[Closed] OK You Hate The Orange 5 But What Do You Actually Ride

Way better performing, and sooooo much better looking... I give you my Maverick...

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It's never been as clean as this since i took this pic..My Zesty 514.

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Santa Cruz Bullit. Not the best climber especially with the Boxxer, but it does ok and is so much fun downhill.

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Loving my new Nicolai Helius cc
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With the Maverick, beauty must be in the eye of the beholder... it looks like its made of balloons..... sorry, not a looker for me.

Blur lt2

Ti 456

I like the Five, but ride a Yeti 575 as it's a better bike 😉

Also ride a P7 to keep it real in the winter months.

stumpy

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Nicolai AM

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charge duster 😉

Nicolai Helius CC

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Enduro 🙂
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Right, I don't HATE the 5, I've never ridden one BUT visually the rear triangle doesn't do it for me.

On my second Heckler thanks to some pikey theiving scrotes

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I'd have a Five if they were lighter, cheaper and came in nicer colours as standard. And maybe if they had an inch more travel.

But instead I got a Mondraker Dune...
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Another Helius here in CC variety. Seemingly almost as common as the 5 judging by this thread.

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Way better performing, and sooooo much better looking... I give you my Maverick...

Hmmm....I wondered if they'd actually ever sold any of those...
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What chakaping has but (very) red and with blingy orangey bits

I don't hate the 5, just think it is and overpriced, butt ugly, heavy lump 🙂

I ride a chumba xcl which is lovely.

Not mine (it's in bits) but you get the idea:

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I ride an Orange 5. 😳

your nan

I don't hate the Five either. If it were less expensive it would probably be on my shortlist. I think people have an issue with it's mechanical simplicity when multiple pivots proliferate, but I quite like the idea of the ease of maintenance.

As for me, I ride an Enduro and a Wolf Ridge. You'll find thousands of pictures of very similar examples using google.

I'd have a 5 if it were slacker, had some more travel, and were a bit tougher.

I ride a Patriot.

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Not a hater tho! 🙂

Wouldn't exactly count myself as a hater as i've never ridden one, but i do think they're over priced and just plain ugly, this is mine and although it's un-fashionable i love it

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Would love a transition bandit though.

I will always be riding this Maverick ML7, and I don't hate any bikes.

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I love the fact that all people can ever really say is that Fives are over priced and ugly. I ride an old straight top tubed 5 and think it looks great. I even like the new ones. And whilst riding the other day with my mate on his Zesty, and he turned to me and said "mate, you're bike looks great". Beauty is deff in the eyes of the beholder. every one loves their own bike.

I can't afford a new one so i won't buy one end of.

BTW, Those Mavericks look gopping, and, imo, I think Nicolai's look dull. they probably are really good though. The Transition's look really nice though.

I don't hate them, just think they're expensive

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I ride a filing cabinet 😉

The best money i have ever spent

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Better than the wolfridge and the Dawg
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Awesome bit of kit soon to be a collectors piece 🙂

I have a Blue Pig, Jekyll, Gemini and BigHit. No decent pics I'm afraid bc I'm using my phone.

These days I am mostly riding the Ragley.

Orange Fives : never ridden one, have no huge issues with the single pivot as it a short travel bike and the inevitable brake jack will be less noticeable. They do seem a bit pricey. They are not very pretty.

I ride a Five-0.

The -0 makes all the difference!

GEOFF1 - where is that?
ljs1977 - what bike stand?
Thanks

I like the Five, it feels great to ride and will handle whatever you through at it. It's not the prettiest bike out there, but it's a design classic, and it's British.

However, I prefer...
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What's with all the nose down saddles - do you guys actually ride your bikes like that?

Rew

The stand is at Sherwood pines Cycles and is an Andy Stand!

Rew thats Black Mountains, far to much grass for my liking but stunning views

I hate all bikes, especially this one.

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I havent ridden a five so certainly dont hate them, they just seem poor value for money, having just said that I now ride an Ibis Mojo HD, so I guess I cant throw stones about poor value for money

Don't hate it, just feel a bit sorry for it, with all the polarised opinion.

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Speeder... What's with all the nose down saddles - do you guys actually ride your bikes like that?

My saddle's flat on the 575, it just looks tilted forward due to the angle of that photo. I can't stand nose down saddle for more than 5 mins either 😐

Vinnyeh

Your Ibis is a thing of beauty 🙂

Blur LT here. I'm not a 5 hater but think the new ones are a bit slack for everyday UK riding. I wouldn't decribe them as ugly either