
Orange.
It’s the bike that many riders have been expecting. The Orange Five is dead, long live the Orange Five. It’s gone 27.5in. It’s a move that will please some riders who’ve been holding off buying a Five – and it’ll horrify more traditional Orange purists.



The bike gains many of the overall frame improvements first debuted on the Five 29. There’s a longer shock mount, which allows the force to be spread over more of the down tube. This, in turn, allows for a lighter down tube. There’s a new, forged shock link on the swing arm and 142mm dropouts with a thru-axle. Travel remains at 140mm. The apple green bike here will be around £3,000 when it comes out in July.




Over in the corner was another revamped Orange. The Orange Crush now features 27.5in wheels and a similar cockpit feel to the new Five to help riders who have one of each feel more at home. The Crush also gains an E-type bolt-on front mech and a 49mm untapered headtube.
Orange also has a new marketing guy who seems rather familiar. Oh yes, it’s Sim Mainey who, for eight years has been designing Singletrack.




Geometry:
Five
XS – 14″ Effective TT 560mm
Small – 16″ Effective TT 580mm
Medium – 17″ Effective TT 600mm
Large- 19″ Effective TT 620mm
XL – 21″ Effective TT 640mm
Headangle: 67º
Crush
Small – 16″ Effective TT 590mm
Medium – 17″ Effective TT 605mm
Large- 19″ Effective TT 620mm
XL – 21″ Effective TT 635mm
Headangle: 67º
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Might be a daft question but with the extra weight of the 27.5″ wheels on the Five and the Alpine 160 going on a bit of a diet how close do these bikes get in terms of weight? Any ideas?
Damn this industry and its insistence in making things work better. I really wish things would stop progressing and we could just ride old stuff that swaps around really easily.
+1 what hepstanton said.
my fork + frame aren’t compatible with that old set of QR wheels I was keeping for a rainy day.. but the new stuff is better… those old wheels probably don’t have disc compatible hubs. Damn those “marketing” people making our bikes better…
The latest IMB editorial is worth a read, better than Singletrack’s
I like how Orange have ticked pretty much every current innovation box. For a small manufacturer they really are keeping up (ahead?) nicely.