Anything better than an Orange 5 for around £2220?
neil_uk
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Time to upgrade from my Giant Trance. Any ideas? my budget is £2200 max.
I mostly ride 30ish moorland miles - but I need something sturdy enough and with enough travel to cope with hammering down deeply rutted singletrack and rocky sections.
Orange 5 from sunsetmb is looking the best option so far (?)
Not that bothered about component spec (as it's easily upgraded) - i suppose good suspension design and forks are my main priority!
I mostly ride 30ish moorland miles - but I need something sturdy enough and with enough travel to cope with hammering down deeply rutted singletrack and rocky sections.
Orange 5 from sunsetmb is looking the best option so far (?)
Not that bothered about component spec (as it's easily upgraded) - i suppose good suspension design and forks are my main priority!
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Two nice looking bikes there - mind you so is this Marin rift Zone at £1699
http://www.ukbikesdepot.com/products.php?plid=m1b2s1p79
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Haha, I know what you mean, I am looking at buying a new bike, but so many options!
Another one to look at within your budget is the Tomac Snyper: http://www.stif.co.uk/gear/select_optio ... uctid=5447
There is also a review of it on Pinkbike and bike radar. http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... 40-2-172440 -
Try and get a test ride! I was allowed to take an orange 5 Pro out for the weekend and I've made my purchase
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Well after my short list grew to around 10 bikes, i've limited my choice to the bikes I can test ride this week, and they are -
2008 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Expert
2008 Orange Five Pro
2008 Trek Fuel EX90 -
I pick my Orange 5 up this weekend!
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Had mine almost 2 years now, it still amazes me how sweet a ride it is, personally I can't fault mine.
Well ok I get a bit of brake dive with a Fox Float R130 up front, get the RLC fork if you get a Fox fork on it, the compression adjustment stops the little brake dive there is on the R fork.
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Maybe it's because I'm quite light but I had no issues with the Float R 140 diving. I was absolutely ragging it on my demo day and really biting on the breaks and it just stood up to it nicely - I had some concerns about the fork prior to going out but no complaint at all!0
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My Float R is an '06 130mm version, the one you tested 140mm will have been improved as it's a newer fork.0
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personally
number one attack trail or similar marin
number two orange 5
attack trail is fantastic0 -
My orange 5 should eb turning p this time tomorrow!
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