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Ps ordered my podium point ones today and my leading edge tape arrived so I can wrap my bike up and stop it getting chipped (awaits more comments about how a bike should look worn and battered :p )
Don't pay any attention to the buzzkills on here - it's your bike, so you do whatever you want to it. I'm personally not a fan of how 5s look, but actually think yours is pretty nice. The main thing is that you like it, which you obviously do, and that you enjoy riding it, which I'm sure you will. 😉
Funny, given what has been said above, but where i am I don't see many Oranges. Here it seems to be Specialized by quite a margin.
Always assumed it would be the same everywhere but clearly not.
Just learn to ride it as well as the lad I had the privelidge (sp) to ride with in Molini Italy, who on a bog standard Five out rode pretty much everyone there!
Oh dear.....
It's not bin well, clearly. 🙁
I think he's coming on to you mbarnes
G.R.F do you have a picture? You sound feisty, I like that 😉
OP,it's good bike,go out and ride it and enjoy yourself,if you're going to hang around on here,don't believe anything we post,the in jokes go back years,aand aren't aimed at you personally.
P.S. G.R.F. lives with his boyfriend ,a social worker,in Hebden bridge,and it's a very committed relationship..
his [b]boyfriend[/b] ,a social worker,in [b]Hebden bridge[/b]
I always thought that Hebden Bridge was a hotbed of girl on girl scissor sister action ??
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The orange 5 is the ford escort of the biking world, common as you know what.... ??????
The Ford What, grandad?
Stopped making those last century didn't they? 😉
I've located a man on facebook called Mr Agent..
I wonder if he owns an Orange? 🙂
Nice looking bike 😀
Lol nah I don't mind the banter. Not everyone can have the good sense to buy the best bike ever ever ever made. :p
the vast majority of this forum) tend to go with reasoned arguments and substantiated facts
massive LOLz 😆
Just a little update, had the bike a month now and love it still!! Done follow the dog several times now but desperate to get further a field. Did a beginners skills day up in Yorkshire which was brilliant, I am sure it will be well below everyone on here but it was great for me to actually have someone show me, talk me through and then feedback on my technique. Did climbs, descents, step ups, corners, ride position etc etc etc.
Have bought a few things for it, new podium point one pedals arrive next week and my gamut dual ring arrived last night.
All in all still very very happy!!!
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Me early in the day still not bending my arms enough! That's my downfall constantly! Years of bad habits to try and get rid of
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Nice camera, shame about the arse bike ;p
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Fitted the gamut
Orange 5 rider on flat trail with colour coordinated bike and clothes. Reinforcing the stereotype? 🙂
nice bike btw
Not a 5 fan, but it's nice colour. And all the Hope stuff is lovely.
I'd consider swapping that rear mech for the shorter caged version (GS instead of SGS), the long cage looks a bit gopping with the chain guide and you don't need the long length running 2 chainrings.
Yeah was looking at the shadow mechs last night. May get one
And as for the flat trail sorry, it was a beginners course what can I say
Yeah was looking at the shadow mechs last night. May get one
Shadow or non-shadow has nothing to do with the cage length and I'm sure the one on there would already be a shadow mech.
I know that trail, and whilst it is flat in that particular (short) section, it's about to get steep and interesting!
Nice bike BTW, not fussed about 5's either way although my mate has one and loves it. One day i'm going to find someone with a diddy version i can try so i can find out if all the fuss is justified!
Bloody expensive though, glad my Wolf Ridge came with £1000 off list price 🙂
Muddy, it's up in yorkshire, we did a route from near Hebdon bridge? There was a great rock paving section and then a pretty steep descent to the car park. Was a great day.
And yeah, I meant I have been looking at the short cage shadow mechs, not just shadow in general. There are so many model numbers I gave up though lol. And when it's ten speed the choice seems more limited. If anyone can advise the best one I would be grateful.
Price wise yeh they have a bit of a premium but they also offered a lot of options up front which meant less spent on buying bits later and trying to sell second hand parts off it. Bars and stem and seat post etc. Plus I got two pay rises and a bonus within 4 months so figured I deserved it hah
Double post
That route is part of a ride i do from Rochdale. Up behind Watergrove Reservoir to Limers Gate, down into Portsmouth above Todmorden, Climb the valley side ando over to the wind farm on the Long Causeway, along the road to the start of the BW/singletrack that ends at Todmorden Golf Club. From the Golf Club, turn right along the road til the BW/singletrack that you are pictured on then down that lovely, increasingly steep and fun trail down to the car park under the viaduct.
Then a pootle home on the canal 🙂
About 35 mile in total i reckon, nice ride out.
it takes all sorts and I like the colour of your bike and also don't mind the white rims
is this some sort of dogging code..?
a "Barnes", on an argument thread 😯
eeeeh, it was all arguments round here when I was a lad
If your bike is 10spd already, and you want to stick a shorter cage mech on, you've only got 2 choices currently other than swapping shifters too and going with SRAM. Either you need the 10spd specific XT medium cage rear mech, or the 10spd specific medium cage XTR rear mech. They don't do a shorter cage length on SLX or lower just yet. And currently medium cage is the shortest length for an MTB derailleur in 10spd from Shimano.
If you're still on 9spd, well you've got loads of choice... XTR/XT/SLX/Saint all available with shorter cage mechs for 9spd compatible systems.
Glad to see it being ridden and you're enjoying it.
very nice bike indeed!
Yeah we did the bit past the golf course and finished with the really steep track to the viaduct. Something I would have papped myself over at the start of the day I got down with hardly any braking at the end. Loved it
they're roadies pretending to be ATB riders
ATB? is it 1994 again or did you buy your bike from Tesco?
Would this work? What does the m985 part mean? Isn't 985 the race stuff not trail stiff or does that just apply to cranks etc? Would this be ok with slx shifters?
m985 means you've 985 times more money than sense if you bought that over SLX or XT.
Read the previous page you will see slx isn't an option but thanks for the input
I'm sure the short cage SLX version will be available at a reasonable price before the perfectly good and almost new one you have breaks/wears out. Obviously there's nothing stopping you from buying the overpriced XTR one now though, after all, a stranger on the internet thought yours looked 'gopping'.
You're welcome.