W.i.P: old orange crush

Anonymous

after riding my on one for a bit i decided i like riding hardtails again (but no where near as much as i like riding full sus of course) so decided i would give another a crack, was going to get a blue pig or a pha5e then found this on ebay and thought for 170 quid it would be worth a bash.



its an 05 orange crush and apart from the seatpost clamp, i think everything will go straight on to it from my on one.

should be done as soon as it arrives which hopefully will be the weekend.

edit:

its finished, thats how you do a work in progress:

jay12

i'v seen that on ebay. great deal on that.
i like the stealth look 8)

MacAndCheese

Very Nice, whats happening to the on one?

Anonymous

the on one frame is for sale in the classifieds.

Mancunianfightingcat

is it a new frame?

fourcrossjohn

nice looking frame

Da Mighty Chicken

Looks like a nice frame mate. You joining the Dark Side* now then? :shock:










* (read hard tails)

Anonymous

MFC:
its an old 05 frame, the seller assures me there's just a bit of paint rubbed on the top tube but apart from that it is spot on, i'll see when it arrives but for only 170 quid, i figured i could take a punt.

DMC:
ive almost always had a ht, ive just never liked them. my current ones are a 456 and a giant rainier. previous ones were:

gt avalanche,
orange p7, (which was absolutely 'orrible)
cannondale f4,
claud butler cape wrath carbon. (which was actually really nice)

supersonic

You could have had my Ruckus for £100 ;-)

Stiff frames those crushes, but tough.

Anonymous

sonic:

i read up on them before i bought it, i know the newer ones have been softened up a bit and the 06-09 were virtually the same as each other. the 05 ones were designed to be hard but for 130mm forks, which is what i have and it should be plenty slack at 68.5 deg ha.

from what i can gather they are all designed to be a bit brutal but im happy enough with that, im not sure how "springy" the 456 is anyway. plus, in comparison to the other contenders for big d's new bike frame its a pretty similar affair.

itll be wearing some fat tyres and sporting a decent length of seatpost so should be ok, and if not, its only 170 quid and i might even recoup most of that with the sale of the on one so im not too fussed.

but most importantly, i reckon itll look good. i might remove the orange livery and write emmelle down the frame, see how many folk coo over it then.

should be here by the weekend so im very excited.

supersonic

Lol, Emmelle or Townsend!

Anonymous

i saw an emmelle t'other day and it had a made in britain badge on it, i cant believe theyre not more popular.

supersonic

I've had two in my time! A Cheetah and a Cougar XL.



Lovely. Steel too. Inc the bars, seatpost, stem, cranks, pedals, rims, hubs and possibly not the bearings.

Da Mighty Chicken

Townsend, lol, takes me back

But a personal fave as a youngster was the Raleigh Lizard

Tis a girlies bike but you get the idea of that amazing paint job! :shock:

supersonic

As soon as I saw the green flash loading on my screen I thought: bet that's a Lizard! ;-). I wasn't disappointed!

Da Mighty Chicken

supersonic wrote:

As soon as I saw the green flash loading on my screen I thought: bet that's a Lizard! ;-). I wasn't disappointed!

You live up to your name, Supersonic, quicker than a PC

fourcrossjohn

hes actualy plugged into the pc he does not need a monitor, he gets scared shitless when he watches full screen helmet cam veiws on downhill tracks as he keeps going for the brakes but nothing happens

Anonymous

So, what did you like, or dislike about the OnOne? How much do you find yourself riding the hardtails?

supersonic

Da Mighty Chicken wrote:

supersonic wrote:

As soon as I saw the green flash loading on my screen I thought: bet that's a Lizard! ;-). I wasn't disappointed!

You live up to your name, Supersonic, quicker than a PC

I think most are quicker than an old 486 ;-)

Raleigh Lizard green is unique!

Anonymous

yeehaamcgee wrote:

So, what did you like, or dislike about the OnOne? How much do you find yourself riding the hardtails?

I never ride the giant, i won it but never wanted it.

Ive ridden the 456 loads recently and have enjoyed it very much but i dont really know why. Its certainly not as good as my fs bikes but its been fun to thrash about.

I was looking at replacing it as its original job was to give ht one last chance and i thought winter would be a good time to try it. Turns out ve enjoyed it enough that i thought id give some thing else a go.

If the orange is rubbish, i'll give summat else a try but i reckon it'll be coolio.

Anonymous

Why are you ditching the 456 then? Are you after something lighter?

See, I still agree with you on the whole HT debate. As far as I see it, a FS is the right tool for the job, but there's nothing "wrong" with HTs.

Anonymous

it'd be nice if the orange is a bit lighter, it should be i would imagine.

The on one comes in at 29lbs.

Thing is, my stumpy is only 27 and is more efficient and faster over the same ground im riding these days.

If i had to get rid of a bike it would be a ht no question but for reasons i cant quantify, the ht is plenty fun even though its worse than the fsr bikes i own.

supersonic

How about a lighter build throughout? 22lbs or so? Might feel even more pronounced.

Anonymous

i did toy with the dea of a much lighter build but it would be fairly pricey and this and the previous bike were deliberately cheap builds using spare parts.

Also, as a big old unit im not sure a light build would suit my lack of finesse

supersonic

If I had a grand right now I'd get the Carrera Titan - absurdly good value!

Anonymous

What do the letter FSR stand for? I've always wondered that.

Anonymous

thats ace looking, if i was after an xc bike id be very tempted

supersonic

FSR = Future Shock Rear

Anonymous

future suspension rear iirc

Anonymous

future suspension rear? Man, now I wish I'd never asked, talk about wan*y marketing nonsense

supersonic

The term came from old Spesh forks which were called Future Shock. So they added Rear, and called it FSR!

Many think it stands for Full Suspension Rear.