New Ride: Orange Alpine 160

stingmered

Nearly did a sex-wee when I collected her...

Climbs better than anyone gives it credit for - dropped a fair few 5's over the weekend in Wales and the Peaks...

Tolk

Very nice!

paramart

nice bike love the colour does it come with that rear shock or is it optional

jonnyc2420

yummy.......

buzz1

That's sweeeeet, and nice to see a dirty bike for a change :twisted:

stingmered

Cheers Guys. As always, I don’t think the pictures really do it justice – looks so sweet in the flesh and can’t get enough of her! Unfortunately I couldn’t really get it any dirtier – the trails have been pretty dry around here over the last few weeks. I’ve got some virgin photos from when I first got her, but those are for private eyes only, he-he…

Re the shock: RP23 is stock on the alpine, though there is a CC Double Barrel option. Is more than enough for these shores but I’d be tempted to buy a 2nd hand vanilla for summer Alps duties.

Since the photo was taken on Sunday the rotor has been replaced with a 203mm (as I always intended) so it feels a bit meatier. The 185mm looks dwarfed by the forks!

Neily03

Nice!