My son has bought himself a second-hand Orange Five frame (2012 I believe; 26″, tapered headset, maxle, etc).
Looks in good nick apart from one problem. One of the pivot clamps ( Pic Here ) is missing.
I’ve contacted Orange – they say that, as these blocks are cut from the individual swing arms, they are not a spare part and also they will vary. To be fair they’ve said if I provide a pic of my part they’ll have a look around. I would have thought they must have something.
I’ve contacted a few dealers with mixed help. I’m going to drop into a couple at the weekend who have promised a rummage around the spares bin.
If anyone has one from a knackered old frame I’d be super grateful if you could contact me. Happy to pay reasonable price / make donation to charity and of course cover postage. But..
Having looked at how the pivot bearing works, I don’t believe this part is super critical. The bolt tensions the ‘ring’ of the swing arm and I’m pretty sure it’d function fine without the block. It looks to me as though the main functions of the block are:
Prevent overtightening of the bolt
Provide a bit more protection to the bearing (though hardly a seal)
Cosmetic
Is there any reason why I couldn’t use a suitably cut and filed to size piece of ally / small steel tube through which the bolt passes to do the job? I could even encase it in resin and either mould or file to shape?
Any other ideas?
Al