels?
won't those heavy tyre's make an already quite nooderly back end even more of a noodle!?
Dunno, never noticed it being noodly? If anything it was among the stiffer bikes I've ridden.
Hopefully they'll come in some decent sizes for people over 5ft10, I tried all the 5's upto an XL, which felt right handling wise, but the frame was enormous!
thepodge - MemberIs it not just an old 29er with wide wheels?
Have I been duped? 😳
No, pretty sure they haven't done a 29er with the straight top tube and seat tube brace.
Odd that it's not branded as "Strange" like every other Orange prototype I can remember seeing
Is it me or is that BB sky high?
I'm going with it being a normal Five with plus tyres squeezed in.
I swear i saw Rowan Sorrell riding that at BPW last Sunday
legend - Odd that it's not branded as "Strange" like every other Orange prototype I can remember seeing
Maybe the new owner things branding stuff Strange is a missed advertising opportunity.
Think cha****ng might be onto something, BB height does look off
I think Stranges were probably good for marketing as they got people asking questions when there was no doubting that it was something new
Loads of clearance to get a big tyre in there... So why not?
woodster - Member
No, pretty sure they haven't done a 29er with the straight top tube and seat tube brace.
XL frame might have a brace where others don't
No orange 29 has had the current frame design so unless the wheels are squeezed in to a 650b 5 it's new.
Five29/ Segment Swingarm on a Five Front end.
Maybe modded as i'm pretty sure 650+ doesn't quite go in a Segment.
I doubt it's the old Five 29 swingarm, it didn't have a lot of tyre clearance. I like it, anyway. BB does look kind of sky high, maybe it's just the angle though
WGAS another same as last years bike ....YAWN
i bet it's got boost hubs too 🙄
26" wheels in a 27.5 frame maybe?
Bugger all space between the tyre and the fork brace...
Just looks like a five with zelvy carbon rims and nobby nic tyres to me..
^ this. Can't see what the fuss is about.
Sounds like a good idea though. Five plus. I'd like one.