[Closed] Orange 5 colours

Neon Green, can't post picture but it is in my profile pic! Like the orange it actually glows in the dusk or dawn!

I've just read back through this thread and [b]British Racing Green!!![/b] What a great idea! Orange Bikes if you read this thread 💡 As I'd love one the colour of that Bentley 🙂

Blower Five - it's got to be the way forward 🙂

Apple Green here, but a British Racing Green......nice.
Begs a question of whether to get one of each, or just respray my apple green one.

Or do a half and half colourway, like Trek did on their team DH bikes a while ago. One side was white, the other blue, IIRC. Caused some confusion among the race marshals from what I read, as you end up with a different colour bike depening what side you ride past people.

Orange's folded ally construction would lend itself very well to this actually. As long as you remember to paint the opposite [i]inside[/i] faces of the swingarm appropriately.

In fact if they offered it as a (no doubt rather high) cost option I'm sure [i]some[/i] folk would take it up.

Admittedly its not a Five (but tis a proper bike ;)):

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Brass Monkey.

Hides the dirt quite well too, see if you can spot the difference?

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Hey 'TheGingerOne', ta for posting the piccie of your bike, as it's exactly the the same spec as mine will have (stripping bits off current bike to do Five build). Cosmic grey is one of the colours I was thinking of, 'cos as you say, the £100 saving on std colour can be well spent elsewhere.

Have to say though, I'm also well tempted by some of the non-standard colours.

p.s.

Apple Green here, but a British Racing Green......nice.
Begs a question of whether to get one of each

Or do a half and half colourway, like Trek did on their team DH bikes a while ago. One side was white, the other blue, IIRC. Caused some confusion among the race marshals from what I read, as you end up with a different colour bike depening what side you ride past people.

Orange's folded ally construction would lend itself very well to this actually. As long as you remember to paint the opposite inside faces of the swingarm appropriately.

My LBS have the new Electric blue on an Alpine 160 and it does look the business!

spot the difference

the saddle is lower in the second pic?
4 chairs in the second pic?

Absolute classic! You could have a right laugh with this and a 50:50 costume - hmmm....that gives me an idea for this years Wharncliffe Weekender fancy dress ride.

Good call, I'll look out for Twoface from Batman.

That reminds me of my favourite from last year - the geezer who dressed up as Steve Peat and used hand-coloured cardboard to disguise his M3 as Peaty's V10. Class.

Tim ::::the bike is filthy in the 2nd pic and also a green triffid has appeared.. maybe it spewed up all over the bike...ohhh lol

is that a brain on that shock ?

Nope, not a brain, just the normal Van R piggy back.

I think this is as close to BRG as Orange have got so far:

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That reminds me of my favourite from last year - the geezer who dressed up as Steve Peat and used hand-coloured cardboard to disguise his M3 as Peaty's V10. Class.

has anyone got photos of their 'apple green' or 'kermit green' bikes that they don't mind posting?

p.s. saw a 'standard' orange frame in the shop today and it looked like it'd got a metallic flake in it - can anyone confirm if the standard orange is metallic - 'cos it looked very nice.

I have a Apple Green Bang on colour mate 😉
e mail me and il send a pic
grantway01@hotmail.com

I recently got my 5 year old Five refinished back at Orange H.Q. and it looks fantastic! I actually walked past it in the shop when I went to pick it up!

It looks better in the flesh!

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Everlong is that a skull and crosbones sticker? Where did you get it if it is?

looks cool - white is best 😉

I recently got my 5 year old Five refinished back at Orange H.Q. and it looks fantastic!

fattatlasses - Member
has anyone got photos of their 'apple green' or 'kermit green' bikes that they don't mind posting?

I'll put one up tomorrow.

[b]carbon337 wrote:[/b]

Everlong is that a skull and crosbones sticker? Where did you get it if it is?

looks cool - white is best

Hehe, thanks very much!

It was a design I drew up myself, got a friend to refine it on photoshop and another friend to print it onto laminate paper. We put helicopter tape over for protection/ water proofing etc. I'm really really pleased with it. The forks (Rockshox Revelations) and the rear shock (Fox Float RP23) are all new on too!

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Wow, very nice - like the little touches of red aswell.

Thanks very much. I didn't intend on having it as part of the colour scheme but when all the parts turned up for the rebuild it kinda just worked out. My mate has lent me the Hope seat clamp to add to the red 'bling'! hehe 😀

Got to be Chrome grey, check the link for my bike, http://www.moredirt.co.uk/ratebike.php?id=16379

I went for the full Hope pack in blue with gunsmoke hubs, bike looks and rides superb. I was sorely tempted ny the apple green but was worried that i may tire of it in 6 months or so....seeing one in the flesh i definately would not. Maybe get mine done that colour next, for now though the chrome grey looks amazing.

