My 03-04 Orange Patriot FR

gtd.

Here is my Orange Patriot.

I bought a Carrera Hellcat which was pretty much stock and kept adding better parts then along came a Orange Patriot frame with just a 5th element coil shock but the frame had the same length head tube and shock I2I as my Hellcat.

I bought it used, factory refurbished as just a frame. According to Orange it is an FR and was originally raw in colour. The previous owner said it had GBR decals but was looking a little rough so it went back to Orange for a service/re-Powdercoat in black with a white swing arm.

I built it up using the upgrades from my XC full suspension bike.

Since then I have kept changing parts as better ones turned up mostly using clearance stock and second hand parts.

Full Spec

Orange Patriot FR 18" Black Frame, White Swing arm, '04 decals.

Forks: Rock Shox, Lyrik, RC2 spec Solo Air, White, Mission Control.
Rear Shock: Fox DHX 5.0 Air.

Bars: Easton Haven Silver 710mm 20mm rise.
Stem: Azonic Barretta PC White 45mm 0 Deg 31.8mm.
Headset: Custom Hope Conventional blue bottom cup, silver upper cup and red bearing cover and top cap like a Chris King Patriot.
Grips: Orange Friction Addiction.
Bar Plugs: Hope Grip Dr Silver.

Front Brake Lever assy: Hope Moto.
Lever Blade: Straitline White.
Front Caliper: Hope Mono 6Ti.
Front Disc: Hope Mono 6Ti Floater 225mm.
Front Pads: Brake Authority Ceramic.
Rear Brake Lever assy: Hope Moto.
Lever Blade: Straitline White.
Rear Caliper: Hope Moto V2.
Rear Disc: Hope Moto Floater 203mm.
Rear Pads: Hope V2 Stock.
Hoses: Goodridge clear braided.

Shifters: SRAM X5 3+9
Front Mech: SRAM X7 Silver Low Clamp dual pull
Rear Mech: SRAM X5 Silver.
Cables: Clarks Premium Bike Gear Cable Kit.
Cranks: FSA Afterburner MegaExo with Truvativ pedal washers.
Chainring(s):FSA 22-32
Cassette SRAM PG970 11-32
Chain Device: E*Thirteen DRS Black BB mount backplate with White wearplate kit.
Bashring: E*Thirteen Turbo Charger White 36T.
Pedals: FireEye Grill.

Saddle: White Charge Spoon.
Seat Post: Centerline Power Post Remote 27.2
Seat Post Clamp: Hope 31.8 Black.

Front Wheel:
Rim: 26" 36h Sun Ringle MTX 33 Snow Camo.
Hub: Black Pro II 20mm.
Spokes: DT Swiss Champion Stainless PG Spokes 254mm right, 252mm left Laced 3 leading 3 trailing
Skewer : Rock Shox Maxle Light.
Tire: Schwalbe Nobby Nic
Rear Wheel:
Rim: 26" 36h Sun Ringle MTX 33 Snow Camo.
Hub: Black Hope Pro II 10mm bolt in.
Spokes: DT Swiss Champion Stainless PG Spokes 226mm right, 228mm left Laced 3 leading 3 trailing
Tire: Schwalbe Racing Ralph.

Crappy phone pic at dusk, need to take better ones...

jklash1987

Sorry mate, had to make it brighter for you so we knew what we was looking it lol.

Thats what I think is good about buying bikes from halfords. They are quite well specced for the price. When you feel time to upgrade, you can experiment with a new frame etc.

gtd.

Cheers

jklash1987 wrote:

Thats what I think is good about buying bikes from halfords. They are quite well specced for the price. When you feel time to upgrade, you can experiment with a new frame etc.

Lol, the only things that were stock from the Carrera was the crank set and BB
I'd completely upgraded that bike then I got a great deal on this frame so transferred all the upgrades over, now the Carrera is just a bare frame, just need to rebuild it.

jklash1987

Ahh I see, I should of payed more attention.

It looks realy cool though!

thel33ter

Sweet bike, looks way too steep with those forks though, get some 160mm's on there 8)

gtd.

Orange say 150mm max for my year of production :?

I do want longer travel on the front though,that probably means going 20mm through axle so a new wheel set or at least a hub and spoke change...

I just changed the swing arm to from 5" to 6" travel by using the lower holes and turning the shock round.

MountainMonster

Not bad man, never really been a fan of the swingarm on the patriots, bit too big looking but the spec looks good.

gtd.

Pretty much finished

ilovedirt

pretty nice, i loved my old orange, reckon it would benefit from a shorter stem and new seat though?

gtd.

Thanks. strangely those are the parts I'm looking at changing next after a white saddle unsure on bars and stem was looking at the Outland D31Eight bar, stem & grip set but in white if my steerer is long enough.

ilovedirt

yeah looks like good value, you may want a wider bar though? 680mm is pretty skinny, as they go

Stoo61

my eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyes.

gtd.

Added Truvativ Hussefelt Bars in Snow White 680mm 40mm rise 31.8mm and a Azonic Barretta white stem 45mm 0 Deg




Now it wont fit through anti-motorbike gates

Got a new fullface too





Now I just want some new grips thinking Sram lock-ons in white, and a white saddle and seatpost.

gtd.

Fitted new Lyrik fork this time Solo air 170mm RC2
Changed to 26" Sun MTX33 32h snow camo rims on Hope Pro 2 hubs
Changed to Orange Friction Addiction grips
Changed to a bike hut 2 bolt seatpost after snapping the bolt on the Kalloy Uno post
Changed to a SDG F*Style snow camo saddle
Changed to FSA Afterburner MegaExo (24mm axle HTII compatible)
Changed to Fire Eye Grill pedals
Changed to Fox DHX 5.0 air shock
Swapped rear Hope 6Ti 205mm with Mono M4 160mm
Added HK Starlight 1400 light and Magicshine Mj-818 rear

I would at some stage like a gravity dropper/KS i7 and I also want to make a Hope Patriot headset (like a Chris King with blue bottom cup, silver top cup, red bearing covers and top cap.)

A lot of the parts I've upgraded have either been fitted to a Dr Jekyll frame I bought or are back on my old Carrera Hellcat I'm rebuilding as a commute/XC bike.

ste_t

Surely if you need that much travel for what you ride, racing ralphs will ultimately kill you?! :?

ilovedirt

Yeah, that bike doesn't seem to be entirely sure what it's for...

gtd.

The tyres are temporary while I rebuild my XC bike as I'm using it to get to work until that's built.

junglist_matty

What a very confused looking bike!

gtd.

I built a 24" rear wheel (MTX33 on 36h Hope XC laced 3 leading 3 trailing) for my Dr Jekyll build and decided to try it out.

64 Patriot FR


Seems to climb and accelerate easier, might just be in my mind though.

Need a left hand 24" ADS dropout for the Dr Jekyll.

Probably something else everyone on here is going to hate :P

...but its my bike and for a budget build I'm very happy with it.

It does need more aggressive tyres, got a spare Hope 6Ti brake for the back now. just need a 6Ti IS large mount or the two Hope 10mm blocks that look like lego 1x1 bricks for changing a small 6Ti mount to a large 6Ti mount.

ilovedirt

needs less wires!