Seem the reports are true - snippet from Orange Bikes Facebook post from eurobike:
Bike Forum
Orange Carbon Frame - Part II
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Posted 9 months ago #
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I wonder where they source the filing cabinets from?
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This will not please the luddites.
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Only "Designed in Halifax" though.....
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I presume that we are looking at a carbon Five version maybe or possibly a ST XC FS?
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orange 29r's will be out before the new year i reckon.......
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I wouldn't presume that foxy - think you might be surprised when you see what it actually is...
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It would make business sense to build your first carbon version in the guise of your best selling bike. That way you can amortise the set up cost at the quickest rate.
I'm guessing that the Five is their most popular bike.
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I presume that we are looking at a carbon Five
Ah, the classifieds will soon be awash with nearly new 5's as the trail centre brigade spaff their IT wages on the latest must have version.
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It looks to have a bottle boss so I doubt its a springer.
Is it a road bike?
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think you might be surprised when you see what it actually is...
Is it a lightsaber?
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as a luddite who owns a 5 , I say bring it on.
As over priced as the 5 frame is now, I only shudder to think what this will cost.
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maybe it will be the cheaper version as its made abroad...
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+ partyboy
That how I afforded my "well looked after" (i.e. not used much) 2 yr old Five from a BMW m3 owner...thanks for taking the depreciation hit!Posted 9 months ago # -
At a guess i'd say that is a hard tail as the obvious presumption would be that is a bottle cage mount & probably on the seat tube as the norm is to have your bumpf on low(ish) on the set tube. With all of that in mind I'd assume it's a carbon version of the P7 or similar. Considering they're all ready made in the far east & development &set up manufacturing costs on a CF hardtails are probably considerably less than on a full sus. This way they'd be able to judge market reaction before going head long into building a full CF range.
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Fives don't have bottle cage bolts do they?
I'm more interested/ concerned at the existence of a Strange Five 29er...
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R8, (C8
) Is my guess
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I reckon it'll be a CX bike
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I reckon it's a road bike......
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225c
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Agree with khani, road bike for sure, they will have spotted all the road threads on STW and decided to tap into the market.
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I reckon it'll be a CX bike
That would make sense; if it's not your best selling bike then make it the easiest bike to make via a contractor, especially one that's already making something similar.
A cross frame would fit that bill.
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It's a big Market to tap into.
Posted 9 months ago # -
maybe it will be the cheaper version as its made abroad...
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I reckon it will be an actual filing cabinet, but carbon fibre, makes office moves easier
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Muppet. It'll be a carbon fibre server rack
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is it a swanky broom handle? Failing that my bet is a CX bike.
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wouldnt like to be the 1st person who breaks one JRA......
after sales.........
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+1 that people are going to be surprised when they find out what it is.
Plus they have a few other things up there sleves for next year too......
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True the five does not have bottle cage mounts! however the carbon version maybe has more room? Or it maybe a carbon ST4? But thses are my wish list!
Changed my mind a HT / 29er as above as that is the fastest growing market in the US?
Road bike seems unlikely for a company that is called "Orange Mountain Bikes"
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If I had to bet it'd be on a Carbon Fibre 'Clockwork' - selling the 'Heritage' of one of the brands most Iconic frames - course, it'll be tweaked to accept modern geometries etc and, the decals will stay on - unlike the ones on (but not for long...) my matt black LX clockwork from back in the day...
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Road bike seems unlikely for a company that is called "Orange Mountain Bikes"
You mean like this?
Andy
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Ahh :
However on retrobike I found the post:
I am chuffed to bits with this frame. The seller says it was made as a one-off for him in '93 by none other than Steve Wade - that the original owner used to ride with Wade was confirmed by none other than our own Cannondale King...!
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Maybe a CX bike with discs. Orange did put a link to a pic of some Hope CX hyro disc adaptors on their Twitter. They were mounted to a hope branded non descript carbon frame.
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I get the impression they didn't make very many, but IIRC they weren't all special orders.
Andy
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