Fully Custom Orange 5 SE

big2000dave

Here is my fully custom Orange 5 SE.

Enjoy this bike porn.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45681688@N ... 32/detail/

(Hope the link works)

jay12

omg!!! i need some leenexe.

green is my favourite colour and that looks absolutly amazing 8)
i seriously love this bike a lot

cat_with_no_tail

Nice work with the green CK and XTR bits. Have Orange customized them for you or did you do them yourself? (specifically the cranks)

Any chance of getting a full spec up?

Not to pick fault or anything, but if your seatpost is that high, do you not feel it's a bit small for you?

Also, I notice that the full pic of the bike is from when it had Raceface cranks. Any chance of seeing it in all its current glory?

ramemtbers

looks nice mate. how do you find the brakes in the wet???

big2000dave

It’s the largest frame they do, it’s a 20inch. I’m 6ft4in tall with a massive inside leg, but it is the best fitting bike I’ve ever had (no more back ache!). I ordered the Orange 5 with the brake upgrade and added the coloured parts and upgrages myself, i.e. green crank bolts, chris king BB, chris king headset, lizard skin grips and chris king hubs with green nipples etc etc... Picture of the full build is now attached.

Full Spec:

Orange 5 SE
Size 20in
Colour Apple Green
Tubeset Monocoque/6061-T6 Reynolds Custom Butted Aluminium Tube
Rear Shock Fox Float RP23
Swing Arm Rear Maxal
Forks Fox 36 TALAS 160mm 20QR
F Mech Shimano XT
R Mech Shimano XTR
Shifters Shimano XTR R Fire +
Chainset Shimano XTR
B/B Chris King
Cassette SRAM PG990
Brakes Hope Tech M4 183mm rotors with titanium calliper and rotor bolts
Hubs Chris King ISO Green 32hole
Rims Mavic XM819 UST
Spokes DT Swiss Revelation with green spoke nipples
Tyres Michelin UST
Headset Chris King
Stem Thomson X4
S Post Thomson Elite
Saddle Fizik Gobi XM
H Bars Easton MonkeyLite XC Low CNT
Grips Lizard Skins
Pedals Powerforce pro

big2000dave

ramemtbers wrote:

looks nice mate. how do you find the brakes in the wet???

They work very well! I have 203mm rotor M4's on my Santa Cruz Nomad too which are amazing!

ramemtbers

i have hope mono m4s on my norco. in the wet they seem shocking???

ride_whenever

really really nice

big2000dave

ramemtbers wrote:

i have hope mono m4s on my norco. in the wet they seem shocking???

I've never had a problem with them, all my bolts are Ti and i use thread lock on all the bolts, this help keeps everything solid!

2fast4u2

tasty mate how old is it, looks new as.

big2000dave

2fast4u2 wrote:

tasty mate how old is it, looks new as.

I got the five at Easter time this year, so about 9 months old

DamonC

Awesome bike, loving the details.

ravey1981

ramemtbers wrote:

i have hope mono m4s on my norco. in the wet they seem shocking???

I have the same on my marin and they perform great in all conditions (bit squeaky sometimes but hey)

Are you're pads contaminated or glazed?

ravey1981

Oh and nice bike mate....I'm green with envy :roll:

Mancunianfightingcat

Sorry mate, but that looks a bit too blingy for my liking. Lovely spec and a great bike, but the colouring spoils it in my opinion!

ramemtbers

hmm i am gunna look at my pads to night and change them

ravey1981

ramemtbers wrote:

hmm i am gunna look at my pads to night and change them

give you're rotors a good clean with brake cleaner or iso alcohol while you're at it...

ramemtbers

i dont have any brake cleaner. but will washing up liquid work as it can be used as a very mild deagreaser

Dick Scruttock

How did you do the cranks green, they look spot on.

ravey1981

erm im not sure, i used to wash my bike including the rotors with washing up liquid and the pads got trashed, I cant say if it was the washing up that did it but I now use only water...

Any car accessories shop/garage should have some...if you put new pads in with a contaminated rotor it will knacker the new pads too...

Maybe stick a post in the tech help section and ask for advice on cleaning rotors?

ravey1981

Rick Draper wrote:

How did you do the cranks green, they look spot on.

look at the pics carefully! www.crankskins.com

LoUiS1985

thats a sweet ride, that must have set you back a fair bit??

hbrashaw

Love it. The custom green XTR cranks are insane

The Big Cheese

Im really into this build, thinking about getting some crank skins in blue for the Marin 8)

rob0070

big2000dave wrote:

Here is my fully custom Orange 5 SE.

Enjoy this bike porn.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45681688@N ... 32/detail/

(Hope the link works)

You need help !!