Seem the reports are true - snippet from Orange Bikes Facebook post from eurobike:
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I wonder where they source the filing cabinets from?
This will not please the luddites.
Only "Designed in Halifax" though.....
I presume that we are looking at a carbon Five version maybe or possibly a ST XC FS?
orange 29r's will be out before the new year i reckon....... 😆
I wouldn't presume that foxy - think you might be surprised when you see what it actually is... 😉
It would make business sense to build your first carbon version in the guise of your best selling bike. That way you can amortise the set up cost at the quickest rate.
I'm guessing that the Five is their most popular bike.
I presume that we are looking at a carbon Five
Ah, the classifieds will soon be awash with nearly new 5's as the trail centre brigade spaff their IT wages on the latest must have version.
It looks to have a bottle boss so I doubt its a springer.
Is it a road bike?
think you might be surprised when you see what it actually is...
Is it a lightsaber?
as a luddite who owns a 5 , I say bring it on.
As over priced as the 5 frame is now, I only shudder to think what this will cost.
maybe it will be the cheaper version as its made abroad...
+ partyboy
That how I afforded my "well looked after" (i.e. not used much) 2 yr old Five from a BMW m3 owner...thanks for taking the depreciation hit!
At a guess i'd say that is a hard tail as the obvious presumption would be that is a bottle cage mount & probably on the seat tube as the norm is to have your bumpf on low(ish) on the set tube. With all of that in mind I'd assume it's a carbon version of the P7 or similar. Considering they're all ready made in the far east & development &set up manufacturing costs on a CF hardtails are probably considerably less than on a full sus. This way they'd be able to judge market reaction before going head long into building a full CF range.
Fives don't have bottle cage bolts do they?
I'm more interested/ concerned at the existence of a Strange Five 29er...
R8, (C8 😕 ) Is my guess
I reckon it'll be a CX bike
I reckon it's a road bike......
225c 😛
Agree with khani, road bike for sure, they will have spotted all the road threads on STW and decided to tap into the market.
I reckon it'll be a CX bike
That would make sense; if it's not your best selling bike then make it the easiest bike to make via a contractor, especially one that's already making something similar.
A cross frame would fit that bill.
It's a big Market to tap into.
maybe it will be the cheaper version as its made abroad...
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I reckon it will be an actual filing cabinet, but carbon fibre, makes office moves easier
Muppet. It'll be a carbon fibre server rack 😉
is it a s****y broom handle? Failing that my bet is a CX bike.
wouldnt like to be the 1st person who breaks one JRA...... 😆
after sales......... 😆 😆 😆
+1 that people are going to be surprised when they find out what it is.
Plus they have a few other things up there sleves for next year too......
True the five does not have bottle cage mounts! however the carbon version maybe has more room? Or it maybe a carbon ST4? But thses are my wish list!
Changed my mind a HT / 29er as above as that is the fastest growing market in the US? 😉
Road bike seems unlikely for a company that is called "Orange Mountain Bikes" 🙂
If I had to bet it'd be on a Carbon Fibre 'Clockwork' - selling the 'Heritage' of one of the brands most Iconic frames - course, it'll be tweaked to accept modern geometries etc and, the decals will stay on - unlike the ones on (but not for long...) my matt black LX clockwork from back in the day... 😉
Road bike seems unlikely for a company that is called "Orange Mountain Bikes"
You mean like this?
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Andy
Ahh :
However on retrobike I found the post:
I am chuffed to bits with this frame. The seller says it was made as a one-off for him in '93 by none other than Steve Wade - that the original owner used to ride with Wade was confirmed by none other than our own Cannondale King...!
Maybe a CX bike with discs. Orange did put a link to a pic of some Hope CX hyro disc adaptors on their Twitter. They were mounted to a hope branded non descript carbon frame.
I get the impression they didn't make very many, but IIRC they weren't all special orders.
Andy
yup CX sounds good but I would expect them to make a alu one first? But yes I remember that twitter post now you come to mention it and thought it was odd 🙂
I did find theri recent post about CX though:
http://3pcx.blogspot.com/2011/08/paul-oldham-race-that-comes-back-to.html?m=0
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orange 29r's will be out before the new year i reckon.......
Before the end of the week, more like...
Yep!
A racing 29er! 😉
It's a shame they have to have it made in the far east though instead of Halifax like the metal ones! 😕
It's a shame they have to have it made in the far east though instead of Halifax like the metal ones!
Why's that then?
Why's that then?
Because their squinty eyes make decent frame alignment impossible, stoopid!
😆 😆 😆
racist 😯
I thought they had a ltd production run of roadie frames a while ago- the roadie- o ?
doesnt matter if the 5 has bottle racks or not- if its carbon tubed who knows what the tube profiles are and therefore whether or not they can fit bottles on a carbon 5.
It IS a roadbike....
There IS a 29er G-series.....
geetee1972 - MemberI'm guessing that the Five is their most popular bike.
Apparently it's one of the hardtails, I forget which though.
It IS a roadbike....
There IS a 29er G-series.....
ace.
next step a 29er ST4 for me out of carbon, with a free frame for me as I had the original idea....
They sell more g-series than all the others combined 😯
already got a Dynamo 2 road bike although sadly past it's best!!!
one of 50 IIRC
I like it! Puts the fun back into road bikes.
From the road.cc article
We know we're probably pitched £100-£150 more than other bikes with good carbon frames and Shimano 105 components but our customers being mountain bikers are used to...
buying our over priced mountain bikes 😉
but seriously, I'm sure it will make a great bike for someone who wants to say 'I'm really a mountain biker' whilst on a road bike.
Puts the [b]fun[/b] back into [b]road bikes[/b]
Surely an oxymoron ??
everyone sells out eventually..............money talks...... 😆
So - they've bought some generic carbon frames and forks from the Far East, spraying them up and bolting some generic parts on them.
Sounds classy.
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Colin, going to reply to either my email or my phone message (or this forum post)? 😉
2K for 105. way overpriced IMO.
Looks like those older Chinese open mould frames with a different fork.
http://dengfubikes.com/product.asp?id=13&classid=21
Epic dissapointment 🙁 Carbon 5 would have been lovely, but then again I struggle to rationalise the cost of my Pitch let alone £2k frames!
And it's not overpriced really, can't say that untill there's been some test rides? It might be a competitor for £2k frames* for all we know! In the same way a 5 is overpriced compared to a Heckler or Pitch, but not an Intense or Yeti, which are probably it's main competitiors.
*or it might not
erm that dengfu frame is carbon which is about all it's got in common with the orange. I'm not saying orange didn't order it out of a catalogue but it weren't that model. Seatstays and downtube curve in different directions and headtube area looks different.Looks like those older Chinese open mould frames with a different fork.
🙂"We've also kept it simple on things like a BB30 bottom bracket," - there isn't one
Exactly my thoughts Surfr. They need to slam that stem too, looks awful with the enormous stack of spacers 😯
Looks like one of these to me.
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Damn, just as I've finished getting the parts for my 90s Orange Dynamo steel frame. I wonder if they'll do a frame only, but I doubt it with a run of 60. I'm surprised too that it's £1900 with only 105.
I'm surprised too that it's £1900 with only 105.
I'm not; 2009 Cannondale Super Six 105 was about that, with Aksium wheels which I think are a lower spec than those Eastons.
Andy
Is it not about time Orange did a decent cyclocross bike before doing a road bike? I'm sure they'd be capable of doing a good 'cross bike (something that looks a bit like the road bike on page 1..).