After purchasing my first Orange Five frame and transferred all my components over to it I’m wondering what setup other people have gone for (more Enduro Or more XC).

Please show and tell all….

I’ll go first;

Orange Five Strange SL 18″
DT Swiss EX200 Shock
DT Swiss EXM150 Forks
DT Swiss EX1750 Wheelset – 15QR and 135x10mm
Hope Tech X2 brakes (not in pics yet)
Avid HS1 180/160mm rotors
Sram X0 Carbon chainset 2X10spd
Shimano SLX cassette and chain
Shimano SLX Clutch rear mech
Shimano XT Front mech
Shimano SLX and Sram X7 Shifters
Chromag Ranger Stem
Easton Haven alloy bars
Hope headset and head doctor
Orange Strange grips
Thomson Elite seatpost
Ragley Ti Saddle
Hope QR seatclamp
Schwalbe Nobby Nic EVO Tyres – Running tubeless
Weight: 11.8kg (26lbs) atm without brakes.

Orange Five Maxle rear 18″
Fox van 32 fit 140mm
Fox rp2 loco tunes
Mavic 719 on pro 2s
Shimano xt brakes on 180 rotors
Shimano hone cranks
Gamut p20 guide, e13 gring 34 t
SRAM 991 cassette and chain
Shimano SLX rear mech
Shimano SLX Shifter
Thomson elite stem
Funn full on bars
Cane creek headset
Odi troy lee grips
Xfusion hilo post
Selle yutaak saddle
Superstar seatclamp
High roller 2.35 single ply front and rear
Weight: 28lbs or so using dodgy scales

Boggo basic really. Got shot of the cast iron cart wheels that it came with, and the solid rubber tyres in favour of Nobby Nic and Superstar | Stan’s tubeless. Favoured carbon handlebar, Reverb, plus a Tioga Spyder saddle for no other reason than it looks daft. 50mm stem. Loads of stickers ’cause the finish isn’t that good.

XC for me then. Can’t quite compete with the 26lb weight, but 29lb seems fine for what it is. Quite taken with it, but then my first proper bike was a Clockwork two decades ago so I’m a bit of a fan of the brand.

2009 5 pro 20″
X9 9 speed rear mech
Xt front mech
Race face evolve 3×9 chainset
Sram pg 980 11-34 cassette
Fizik gobi
X-fusion HiLo post
Hope mono mini’s
Monkeylite carbon bars
Thomson stem
Fox talas RLC 100-140
Mavic crossmax st
Panaracer fire xc pro 2.1 tubed
Shimano M540 pedals
30 lbs on the button according to my cheap scales with crud catcher and RRP neoguard

Muddyground your five is stunning mate, especially like the tyre graphics in-line with the rim stickers, nice touch. I’d say that’s pretty light for what you’ve got on there. Not too sure what the stem is doing there though 😉

Now considering the dropper post, which should make it heavier.

Had the stem lying around, so used it. Dropper post + Tioga saddle = same mass as the standard post and saddle. Standard components I am sure are made out of pig iron. I only got the dropper as CRC had them for £130 at Christmas. Not sure it is essential. I had Magura forks on my Pace – lovely things.

I’ve had my Five for about 2 months or so now. I use it for DH, AM and XC and I’m going to race enduro after my exams are done. It is a slightly more beefy setup then the standard, but not nearly as heavy or bad at climbing as an AM.
It weighs around 29 lbs, but 27 is doable with lighter tyres I reckon.
Here’s a pic (it may not work, it usually doesn’t!):

Link if it won’t work Piccy

Took Five months, but it is pretty much spot on – would have preferred Marzo/RS suspension, but couldn’t find any 2nd hand for a reasonable price.
Anyway here is the spec – it cost around £1900 (second hand parts / big discounts):

Orange Five 2011 20″
Fox RP23 Kashima BV Adaptive Logic
Fox Float 32 150mm Kashima FIT RLC
Mavic XM719 on Nukeproof Generator hubs
Shimano XT brakes (180F, 160R)
XT cranks
Nukeproof Electron Pedals
ZEE 10speed shifter
ZEE 10speed Shadow + rear mech
Renthal 36T chainring
XT 11-36 cassette
Renthal bars and stem
High Roller tyres
Thomson Seatpost
Charge Spoon saddle
MRP G2 Mini chain guide

Only got the Orange as it was heavily discounted to £1,800. I like it but wouldn’t pay £3k for one. Tend to buy bikes every 8 years so could justify it. It gets me into trouble, then laughs at my sheer incompetence.

