Orange Stage Evo , any thoughts from owners?

Can't get a Fidlock in my Large with an RS Piggy back shock

Think you might have if it wasn't a piggy back? It does look very tight to me. I've seen pictures of people doing it, admittedly I'm not sure they were Evos though.

Ooo, Evo chat.

I just picked up a Stage6Evo off ebay, which thankfully i havent had to run cables on. 

Took it out for a ride "as recieved" on Friday, and it was an absoloute bag of spanners. Surprising as i bought it to "update" my five29, which rides brilliantly. Getting it back to the shed i then unclicked all the shock settings and counted them out.  LCS was on 13 clicks, and the manual reccomends 3. same for LSR. Hopefully opening it up a bit will liven it up a little.

Ive found that the shock (float X2) requires 270psi! thats getting towards the limits of the shock (300psi). Does that sound about right?

I was also going to ask if a "slimline" fidlock was a thing. with the X2 shock there isnt really room for a proper bottle, even on the XL frame, but something slim like a lucozade bottle size would work.

I solved the lack of bottle storage by buying a hip pack with a couple of built in carriers. For when I'm not using a full size backpack. 

YT do a wide / short fidlock bottle (thirstmaster 4000) that is particularly useful if you don't have much space and still want reasonable volume.

Not tried it on one of these frames though.

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Well I got the bike together, and dislocated my shoulder on its first ride! 

 

Whilst I'm resting up, I was thinking of exploring the possibility of putting a water bottle inside the frame on the bosses on the underside of the top tube. I've seen a few people do this, it appears to be a small fidlock. Has anyone done this and can verify? Thanks.

I have a large one and after much experimenting made it work using a Blackburn Sidetrack and a Zefal sense pro 50 bottle. I have a small fidlock to try but haven't done it yet. For reference I have the Fox DPS shock, so no piggyback.

Thank you. I've ordered a 450ml Fidlock to try, if it does not work I'll do that. Did you have to use anything to offset the bottle cage? 

Whilst I'm at it, does anyone find the bottle cage a bit wobbly because it's mounted onto a weld? I was wondering about putting some o rings or something behind it.

Posted by: dps11

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Thank you. I've ordered a 450ml Fidlock to try, if it does not work I'll do that. Did you have to use anything to offset the bottle cage? 

Whilst I'm at it, does anyone find the bottle cage a bit wobbly because it's mounted onto a weld? I was wondering about putting some o rings or something behind it.

No that was why I used that cage - it's got really long slots so you can slide it far back to get the clearance.

Never had a problem with wobbling.

Thanks. I'll keep that combo in mind.

I have ordered one and found that a 450ml fidlock does indeed just fit onto the top tube mount. Haven't tried it yet for riding but don't see why that should create any issues.