orange five pro OR whyte 146 s

tiley79

Hi Everyone

I am in the market for a new toy

I have managed to get it down to two bikes. The orange 5 and the Whyte 146s.

But now i could do with some help. I have test ridden both of these bikes and love them both to bits and cant make my mind up which i want.

Please can anybody give me any advice on these bikes and which you would go for

Thanks Neil

ride_whenever

The whyte, purely because it's far more prestigeous...

Oranges are nice, but relatively common :roll:

bike-a-swan

Given the choice, I'd like the Whyte frame and fork with the kit off the orange, but if I had to pick it'd probably be the whyte. You're a lucky sod to have the choice!

onceinalifetime

I'd highly suggest getting a longer test ride on the Whyte, have heard nothing short of absolutely astonishing.

As for Whyte being fancy, yes they are but also they are UK designed to ride best in UK, and that as a ethos really does do exactly what it says on the tin.

IMO most if not all that have tried Whyte bikes are complete converts.

Mind you the Orange looks good too, just well not really a climber perhaps compared with the Whyte, as it's a singlepivot, it would have a tendancy to sink into it's travel etc etc.
Get the Orange for the dh bits and it would simply rock.

lawman

if you can get one, the 146 wins for me easily, but they seem to be rare as hens teeth atm, i work in a bike shop and still couldnt get one!! its a fantastic bike, very liight, agile great up or down hill, and its a far nicer looking bike than the orange too

thisuldo

You'll be very lucky to get a 146 before summer and expect to pay a premium....

If I understand properly, whyte failed to correctly estimate the demand and they've had production problems too (and very poor at communicating the problems to the shops). The 146 was expect in the shops in October but the first (small) batch turned up last week!

if you phone around the bike shops you may find one on order without a customers name on it but expect the delivery date to slip....

If you want it now, your choice is narrowed to one!

thisuldo

Oh, forgot to mention, I understand bikeradar has received some of the first batch??

If so expect a review....

miss notax

Orange 5's are so popular for a reason.....

I have found my 5 to be brilliant all-round trail bike. Contrary to popular belief it climbs well and gobbles up everything in it's path on the descents

ftwizard

With no bias whatsoever, GET THE FIVE!!!

Briggo

I'd rather shag the whyte than the 5.

floosy

I got the 5.. its light(for a full susser(28lb)) and industrial..

Dave.

licko

These claim to have medium in stock:
http://www.moonglu.com/shop/whyte-146-s/

If I had a spare £3K knocking about I'd be straight there!

thisuldo

tiley79 wrote:

Hi Everyone

I am in the market for a new toy

I have managed to get it down to two bikes. The orange 5 and the Whyte 146s.

But now i could do with some help. I have test ridden both of these bikes and love them both to bits and cant make my mind up which i want.

Please can anybody give me any advice on these bikes and which you would go for

Thanks Neil

What did you go for in the end, and how is it going?

Northwind

Saw a 146 in Edinburgh Bicycles today.Tthe W is the right way up and everything. Looks, well actually, it just looks boring and like a Whyte but it's probably good.