[Closed] I find my Orange Five Boring...

Good to hear you're loving the five.

Though going fast on a HT is still a lot more involving than going fast on a FS (on typical UK trails.)

Riding fast on a folding shopping bike is even more involving, imagine the potential fun (on soft over hardpack, good to firm).

Blower - Member
the 5 is bang on for everything really does it all,

Love my 5 for big days out such as Afan , Alps trips and the Peaks, where it makes the riding enjoyable and i feel in control and don't feel completely battered by the end of it.

For everything else such as local night rides and rides from the door ,20 milers, I tend to ride a SS hardtail which takes all the punishment and wear and tear.. leaving the 5 ready for bigger things.

You probably just need more challenging trails and/or longer rides.

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I saw a review last year that said these were very playful bikes indeed, no experience though.

Mine is about to be for sale. What's the going rate for an 08 Pro in vgc with immaculate XT groupset and Thomson bits ? 😆

mikewsmith - Member
Blower - Member
the 5 is bang on for everything really does it all,

PMSL - from a 5 owner I assume?
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What's so funny?? No blower doesn't ride a 5, he rides a nukeproof but all his riding mates mostly ride oranges so he realises that they're the real deal! And has had plenty of goes on ours. I think he may be an orange convert soon! 😀

the most sweeping statement for a fairly average trail bike really 🙂 Most 140mm bikes are very capable, though would be a [s]bold[/s] marketing man who would make claims like that. I bet it can't make good scrambled eggs.

I've recently bought a five to replace my blue pig, love it. 😀

mikewsmith - Member
the most sweeping statement for a fairly average trail bike really Most 140mm bikes are very capable, though would be a bold marketing man who would make claims like that. I bet it can't make good scrambled eggs.
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More than just an average trail bike in my opinion, it can be thrown around hard and yet climb alright too.

having tried one it comes about mid pack of the stuff out there, not much in that market that can't be thrown about hard and climbs alright. Many of the competition can be thrashed and climb really well.

There's another way of looking at this - is the bike boring? Or is it that you don't notice it?

Admittedly I live in and around the Calderdale area so I've got excellent sweary northerner trails to go at; I also travel into the Lakes/Dales/Peak/Scotland/North Wales a lot.

I ride an Alpine 160 which some may consider overkill for the UK, BUT it's the only bike that I've ridden where I can actually forget about it and just enjoy the riding. Granted it's not the lightest bike in the world, but I'm not arsey about having to ride up everything in one go, or even ride up it at all if I don't have to. But it's more than capable of getting me riding on the razor's edge on the alongs and the downs.

IMHO if you don't notice something doing its job, then its doing it well and as it was designed to do it.

But Fives only have two bearings to kill in a British (never ending) winter, win!

Leg-end, Five owner/rider

But Fives only have two bearings to kill in a British (never ending) winter, win!

IMHO if you don't notice something doing its job, then its doing it well and as it was designed to do it.

+1

There's only 2 things to criticise on a Five:
1. RP23 (something coil please)
2. >34t chainring makes the chain foul the pivot on a double set-up.

Everything else about it is as good a compromise as you'll every find.
My default bike for Calderdale/Lakes/Peak.

Ecky-Thump - Member
There's only 2 things to criticise on a Five:
1. RP23 (something coil please)
2. >34t chainring makes the chain foul the pivot on a double set-up.

1. On what is basically an XC bike? Nah
2. Not strictly true. 22-36t setup on mine and the Mrs' bikes run with no issue

^^^ OK legend, I should perhaps have said "can sometimes foul"