2015 Mk2 Orange Five Charcoal Grey. It's HERE!

M9DBO

Landed yesterday. Went of a very quick ride last night. First impressions are pretty good. I'm really pleased with the colour and the shocks feel very very smooth.

rockmonkeysc

Looks a lot nicer than the old Five.

cubedean

Love it! The colour is fantastic & i love the new shape tubing they're using.

M9DBO

cubedean wrote:

Love it! The colour is fantastic & i love the new shape tubing they're using.

Cheers, Yeah i agree. I'm loving the look of it.

mike hunts alpine

The new frame is so much sexier than the old five. That is a very nice bike.

M9DBO

mike hunts alpine wrote:

The new frame is so much sexier than the old five. That is a very nice bike.

Thanks Mike. It's been a long time coming. Wanted one for years.

rockmonkeysc

This must be a record. An Orange Five on here more than 24 hours with only positive comments.
Does it ride as nice as it looks?

Antm81

Looks like it has some pretty slack angles. Love the colour too

MrBikerPanda

Looks great.. congrats

M9DBO

RockmonkeySC wrote:

This must be a record. An Orange Five on here more than 24 hours with only positive comments.
Does it ride as nice as it looks?

I'm sure some negative comments will come. I love it and yes rides really well. Getting used to the smaller size M, as I've been riding my friends 20" Orange Five for 8 months. That felt HUGE and this feels a little cramped at the moment. Raising the seat on each ride and have adjusted the seat back a bit. Starting to feel spot on.

M9DBO

MrBikerPanda wrote:

Looks great.. congrats

Cheers Panda

M9DBO

Two rides and the second abandoned after 10 minutes. Front shifter won't change up. Tried tightening the cable but still won't bite. Done some slight adjustments with the crub screws and just can't get it right. Having to take the bike back to Bradford this morning. So p*ssed off.

Is the standard gearing worth upgrading because I cannot believe I've bought a £3k bike and have to take it back in for ths type of adjustment after ONE ride.

Any advice most welcome before I throw the bloody thing in the river.

Michael.

cubedean

Sounds like cable stretch to me, which is to be expected.

M9DBO

cubedean wrote:

Sounds like cable stretch to me, which is to be expected.

Yeah understood but after one ride? Can I buy non-stretchy cables? :roll:

Antm81

Some need for maintenance is normal, as everything settles it will be needed too. The screws on the mech will be adjusting the limit of movement, the shifting between rings will be controlled by the cable tension and the barrel adjuster on the changer itself. They are technically easy to set up but do require a fair degree of patience to get shifting spot on.

M9DBO

Antm81 wrote:

Some need for maintenance is normal, as everything settles it will be needed too. The screws on the mech will be adjusting the limit of movement, the shifting between rings will be controlled by the cable tension and the barrel adjuster on the changer itself. They are technically easy to set up but do require a fair degree of patience to get shifting spot on.

Thanks Ant, I think I need to chill out a bit. Patience I do not have in abundance. Heading ovet to the LBS for adjustment this morning, Think I may need some retail therapy.

M9DBO

Fixed. Drama over.

emseens

I work at bicycle store. We offer customers first free service, where we adjust gears and tighten bolts. Everything is new and sits in place after first ride.
So, more riding, less complaining...

The Northern Monkey

RockmonkeySC wrote:

This must be a record. An Orange Five on here more than 24 hours with only positive comments.
Does it ride as nice as it looks?

Tbh, i thought your 1st comment was sarcasm...

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Looks a lot nicer than the old Five.

rockmonkeysc

The Northern Monkey wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

This must be a record. An Orange Five on here more than 24 hours with only positive comments.
Does it ride as nice as it looks?

Tbh, i thought your 1st comment was sarcasm...

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Looks a lot nicer than the old Five.

I genuinely like the looks of this model, it's a real improvement. I still wouldn't buy one because I don't like simple, non linkage driven single pivot frames. Same reason I wouldn't have a Santa Cruz single pivot.

Craig24

Wow that is sexy! Love the colour

Thewaylander

Nope to me new one still looks like a girder.

Not ridden the new one though so cant comment on that.

But as a plus as I like to balance my comments with negative to positive, I like the colour over what a lot of people seem to have with the orange bikes..

paul.skibum

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19610782#p19610782]RockmonkeySC[/url] wrote:

The Northern Monkey wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

This must be a record. An Orange Five on here more than 24 hours with only positive comments.
Does it ride as nice as it looks?

Tbh, i thought your 1st comment was sarcasm...

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Looks a lot nicer than the old Five.

I genuinely like the looks of this model, it's a real improvement. I still wouldn't buy one because I don't like simple, non linkage driven single pivot frames. Same reason I wouldn't have a Santa Cruz single pivot.

I used to love the feel of my old Patriot and Heckler, there was an added acceleration out of the corners under power due to the suspension it used to feel to me. But my Bronson is a much better ride overall!