1981miked
As you can see it is an Orange 5 Pro in Chrome Grey, 16" frame, Standard 2010 spec with pro pack which is Thomson stem and seat post, Fizik Gobi saddle and Easton Monkey Lite CNT bars, i got the Hope upgrade kit which is the floating rotors, seat skewer and rear wheel skewer, i also upgraded the bottom bracket and headset to Hope affairs. Got the bikeshop to swap the triple chainset for a double and bash and ditched the crap standard pedals for wellgo V8 copies, also swapped the standard wheels for my 27mm thick rim sunn equaliser that i had built after bending my dt swiss ones and ditched the thin grips for my favourite sunline logo thick grips. Bike rides superb..my 1st proper full bouncer.
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pipus said on 8 August 2010
classic orange stealthy ride mate top quality steed
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callan said on 5 December 2009
awesome bike m8 but needs a better rider to test it, i'll show you what she can do.
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antop34 said on 25 November 2009
1st full susser?! didnt fancy something a bit more basic then, i like it a lot! Im looking at these, Lapierre spicy or a heckler, too many choices
1981miked replied... on 25 November 2009
Yeah, well i did have a Trek Y22 when they first came out, snapped 3 frames though so went back to hardtail, then got a Giant VT frame earlier this year, painted it and built it up, rode it 3 or 4 times...hated it and swapped the frame for the Cove i have on here. Wanted a good full susser so test rode a Trek Ex, Intense Tracer, Lapierre Spice and Zesty, Santa Cruz Heckler, the Orange 5 and a Cove...nothing felt as good as the Orange, every time i swung a leg over it i felt comfortable, 1st time i had it off road it gave me a huge boost in confidence. Does everything well. BUY ONE.
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Stealthy ride said on 25 November 2009
Very nice, Orange all the way! The touches of blue look sweet
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Lukeelliott said on 24 November 2009
Gotta give you 10 for the build mate plus its an orange and they do ride amazingly well.
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Jonofthejungle said on 24 November 2009
Hawesome!!!!!
I want one!
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bommer said on 23 November 2009
nice i like the make orange
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