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has any one had any problems with the sliding drop outs on there P7?
mine has started to rotate slightly under braking. i called orange and got a improved drop out sent to me and after a few days i snapped 2 bolts when braking.
i love this frame its ace!! and orange customer service has been top notch 100% helpful.
any tips?? thanks shaun
Clearly not that ace!
I don't know what to suggest - stronger bolts? Drill/tap to M6 or M8? (is this the frame with the M5 ones?)
i dont want to start drilling it yet.
waiting for a email from orange as its still covered as i got it this year
Is this a 3 bolt fitting on the new dropout?
Any tips?
Get one of these instead 🙂
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Sliding dropouts just don't seem right to me.
Decent ones are fantastic - way less faff bedmaker.
I sold my 08 P7 frame after getting fed up with the problems you described. I too got the updated dropouts but the tiny bolts are useless in stopping the plates rotating or slipping under load.
i don't understand why orange would have such small bolts.was thinking about one of their p7 bikes a while ago,but those dropouts put me right off.
yeah its the new 3 bolt thing.
waiting out for a email from orange.
the bike rides so nice. it flows well i have even done a few small dirt jumps on it.
i could understand if i was using 6 pot's but im not i have a set of juicy 3.5's
fingers crossed i can get this solved and add some good feed back about orange as so far they have done every thing to help me.
I did the mod to my 2008 P7 frame. Two bolts side by side didn't work at preventing movement so adding the third bolt to form a triangle sorted the problem. The new dropout, new drill bit and excuse to buy a torque wrench cost me a few bob but job done. No more movement. I didn't understand why Orange wanted money for their modified dropout given it was a design "feature" though. New frames have this mod as standard.
Maybe they sent you a duff bolt, didn't they do the same for a mag review bike once?
I have one of the older P7s with the bigger allen-head bolts, but it still isn't half as good as the much simpler chain-tug system on my Inbred. I have made a couple of modified versions with adjusting screws for the P7, but Orange's idea for holding these sliding dropouts is basically flawed. Shame really, otherwise a fine frame.
i reckon you might like one of these new orange frames/bikes http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/2009bikes/bike.php?model_id=149 it looks bitchin!!!
yeah looks ace!!
ill let you know what orange say when i get a email back!!
shaun
Any news yet?