[Closed] show me your older Orange 5's

05 black 16" pro hope - std
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you selling your 456 then?

not yet haven't ridden it yet and gusamc afraid I would need an 18"

no longer with me though
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lovely bike, awful rear shock

I'm assuming '08 is modern?

Would we class the last of the straight top tubes ('06) as the first to be 'older'

06 18" Chrome grey Pro Hope.

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yeah straight top tubes is what I was thinking of

I prefferd the look of the straight top tube myself

You still got that Blue Pig fella???

Drop me a line if you have....

afraid I haven't got it any more

tom

I daresay you'd need bigger than an 18" Tom, wouldn't you!?

6ft 1/2"? 17stone? dunno ive got a 18" inbred although there is a lot of post..?

I'd try for no older than '06 ( I think?) last model year with square front to the swing arm and still has straight top tube.

Same basic geomerty as current Fives, with 5.5inch rear travel and you can fit pikes etc. Old ones have differing geometry and I think 120 is max fork travel.

taka, sorry for the hi jack but i have few medium (they size up quite big) XCL's that are being offered to me from Chumba US as ex demo frames at really good prices, if your interested?

05 came with a 130 fork But can take 150 Max travel fork.

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Keeping it real since 04 🙂 Only original bits are the frame and rims tho...

Mine has 5.1" rear travel and supposedly 125mm max front, although it came with 130 talas and the pikes are fine for it. Now has 150 revs, which are too long for steep climbs but fine for everything else.

Re above, I think the 06 has the curved front swingarm but the 05 also had 5.5" rear? You can google for the old Orange pages. Saw an 04 like mine go for £250 on here, seriously considered buying it as a spare. But yes, manitou swinger is a bit of a rubbish shock compared to current ones.

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Not quite a 5 but my mates Sub 3 still going strong and my old Enduro.

Old sub5 - tough as nails and a great all round bike: 7 years of hard commuting, instructing and trails.
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MIA, Stolen a while ago...

'06 18" Orange 5 Custom build:

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Box fresh as it came from the factory:

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how much are they? they will proberly be wayyyy out of my price range thats why im looking at old orange 5's 😉

tom

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heavy-ish but ohhh so much fun...

new XT's on 200mm rotors since that pic was taken, glad to be shot of those m4's.

2003 Sub 5 - still going great. Superb bike.

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I can't decide whether I'd need an 18" or 20" @ 6ft 2 (though again I ride an 18" inbred), but might be worth also looking out for C'dale Prophets, as you might get one cheapish. As an alternative to the older 5 (which again I always thought looked superior to the new one).

Oh go on, if I must...

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18" '06. Frame bought off here in utterly immaculate condition for £400 last year having been bought new by the previous owner from a shop in Feb 2009.

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