33Lds, Frame and CCDB are now for sale.

Nice looking Five, how are the BOS forks?

Great, very pleased with them so far.

2012 five maxle swing 18inch
Rock shox rev xx
Fox float RL
Hope hoops, en521 and pro2evo
Rubber queen 2.2 and nobby nic 2.2
Sram x9 type 2 rear
Sram 11 36 pg ??? 10spd Cassette
Sram pc10??chain
Xt cranks
Hope 32t ring plus hope bash
Hope bb
Hope headset
Hope seat clamp
Slx m675 brakes with 180mm rotors
Reverb (125mm 400)
Charge spoon (soon to be a selle italia flite 1990)
On one CBC 60 mm stem
Salsa bend 2 bars
Ritchey foam lock ons
Crank bros candys
Superstar top guide (modified)

30lbs exactly on digital luggage scales from Argos. It should sneak under 30 with the change of saddle! Not changing for the sake of weight though, was just chuffed to find out my favourite saddle was back in production!

Mine is built up slightly more on the XC side …

2011 16″ Plasma Blue
Fox Float 140 RLC
Fox RP23
Hope Pro2/Mavic 719 Wheels
SLX Crankset
MRP Lopes Chain Guide
34T Renthal Chainring
XTR 9 Speed Mech/shifter
Thomson Post/Fizik Gobi XM Saddle
Hope 50mm Stem
Renthal Fat Bars
Hope X2 Brakes (183/160)
Nukeproof Pedals
Ergon Grips

I’ve not properly weighed it, but using the unscientific method of getting on the bathroom scales with the bike, then just me on the scales, it was 12.1kg (26.7lb).

Nick

P.S. Yes, that is a gaping hole in the fence.

Mine was 33lb, 36’s upfront vanR with Ti spring , XTR 1 x 10 , Flow’s,
Sunline 745 bar and 40mm stem , Hope Tech 4’s …. 😀

The Tioga saddle is nice, a great way to save 100 grams on a standard 250g ti saddle.

At 60 odd quid it’s a cost effective way of saving some weight.

At 60 odd quid it’s a cost effective way of saving some weight.

Unless you go to the great God of cheapness that is eBay, where it was £20. Rather unsurprisingly it is a harsh ride and would be a big fail on any other bike – but I seem to spend so much time standing up it’s actually not that bad.

2011 frame (qr)
Rockshox Revelation RLT forks
Fox Float RP23 Kashima shock
Mavic EN521/Hope Pro 2 wheels
Shimano LX cranks + no name bash
Hope 32t chainring
Hope top chain guide
Shimano SLX 11-36 10spd cassette
Shimano Zee short cage clutch mech
Shimano SLX 10spd shifter
Shimano M785 XT brakes (180/160mm rotors)
Rockshox Reverb 125mm post
Bontrager Race saddle
Truvativ 60mm stem
Sunline 745mm bars
Continental 2.4″ MK2/XKing tyres
Shimano XT trail spds
Lizardskins Peaty lock on grips

30.3lbs

Would like to get it under 30lbs ideally but that’s more of a mental thing as it rides perfectly for everything from big XC to DH, and I weigh sweet FA 😀

2012 Orange 5 Pro with Reverb, Carbon Havoc Bars, Raceface Turbine Stem, High Roller II 2.4’s, Raceface Bash, Blackspine Chain Device comes in at 32.8lbs 8)

2012 5 Pro 16″, maxle swingarm
32 Float RLC FIT Kashima forks
RP23 Kashima shock
Reverb
Mavic XM819’s on Hope hubs f&r
Rubber Queen 2.2 UST’s
XT rear mech (med cage)
XT chainset
Hope single ring 32T
E13 LRS+ chain guide
XT 11-36T cassette
Hope BB
S/Star headset
Easton Haven Carbon bars
Hope X2 brakes, sintered hoses, floating rotors (203,180mm)
Thomson X4 stem
Gobi XM saddle
30-31 lbs on my and the lbs’s scales

Rides brilliantly, used on everything from XC to DH and just soaks it up. Could probably do with stiffer forks but they’ve never felt inadequate.

