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The Stage 4 may be short on travel, but this tough alloy nugget is certainly not lacking in fun. Wil and the crew test the single-pivot Stage 4 as part of the UK-made full suspension group test from Issue #119 of Singletrack Magazine.
Read the full review here: https://singletrackworld.com/2018/10/uk-made-full-suspension-group-test-orange-stage-4-rs-review/
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everyone this is will here from
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singletrack magazine and we've got three
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bikes on tests for issue 119 of single
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track magazine the theme for this bike
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test UK made full suspension bikes the
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first bike is from orange of course we
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couldn't have a UK made for suspension
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group tests without an orange it's the
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new stage for this is the newest model
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from orange it's a replacement for the
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segment so it's a short travel 29er it's
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got 29 inch wheels
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110 mil travel on the back and a 120 mil
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travel fork on the front so same specs
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as the segment however there have been a
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few refinements to the stage four which
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have deemed it worthy of a new name so
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this is not the new segment it is indeed
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the stage four slots in underneath the
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stage five and the stage six it's the
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first orange to be built with a metric
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rear shock so we've got a rock shocks
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deluxe on here at our t3 rhea
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chakraborty feel but it also means that
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the stage four is a little less
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sensitive to suspension setup compared
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to the segment which is a bike that you
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had to get your pressures and your sag
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spot on and if you're either side of
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that it caused some issues whereas this
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is a bit more flexible in terms of
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suspension setup being an orange it is
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obviously made of alloy and it's built
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in Halifax super tough very robust a few
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things I like about this bike I love the
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mud friendly UK sensibility to this
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frame design so we've got loads of my
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clearance in the back elevated swing arm
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here rather than the stage five which
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uses the monocoque swing arm the stage
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four uses the split stay so gives it a
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slightly cleaner and lighter look but
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loads of my clearance on the back we've
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got a threaded bottom bracket on here
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too and obviously that super simple
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single pivot suspension design two
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bearings one pivot swing arm and a shock
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it couldn't get much more simple than
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this so in terms of long-term durability
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and riding this through all of the
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conditions all of the weathers
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it is designed to last and it is
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designed to be easy to service and
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maintain
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other thing I like about this bike I
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love the geometry it's got total
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party-boy geometry and that's kind of
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come from the bigger stage five and
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stage six so we've got a 67 1/2 degree
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head angle on the front this is a medium
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and it's got a very roomy 444 mil reach
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so it's got a very long front center
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relatively short at the back end 4:35
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not super short but short enough
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combined with this kind of shorter
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travel suspension design it's got a load
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of flick ability very nimble very fast
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very agile it pedals really well goes
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uphill super quick however the single
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pivot suspension design does mean
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there's quite a lot of feedback between
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pedaling and the rear suspension action
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so if it's really choppy you know if
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you're kind of letting off the brakes
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and just charging into rocky slabby
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rooty trails you do feel a lot of
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feedback through the pedals and because
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the geometry is so capable you can end
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up in some pretty hot scenarios on this
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bike where the rear travel starts to
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show its limitations so it's a bike that
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you can get into a lot of trouble so you
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might need to just dial it back a little
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bit but overall a really fun fast light
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trail bike the orange is produced in the
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stage 4 if you'd like to read the full
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review on the orange stage 4 then you
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can check that out in issue 119 of
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singletrack magazine thanks guys
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to route
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