2013 Orange 5 Pro

LloydF

Hi.

After floating about for a little while I thought I'd get a thread going to show you guys my bike.

I originally started riding on a Cube hardtail and after getting to grips with the basics, I moved on to a full susser. It was a toss between the Specialized Camber Comp, Ghost AMR Lector 8500 and Orange 5 Pro; but after test ridding each bike I found the Orange 5 17" frame to be the best fit for my size (5ft 9") and style (hipster haha). So a purchase was made and I managed to swindle a set of free Nukeproof pedals.



I rode the bike as pictured for a while with the only purchase made being a carbon fibre bash guard. But after taking a mighty hit where I literally caved the front of my bike and face in, I was forced to replace a few parts which gave me the perfect excuse to upgrade .

A replacement wheel was sourced and I upgraded to a Renthal 20mm rise bar and Renthal stem.



Since then I've been a bit shakey and scared to give it full beans on the trail but slowly getting my confidence back.

poah

no pics of the damage then - most disappointing lol

Myster101

Nice looking bike. Get ready for the sheep, I mean Orange haters

ej2320

Myster101 wrote:

Nice looking bike. Get ready for the sheep, I mean Orange haters

There's plenty of reason to hate it.. But if he likes the bike that's good enough for me

Kowalski675

Your driveway looks very posh.

LloydF

POAH wrote:

no pics of the damage then - most disappointing lol

I was too busy thinking of some elaborate excuse to fool the parents with. Turns out, they were not born yesterday haha. So a bloody t shirt will have to do:

Myster101 wrote:

Nice looking bike. Get ready for the sheep, I mean Orange haters

Thanks. I've heard they gather in flocks and ride 29 ers

ej2320 wrote:

There's plenty of reason to hate it.. But if he likes the bike that's good enough for me

Good man.

Kowalski675 wrote:

Your driveway looks very posh.

Ha ha, she's not bad but tricky in the snow.

mike hunts alpine

Nice bike be prepared for random silly comments about it being a certain bike brand that shares a name with a color and a fruit though.

rapid_donkey

Thats a really nice bike. I much prefer the understated graphics on these than on the new 650b models.

Lewis A

mike hunts alpine wrote:

Nice bike be prepared for random silly comments about it being a certain bike brand that shares a name with a color and a fruit though.

It's a Lemon

I like that a lot!

mike hunts alpine

I have a custom grown lemon alpine 160 really like it. Made In the British empire as well. speaking in code so the baa baaas don't begin btw. My lemon cost me the price of thirty £100 packets of strawberrys. Which is expensive for strawberries but I like em. How much was your nectarine?

mike hunts alpine

That's actually a 2013 lemon five pro mate schoolboy error.

Matt-r8

I've looked at a few 5 threads now, and many (not all) making the negative comments bought their bikes from where I buy my lemon scented car fresheners. How weird's that?