Orange 5+ Prototype
 

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[Closed] Orange 5+ Prototype

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Shamelessly stolen from Jonesdirt on instagram

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I quite like it, would like a demo...shh don't tell anyone

@renton


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 11:29 am
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They don't normally bother to paint the prototypes 🙂


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 11:56 am
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Is it not just an old 29er with wide wheels?


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 11:58 am
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won't those heavy tyre's make an already quite nooderly back end even more of a noodle!?


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 12:11 pm
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Dunno, never noticed it being noodly? If anything it was among the stiffer bikes I've ridden.

Hopefully they'll come in some decent sizes for people over 5ft10, I tried all the 5's upto an XL, which felt right handling wise, but the frame was enormous!


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 12:14 pm
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Is it not just an old 29er with wide wheels?

Have I been duped? 😳


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 12:28 pm
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No, pretty sure they haven't done a 29er with the straight top tube and seat tube brace.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 12:30 pm
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Odd that it's not branded as "Strange" like every other Orange prototype I can remember seeing


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 12:33 pm
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Is it me or is that BB sky high?

I'm going with it being a normal Five with plus tyres squeezed in.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 2:06 pm
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I swear i saw Rowan Sorrell riding that at BPW last Sunday


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 2:12 pm
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legend - Odd that it's not branded as "Strange" like every other Orange prototype I can remember seeing

Maybe the new owner things branding stuff Strange is a missed advertising opportunity.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 2:31 pm
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Think cha****ng might be onto something, BB height does look off

I think Stranges were probably good for marketing as they got people asking questions when there was no doubting that it was something new


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 3:48 pm
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Loads of clearance to get a big tyre in there... So why not?


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 3:48 pm
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No, pretty sure they haven't done a 29er with the straight top tube and seat tube brace.

XL frame might have a brace where others don't


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 3:58 pm
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No orange 29 has had the current frame design so unless the wheels are squeezed in to a 650b 5 it's new.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 4:19 pm
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Five29/ Segment Swingarm on a Five Front end.

Maybe modded as i'm pretty sure 650+ doesn't quite go in a Segment.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 4:29 pm
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I doubt it's the old Five 29 swingarm, it didn't have a lot of tyre clearance. I like it, anyway. BB does look kind of sky high, maybe it's just the angle though


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 5:20 pm
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WGAS another same as last years bike ....YAWN


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:03 pm
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i bet it's got boost hubs too 🙄


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:16 pm
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Posted : 15/01/2016 6:44 pm
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26" wheels in a 27.5 frame maybe?


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 7:21 pm
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Bugger all space between the tyre and the fork brace...
Just looks like a five with zelvy carbon rims and nobby nic tyres to me..


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 7:31 pm
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^ this. Can't see what the fuss is about.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 8:23 pm
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Sounds like a good idea though. Five plus. I'd like one.


 
Posted : 15/01/2016 9:06 pm

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