The Blood looks like a 2014 Nukeproof Mega TR frame. Amazing. Just needs a tapered head tube and a wider diameter seat tube.
Wow. I know so little about previous generation bikes. Love it.
How far back do we have to go before Orange's geo is considered "old" by today's standards then?
The Five is pretty ok in 2009 too looking at the Archive.
Orange... just take my money.
[quote=gelert ]The Blood looks like a 2014 Nukeproof Mega TR frame. Amazing. Just needs a tapered head tube and a wider diameter seat tube.
Wow. I know so little about previous generation bikes. Love it.
try the ST4 mk2...
So.. should I buy the Four or not?
You lot told me the Five was way too much bike for my North Downs/South Downs mincing - but now it seems the Four is pointless?
Do I need to wait for the Three?
So confused. FWIW, I think the Four looks ace. And if it rides similarly to the T-130 then I reckon it makes a great alternative option. If you have deeper pockets.
Yes buy the Four if you're in the market for that kind of bike. I'm sure it'll be awesome and extremely capable. It looks so nice in the flesh.
Yes buy the Four if you're in the market for that kind of bike. I'm sure it'll be awesome and extremely capable. It looks so nice in the flesh.
Or at least try it out....
Had a look at one side by side with a 5 & a 160 today, 4 somehow looks lighter & more playfully somehow
We had a demo in at our local place, i didnt get chance to see it but chap who rode it said it was a blast, but let down by lack of mud room on rear, and could get a bigger tyre really than the 2.25 it had on it, shame 🙁
[quote=goby ]We had a demo in at our local place, i didnt get chance to see it but chap who rode it said it was a blast, but let down by lack of mud room on rear, and could get a bigger tyre really than the 2.25 it had on it, shame
rockin bikes?
Na bikegoo
You know about the Orange Sub3, right?
No I don't, never heard of a Sub3! I had a rigid Raleigh Nitro as a teen then didn't ride for over 15 years so it's all new to me and I love it.
Bought a £600 Halfords HT in July 2013 at 32. It had so many issues, I got my money back.
Got a 2013 £1200 Ghost ASX 5500 full sus and loved it until it's 69HA and huge 20 inch seat tube kept making it difficult to move about when I added a Reverb (which added an inch to it).
Bought an 2014 Alpine 160 RS 17 inch because it was "too much bike" so I could have no excuses and know 100% the bike could do whatever it was I came to then eventually sold the Ghost and picked up a 2nd hand 2013 Five S 140mm as an XC/AM and mid-week training and winter bike. The Five takes the load off the 30 hour Fox suspension service intervals on the Alpine and it was too cheap not to get it.
I like the Alpine more than the Five but the Five is very very capable - it's not as good at technical climbs as the Alpine though, I find. The Alpine doesn't loop out like the Five can. I don't shy away from much with the Five if that's the bike I'm on that day.
I've generally set the Five up a bit more XC/Trail Centre than the Alpine which stays Enduro Race / Uplift Day ready. Llangollen DH is an Alpine day but I have no doubt the Five would make it down too (might try when it's dry!)
For a time I would have said I'd keep the Five if I could only have one bike but I've changed my mind recently and I'd keep the Alpine without a shadow of a doubt.
I race occasional XC on the Five (came 3rd last month at Welsh MTB XC in Fun cat) and Enduro on the Alpine (Welsh Enduro Series - mid pack Masters on Sunday).
Inexperience is my problem. Having loads of fun learning new stuff all the time and getting better (hopefully).
The four will be massively strong with only 130mm of travel and 35mm Pikes on the front, I like it but then weight had never bothered me.....i ride a 30lb HT most of the time and it's a blast, 'poppy' 'snappy' and and others cliches nobody on here has a clue about but trots out anyway.
I'd buy one, but the standard 5 looks too tempting for the uplift days I do.
Long live Orange, I must be one of the few who like the design, I like the British element however racist that may make me....i just wish they'd bring the price down but I suppose that's what frame only is for?
