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As per the PSA thread, thought I'd share this for those interested. Extra 10% off atm too so an Alpine 6 frame with shock is a little over £800, the X9 gravel frame a touch over £200. Buy them to save me some money!
Almost tempted by an X9 frame at that price to build into a bike I never ride and then sell a few months later.
Tempted with the X9 too but the geometry is more conservative than my 2019 Camino. Not necessarily a bad thing but not quite what I’m after.
Yeah, me too. Got some nice XC wheels that'd go on it. Could lend it my son as a ride to work bike. Would be pretty sweet. I'll hang til pay day, see if there are any left 🙂
So forgive my ignorance of current Orange products but what's the difference between an RX9 and a 'speedwork' frameset?
Don't seem to be any numbers on the product pages and reviews for the speedwork seem a bit thin on the ground (or internet)...
The RX9 and Speedwork were always a bit of an afterthough/bandwagon jumping from Orange and entirely unremarkable bikes.
If you want a good budget alloy gravel bike - get a Sonder Camino.
Geometry and intended use. Speedwork is more upright intended for flatbar use, the RX9 is a typical gravel bike, so longer, more relaxed, etc, but there's not much in it.
The Speedworks has been previous year stock in the past, originally a year or two old Clockwork. That current version looks like the 2021 X9 IMO?
I had one of the early RX9's and it was a nicely finished frame. Not sure where the cheap catalogue accusation comes from?
The RX9 and Speedwork were always a bit of an afterthough/bandwagon jumping from Orange and entirely unremarkable bikes.
If you want a good budget alloy gravel bike – get a Sonder Camino.
TBH I've been mulling my Road bike options lately but with more roady-esque gravel bikes in contention, the Colibri is more interesting to me than the Camino (currently) which is also cheaper than the two Orange frames, but I thought it worth a look at Orange still. I thought he speedwork might be more like a road bike, but it seems it's more of a hybrid based on an old MTB fame design then(?)
Doubt I'd pop for either, but cheers for the responses all.
Geometry on the speedwork seems identical to the gravel / road frames with a 564mm ish top tube in large. That's too short for a flat bar bike imo. I think the earlier ones were based more on MTBs with longer top tubes.