What a bike aswell, never ridden so quickly, i ride a Cove handjob aswell and that always make me ride faster and reignites the flame if i feel im getting lazy, i never thought id love riding a bike as much as i do the Cove but the 5 runs it damned close...

Thanks for all the replies - still haven't made final decision on colour 🙄 Don't know if anyone has seen the 2010 Orange brochure, but there's a gorgeous Chrome Grey SE in there. I know I'm being a complete anorak, but I really like the look of white outline stickers they've used on the SE in the brochure (really go with my new white forks 🙂 )

Think I'll have to drop orange a line and see if the frame only in Chrome Grey comes with those 'outline' stickers.

p.s. also like the colour of the ST4 on facing page of brochure (gonna see if I can find the colour on O's website)

The ST4 SE featured in the brochure is in 'Pearl Black' - has anyone got a Five in this colour?

My Orange 5 in Candy Apple Green. Part stripped for a winter deep clean.

Could be tempted to sell the frame, as I won't be riding for a while due to surgery. 2009 20".
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tip - go for a biketreks demo and get a free paint upgrade.

here's mine currently doing the rounds on the ed Oxley/Pagey w/e at gisburn.
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Kit - I like that! What model frame is it? this BRG thing is probably something to do with a BRG kettler go cart I had as a kid. 😳

Apple Green looks awesome, though for longevity the Chrome Grey.

Ah man! I can't believe how amazing the polished finish looks!! That is SOOOOOOO cool!!!

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Slightly better pic of my Candy Apple Green 5.

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Okay, so my pics always come up a bit small. Tips on making 'em bigger?

im not sure how to post pics on ere... cos i too have the apple green ...
you get alot more people looking at your bike when out and about !
the only thing i dislike alittle is the front forks...how come they dont have 'lock out'... a little annoying sometimes.

I don't have lockout or travel adjust on any of my forks. Either never bother to use it, or forget to unwind/unlock at the top of a descent.

The less to go wrong and the less to have to fiddle with the better as far as I'm concerned.

And as for posting pics - you need to upload your pics to an online picture gallery like flickr, and then link to the pic using the IMG button when posting.

I think I found the instructions in the forum help section.

here is my bike in apple green
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23692229@N07/3961272541/

and at the highest beach in Todmorden...!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23692229@N07/3582185999/

glad i chose this colour, it does stand out....

Ta for the images of the Apple Green, wow, I can see why you like it - Looks miles better on the bike than the colour sample tube (hmm...now how would that look with white forks...? argh, damn these white forks - knew I should have gone for black) Very dinky looking bike BTW, makes my current bike look like a gate 🙂

well its only a 14 inch frame cos im a tiny person that rides it... im 4ft 11 inches small so no point in sticking me on a 15 or 16 inch frame... my legs wud never touch the floor or the pedals come to that ! lol... nope my bike has to be tiny just for me ! my hardtail bike is only 13 inch frame ! very dificult to get bikes for small people...but 'orange' came up trumps and so i fell in love with it....
it was either 'orange five' or Titus motolite ( the titus wud have been prob twice the money.. but apparently is supposed to be even lighter than the orange bike in weight.... but im happy with my bike and thats the main thing..

p.s. re:fork lockout - have got 2009 Fox RLC's on my (er..ouch, sorry now my wifes) Five. I only used the lockout 2 or 3 times before I gave up with it - problem I found was that when turning the lockout on and off, it altered the settings for compression and rebound, because these are all on the top of the same fork leg. It works OK if everything is super clean, but as soon as a bit of mud or grit gets on the dials, they start clogging and turn together when using the lockout lever. They might have changed the design of the lever for 2010(?), but personally, I find it more trouble than its worth on my forks.

As far as travel adjust goes, I've had same experience as Mary Hinge. Although I can recommend the DT XMC130's - 'cos thier travel adjust 'lock-down' has an automatic blow-off control, in case you forget to re-extend the fork before a descent - works really well (just a shame I've no longer got a bike that they'll fit 😥 )

well its only a 14 inch frame cos im a tiny person that rides it... im 4ft 11 inches small so no point in sticking me on a 15 or 16 inch frame... my legs wud never touch the floor or the pedals come to that ! lol... nope my bike has to be tiny just for me ! my hardtail bike is only 13 inch frame !

i have white forks on an apple green. will get a pic tomorrow

eye yep i wud like to see what that looks like mah05 !