lol….. i cant find any pennies down there ? the sofa must have completely gobbled them up…

just surfing the tinternet and came across another orange model ..its the ‘orange 5 s’…. this model is abit cheaper at approx £1,899.00 as opposed to the orange Diva which is ” £2,499,00… obviously slight difference in the spec ,but its still a good ! im guessing it will still be as good as the Diva ? anyone riding an orange 5 s … ?

wayhey.. so today i picked up the womens orange diva bike (ive hired it for tommorows blast out ! i cant believe how light the bike is and how easy it is to jump etc, ….never had a go at full suss before and i gotta say im loving this bike already..so ready for the fells tomorrow… brill !

im a lady my lord ! lol
dont have a decent bike to race tho…. altho im having a demo on the womens orange diva this weekend ! lets just see how that performs…

ok whats the telephone numba for ‘shockwave’ in ‘nottingham’ please

you see there couls be endless messing about having to replace all sorts of gear …this is the problem ….. grrrr duno what decison to make ????

how much are the ‘complete’ titus bikes (racer x ?

i know im very indecisive but if you were only 5ft small then you’d be fed up by now….
just wondering if it wouyld be more expensive to get a titus frame as they are 1,400 …. the would all the bits on my own bike fit the new frame ???? how will i know ???? want to use my own parts from my own bike as they are all 3 months old apart from front shocks which are 8-9months old ( would rockshox recon race fit the titus racer x model ? i dont know ??? any experts out there ? all my other mechanical parts are sram with x7 sram shifters.

what kind of prices are we looking at ?
oh and as my hubby will be playing a big part of the payment…. he wants me to have an ‘Orange’ bike now….. dont think he,s too keen on american stuff that may go faulty, and not being able to get parts as eay as other bikes … (thats what he said not me !!!

lancashire/yorkshire ???? i dont know…im live on the border !! hahahha
the nearrest big city to me is Manchester !

im going to demo an orange diva soon …!!! just to see how that bikes rides !

wheres westcott ?????

i canr decide ???? oh dear …. wondering wether to go for the orange womens diva (only when the price comes down)….. that will be a while tho… Aviemore is too far !!!! now then id be better off going down south as thats where Axel imorts is based i think…
goodness me this is a quest for the best !!!

but im so not with the titus models ..i dont even know which particular model im after (but something thats ‘all mountain’ all ‘kinds of terrain’…
im very new to researching these bikes as ive spent so many months looking for a specialized or cannondale to fit me with much much disapointment.
so could do with a catalogue or something with much info to look at really…

is fat treads still trading then as …’Axel imports’ down south somewhere are now imports for Titus….! got any email from Biketreks in Ambleside who said they dont have any in ? but they can order for me…
trouble is i dont know what size to get… xxs or xs, perhaps i shud give fattreads a phone call and ask what they have in ? mite get a bargin ..you never know.

brownpants : i thort of just buying a frame with rear sus attached and then adding my own bike gear to the frame , but then agin it mite not all fit ???? being american sizes ???? confused somewhat now ? lol

2 hours ….but if your slower than that (how about adding a light to your bike !!! ahem !!!

so me being only just 5ft with an inside leg measurement of 28 inch, would i need a small or extra small ???

https://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/FR285B01-Titus+Rx-1+Frame+2008.aspx

frame with rear shock…

i use sram x7 shifters and rear mech, Sram cassette and chain ( no problems)… not used shimano stuff tho.

dont think you can have a nosey around the factory…. unless i slip a pretty please letter under the door ! lol.

yep so this bike hunting is becoming a quest, i shud in reality become a nationwide NEWS GOSSIP ITEM…. “5ft midget needs help in her quest to find a mountain bike …that fits !

im getting demorolised seriously now….. boohooo.
ok what brilliant suspension seatposts are there ? anyone ? ive asked this question before im sure ? but do they make any difference ?

the american frame was a ‘spider’ something or other and had a swinger rear shock fixed to it ?
yep my hubby works in Halifax and said they make the orange bikes there ! cool… pity he doesnt work for the firm ! ( i bet he has put in some IT technology stuff in there tho- (nudge nudge wink wink -cheaper bike ..well ya can try cant ya ! lol.

i,ll burn you all off on my little hardtail then ! yeheeee …. hahhaahhah

is that the giant trance in the pic then ?

i sat on a specialized safire today and a small sixe is 15 onch frame ! there was no space at all when testing the standover height !!! the bike shop said i will struggle to get a bike to fit me..

