I'm currently trying to make my Orange Alpine as quiet as possible, running 1x10 with a super short clutch mech. E13 LG1+ chainguide with strategic velcro to stop chain rattle, so now I'm looking for clever ways to stop any hose rattle.
Any good ideas?
singlespeed it 😉
Dont get an orange?
Getting them the right length and tight on the frame helps. Inner tube wrap on the swing arm?
you could add some of these to limit the amount of free cable runs?
just stick them on with double sided foam sticky patch things?
O rings slipped over hoses and housings before fitting with a bit of leading edge tape where they'd rub keeps all my bikes pretty silent.
Do Orange still have internal hose runs?
I have thick sticky backed velcro on the chainstays, the alpine doesn't use internal cable routing, but they are well secured externally. The noise is from the front end where the four cables knock together(all at optimum length.)
As to the old Orange jokes I would say the alpine is my quietest full suss bike, of the many I have owned.