The Rocky Mountain ETSX finally gave up the ghost after 6 years with a neat seat tube dismemberment at the weld joint for the rear shock pivot arm. Not uncommon, so my LBS tells me…
Anyways, looking for a replacement frame that had simplicity/ease of maintenance/durability I settled on the Orange Five. Amusingly enough, when I showed the damage to the Rocky, the first thing Liam said was – "O.K. How soon do you need your Orange?"…
I am happy that he described 5 as "hard as nails", despite it being lighter than the ETSX, but I've just one question.
When sold complete, the 5 comes with a 140mm fork. I want to transfer my Rockshox Revs 130mm forks to the new frame. How will this affect the performance of the new setup?
Any suggestions, as usual gratefully etc…