New Orange 29'er...

The Northern Monkey

Apparently it rides almost exactly like an Orange 5... can't see why it would, as it is a completely new bike


Also, here is the 2012 Five... nice new colour apparently..

Bikerguy15

Meh, it's glossy black, I'm not complaining .

Andy B

I think that the 29'er is a prototype due to the 'Strange' branding

I guess they mean that it has very similar handling to an Orange 5

Personally I think it looks good for a 29'er full sus, proportions look right unlike some other 29'er sussers

cooldad

Looks horrible, colour, proportion, odd looking little shock, cranks look like something off an Apollo.

The Northern Monkey

cooldad wrote:

Looks horrible, colour, proportion, odd looking little shock, cranks look like something off an Apollo.

What about the 29'er?

cooldad

The Northern Monkey wrote:

cooldad wrote:

Looks horrible, colour, proportion, odd looking little shock, cranks look like something off an Apollo.

What about the 29'er?

Words fail me.

delcol

at last they got something right..

strange

why oh why,, :roll: :roll: :roll:

VWsurfbum

Is it just me or does the whole bike look like its sagging in the middle?

i keep writing things then deleting them, i just cant get the words out to describe my feelings about this............this 5

VWsurfbum

some more photos and info

Despite being labelled under the company’s Strange tag, which it saves for new models and prototypes, it’s clearly based on a Five. And it looks pretty advanced to us.

Travel is 100mm at the back and 120mm up front, head angle is 70 or thereabouts and it’s said to have a very similar feel to that of the standard 26in Five. We can’t wait to try it out.

Come on which bit looks advanced?

HT on the cards too?

angry_bird

Also that road bike in the background is fucking ugly...

from the orange website

Northwind

The 29er might well work, but it's properly fugly isn't it. I'd like a go, after all I own an Ellsworth, can't be any more shameful can it?

The Carb-o was designed to "test the water" apparently. The water being tested obviously being "How much extra will fanboys pay for a generic far eastern bike if it has an Orange sticker on it".

ilovedirt

I can't help thinking some people are just complaining because it's an Orange.... Looks alright to me, doesn't look half as fugly as some 29ers out there.

RevellRider

VWsurfbum wrote:

some more photos and info

Despite being labelled under the company’s Strange tag, which it saves for new models and prototypes, it’s clearly based on a Five. And it looks pretty advanced to us.

Travel is 100mm at the back and 120mm up front, head angle is 70 or thereabouts and it’s said to have a very similar feel to that of the standard 26in Five. We can’t wait to try it out.

Come on which bit looks advanced?

HT on the cards too?

I think they mean it's been advance in the process of going from prototype to production model

bjj.andy.w

Tbh it dosent look to bad ( ish) still think the Santa cruz tallboy is the best looking fs 29 though.....

cooldad

bjj.andy.w wrote:

Tbh it dosent look to bad ( ish) still I am blind.....

VWsurfbum

bjj.andy.w wrote:

Tbh it dosent look to bad ( ish) still think the Santa cruz tallboy is the best looking fs 29 though.....

Mine looks better

rockmonkeysc

All Orange bikes with the exception of the new Patriot are fugly but that 29er is just plain offensive. Why would anyone spend £2.5k+ on something which looks so horrible? Also if it handles like a five then why bother? why not just buy a five?
Wonder if it will sound like a cutlery tray being thrown down the trail like all other full sus Orange bikes?
Instead of blowing cash on developing this hideously monstrosity they could have spent some cash on making their existing bikes look nicer & stop them rattling like a sack of spanners.
To be fair though the road bike looks like every other road bike.

TheJohnClimber

I love BikeRadar for all the 29er haters

Will all of those who are slagging them off be saying that

1) Once they have actually ridden one or two of them?

2) Be saying that in 2 or 3 years time?

The Northern Monkey

TheJohnClimber wrote:

I love BikeRadar for all the 29er haters

Will all of those who are slagging them off be saying that

1) Once they have actually ridden one or two of them?

2) Be saying that in 2 or 3 years time?

Nothing against 29ers at all!!


Just Orange bikes

VWsurfbum

The Northern Monkey wrote:

TheJohnClimber wrote:

I love BikeRadar for all the 29er haters

Will all of those who are slagging them off be saying that

1) Once they have actually ridden one or two of them?

2) Be saying that in 2 or 3 years time?

Nothing against 29ers at all!!


Just Orange bikes

This, they need to move with times! Great they've moved forward to 29ers, but they need to upgrade their suspension design and looks!

delcol

northernmonkey + 1

nothing against 29er there are some nice 29ers out there santacruz tall boy for one..

just think it's time orange came up with something fresh, as good as the five is love it or hate it,, it looks dated and bland....

supersonic

The looks don't offend me - the weight and price does.

Stu Coops

supersonic wrote:

The looks don't offend me - the weight and price does.

And when it cracks that offends big time :roll:

wobbem

....wrong thread

rockmonkeysc

I don't like 29er's. Tried a couple & don't like the way the steer compared to 26" wheels, just couldn't throw them around as well as a similar 26" wheeled bike, personally I didn't see the advantages. Not everyone rides like I do & plenty of people wouldn't like my bike with it's 31lb weight & 170mm of coil sprung goodness.
With this particular 29er it's the way it looks and it's price which offend me. I's like a five but even uglier.

angry_bird

I don't mind the way the 5 looks, and I quite like those I've ridden.

I dislike the price.

lawman

i dislike the 5 with immense hatred, its over-priced, over-weight, over-fugly and over common... and imo it just plain sucks to ride, heavy, unresponsive... boring springs to mind, but thats being kind...

rockmonkeysc

The 29er will be even more expensive & un-responsive. Prices seem to go up a lot when a model gets 29" wheels. I guess thats to pay for the tooling which will be redundant when 29ers go back out of fashion

TheJohnClimber

I've been riding and owning 29ers since 2007 and they aren't going to go out of fashion they are hear to stay.

The only 26er I'd concider woud be a Five after riding a few, so now it's coming out in a 29er I can't wait for a test ride. So if Orange are reading this and want to give me a 29er frame to review I'll happily swap it over with my Rumblefish frame.

delcol

video

now i know why they look dated..

Bikerguy15

Well, if you want some nostalgia...

I'm not knocking Guy Martin though, he does have some wise words + he is on some natural form of speed.