As in the title, I have had a few demo's on 18 and 20 inch 5's and find myself right between the two!
I'm 6ft 2ish and find that stand over is great on the 18 but the top tube feels a bit short whereas the 20 has a good roomy top tube but really limited stand over and seems way bigger all round!
Would love a compromise/half wayer between them like the 17 that was introduced for people having a dilemma between 16/18inch frames!
29er is coming in 19.
HTH
no, but I wish they had done a 21" I'm 6'2 too and I find the 20" about big enough at the back but could do with a bit more top tube but not as much headtube as a 22" gives.
Seems the 22 inch is hard to find even if you did like it: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anyone-seen-a-22-orange-five
Not too bad, they had a 22" in their demo fleet this year. I took it out, really liked it and bought one.
It's a monster frame! The whole head tube/down tube interface is massive. Usually hate how bikes scale up, the top sizes look like the smaller ones but with a stupidly long seat tube, the Five actually manages to pull it off though.
Have you contacted Orange direct? They may make you a "Strange" prototype if you ask nicely and are prepared to commit to it with out riding first.
Matt I have contacted them a few times in the past and had no luck but have e-mailed again anyway!
just incase anyone from Orange is reading this, yes i'd like a 19" with 20" geometry too please.
same as you did for the 17"
I too would also by one - doubt they will though
Great that's 3 of us then....anymore?
sure whay not! 😀
But in honesty, I nearly bought a 20' Five but would of loved its a tiny bit smaller so 19 would be great.
But I instead bought a 29er and would just buy the new Orange Gyro in 29in form.
yep 18 to short, 20 too tall for me
same with santacruz large/xlarge, lapierre 50cm/54cm, etc etc etc
Sssimon I'm pretty sure there are a fair few riders in the same situation! If orange made the 19 they could corner the 'awkward inbetweener' height market.
I bit the bullet and bought a 20", so lets hope it's not for sale in the clasifieds next week!
I bought the 18 inch as I felt the 20 was too big but now having to sell as I find it to cramped when climbing. 19 inch would be perfect im 6 foot 1. Come on orange get your act together obviously a market out there for a 19 inch