Looking to pull the trigger on some forks but can't find the answer and orange will be shut till after the discount ends.
Cheers
I'd go 51mm for less steering flop at lower speeds.
is that what the frame has been designed around?
Both offsets are the same money so it's really what is specced.
I'd hope they put 51mm offsets on them from new.
As much as possible with that head angle!
For anyone curious as to the official answer
46mm offset
Interesting, did they say why?
Nope, had to go find out though. Also sadly sounds like the bike may not be featuring for too much longer as I enquired about whether it would receive the new too tube and stealth routing. Maybe the segment has been really successful and the five 29 less so?
I was expecting them to change the geometry in line with the new alpine and five.
Be a shame if they ditch it instead.
the crazy thing is it seems that this is one of the better received models - the alpine 160 isn't getting favourbale reviews at the mo.
It does seem strange, but then I guess the Segment is now covering a lot of the same ground. Do Orange really have room for two long, low, slack 29ers in the range? If you put a 140mm fork on the Segment I guess it would be even closer. Maybe they'll just change the maximum allowed fork on the Segment 🙂
the way i saw it was, 160 27.5 alpine for smaller riders and 140 29er for taller (like me)
seems the segment is a 29'' five equivalent
That's the problem with the Orange range I guess; it creates a bit of confusion. The Alpine Five (formerly Five29) was supposed to be the 29er Five. The Segment replaced the Gyro, which was an XC machine. But the Segment is clearly much more trail than XC (or is it Enduro, I don't know 🙂 ), so it starts to overlap a bit much with the other bikes in the range.