Unless you go to the great God of cheapness that is eBay, where it was £20.

😡

2010 maxle frame ( older frame is lighter), revelations RLT Ti thompson 50 mm stem, thompson seat post, flite saddle , xt and x9 dual mix, Hope BB, Hope brakes 160 rotors, very light but suprisingly bomb proof Stans on Goldtec hubs, light spokes, single ply tyres,carbon bar, just under 27lbs with pedals (Medical scales). Second set of wheels tyres for Alpine entertainment.
Like Nike ” just does it” !!

I’m clearly doing something wrong, either that or my cheap scales are $#1t.

20″ 2011 frame
CCDB with steel spring
140mm 44 RC3ti coil fork
Hone double and bash, Nano pedals.
Saint mech, XT 11-34, XT front, SLX shifters.
XT Brakes, 180 Superstar floating rotors.
Flow EX & Pro2 rear, tubeless, dual ply Minion
Flow & Pro2 front, tubeless single ply Minion
E13 DRS
Reverb & SDG Belair
Hope headset, Sunline V1 50mm stem & 745 bars

I thought that was a fairly sensible build. How come it wound up at 35 lbs???

Sounds about right, but it must be a schweet ride!! Very plush..

2012 Maxle Rear Frame (Jet Black).

110-150mm 2011 Sektor U-Turns (DP conversion)
Flow pro 2 evo front
Mavic 721 Pro 2 evo rear
Shimano SLX/XT 10 spd drive train
Renthal Fatbar lites
Cheap stem – soon to be a havoc stem
KS Lev

Not finished building it yet but incredibly happy with the build so far.

2012 frame.
Kashima Shock.
32 Float CTD forks.
Hope SP pro2 & stans crest rims.
2×10 2012 XT.
SLX brakes.
XT (I think) ally carrier discs (they suck).
2.2 folding rubber queen front, 2.2 folding mountain king rear inc conti’ skinny tubes.
Thomson post and 50mm stem.
Answer pro taper bars.
Dual chain device (ethirteen I think it was).
XT spd’s.
Specialized romin ti saddle (seating bliss!).

About 28lb.

I’d like to fit a rubber queen on the rear and change the forks to some 34 floats (reduced to 150mm travel) but there’s not much more worth adapting. Its already far better than I am!

Specialized Romin Ti : £?? Looks amazing… I want.

I got one of them more XC biased Fives that nudges in around 28lb… if it wasn’t a spare bike I could probably rape the Gyro for nice bits and go sub 27, maybe even 26… not overly compromised either given it’s a non-taper, 9mm back end one from 2008.

£80 courtesy of Mrs Mudchute. She’ brill 🙂

They do a carbon railed version that needs guide ropes just in case the win picks up!

Its a great bike though, inspires me to get fitter in order to do it justice. If only Orange did a carbon version. A 24lb five would be significant in the mtb world…

Best go weigh mine now 😀

well if youre going to resurrect this thread,

not sure of the weight. Lighter than my Alpine 160, probably 🙂

30 lb but it has pikes and i have made no effort whatsoever to make it light [ though it is bling]

2011 Five in Medium
Fox Float 32 RL Kashima
XT Levers on XTR Calipers.
Raceface Cranks
Straitline Guide with 32t ring.
DT Swiss E540 Wheelset
XT Cassette, SLX Shifter, 10 Speed.
Rockshox Reverb
SDG Saddle and Hope Lock On Grips
PRO Atherton Bars with Easton Haven Stem
Conti RQ BC Front and Maxxis Advantage Rear

Comes in at 31 lbs.

Nice.. some great photos above.

This is a stock photo of mine below which Orange Bikes had taken (my bike was an ex photo shoot bike. – never ridden)

At the time it was for sale on the Orange Bike site, a few other local dealer “sub” advertised it too.

Cheers

Rick

My Five