go for Kenda ! my son has kenda blue and i have Kenda (they are lasting ages and i ride 3 times a week,,, good thick knobbly tyres…

you guys are great ! hey can i buy that blue titus off you ! lol :wink:

so quite a few to look at then… having probs in demo bikes as they dont really have demos in super tiney , so if i see one in a shop thats fits, i guess i shud just buy it ? the shops say they cant get rid of extra small bikes so its twice as hard to demo one !
i,ll have alook at all the above bikes then ,..brilliant you guys..

thats what im doing is looking at womens spec bikes and even finding one to fit in a small is crazy ????? the orange diva this year is about 2, 500 plus cant afford that.. where do i find titus models… i live in singletrack area ! tho i will search the whole country if i have to !!!

i can only fit 13 inch frame !!! just rang leisure lakes back and they said they have instore 2 womens xc marins to have a look at for size and they are size exra small so i will have alook at those and a small specialized saffire (but to try it with one of their chopped seatposts just to try for size…..
im going to struggle very much ! when god handed out long legs (he forgot me !!!! lol.

hmmmm abit pricy for the spec..id want better forks than dart two for £1,222 quid ! oh dear !
looking at around £1,300 for a full suss… but need decent spec for that… (thats why i was loooking at cannondale and specialized….
i sat on a size small “specialized safire”, and couldnt even get on the seat properly…. id end up sawing the seatpost to fit me !! jeepers this is becoming a quest to find a bike that fits me and decent spec… anyone got a stretch machine that i could borrow ? fed up of my tiny tiny size . lol

well im stuck between specialized and cannondale i like them both alot,,, you wouldnt believe the bother im having with any bike i sit on… they are all too big, so thats why i have to stick with womens spec… no good getting a small mans as thats too big… my current specialized hardtail is 13 inch frame and suits me fine for height…. really really sruggling to find another bike that fits ?

HTTP404 :::: top tube is 19 and a half..

i cant believe this cannondale is going to be too big for me ? arrrggggg please no !

chevin member….. does that mean you,ll have both bikes in the shop for me to look at then …

GW : how can the petit be 17″ frame ?????

HTTP404 :eh ? the way youve wrote that…. confuses me now….your saying the long top tube on the petit is long so you’d get a size small ? thort the petite would be ‘smaller’ ?

someone mention orange diva….. nice bike but at 2,500 abit expensive…
wish i was taller as im suffering at the moment to find another bike that fits me perfect….being only 5ft 0 inches so having to stick with womens specific and really struggling to find one thats available in the shops at the moment. looked at the marins but they are alittle long really, specialized have a few but not been able to try out as they arent appearing in the shops ?

well i,ll post as well seen as tho ive had a bit of a rant on ere today !
will i be the last to post on this pointless thread ? lol

peteimpreza yep ive rung him today too and he is going to check the availability for me ( so fingers crossed too)…. heres hoping i can try one out somewhere, as my i ride with my son all over the fells, and he rides Cannondale and simply loves it ! he had upgraded a few stuff (like you do), and as soon as the new cannondale came up on the websites i was getting excited to try one out… (me being petit in size is abit of a problem ….i need a stretch machine .lol

its a 2008 bike ! specialized…. thought price wouldnt drop dramatically ! especially after ive completely renewed all the parts on it too.. ah well private sale it is then..

i still have my mud guard on, tho my son says it spoils my bike ? he says your ‘back pac’ is good enough for a ‘mudguard’ !

i spoke to someone at Evans cycles this morning about the specialized pitch (is that the one with 140 mm travel your on about ? he told me that bike was bit of an Enduro bike really and more suitable for downhill riding mostly due to the longer travel forks…
cross country he suggested (which is what im after suggesting the ‘specialized safire comp’….
also i have been looking on the website at the Cannondale Rush womens bike – due out 10th march …
but unlike me you have alot more height about you so you could get away with a mans bike….. im only just 5ft small so a mans bike for me (the standover reach is not good…. so i have to stick with womens bikes really.. and get a small framed bike…. im looking at getting full suss but prob stick with specialized…..i like their bikes !

we dont send people to the moon ! IT WAS ALL FAKE !
Bed in Brakes when they are new !

i ride a womens Hardtail…. but looking to get full suss in the near future… i like my hardtail but feel that i need that something extra !

one word (FANTASTIC) !!!

if i pop into the single track office which is sooo local im sure one of the boys wud help me …

that happened to a mate of mine the other day ! it bent . this can happen if you dont oil your chain regularly. if you wash the bike and leave it to dry then you get a rusty chain within a few days, then links can dry and seize up then get bent. so every time you wash the bike (Always oil afterwards and obviously oil before you set off… dont think our mate oiled his chain properly !! it was a a newish chain too !