Orange Bikes Announces ‘A New Dawn’

Orange Bikes Announces ‘A New Dawn’

We’ve just had word from Orange Bikes, they’re set to continue. When the application for administration was made, an application…

Bike Check: Benji’s Orange Switch 6

Bike Check: Benji’s Orange Switch 6

This bike check is either the worst timing or the best timing, depending how you look at it. And what…

UPDATED | Orange Bikes Calls In Administrators

UPDATED | Orange Bikes Calls In Administrators

Update: statement from Orange 8th January, 1pm: In response to current speculation regarding the position of Orange Bikes and the recently filed Notice…

Orange Stage 7 LE Review: A Jaffa Smasha

Orange Stage 7 LE Review: A Jaffa Smasha

The Orange Stage 7 LE is the latest bike from the Halifax metal masters to feature the brand's new Strange…

Bike Test: Mountain Bikes For Winter

Bike Test: Mountain Bikes For Winter

AKA whatever gets you through the shite. Benji leads the team through the winter murk in order to find the…

Orange Switch 6 Factory review

Orange Switch 6 Factory review

If you want a ‘play bike’ for mucking about on steep wooded slopes it makes sense to go to West…

Orange Releases Factory Racing Switch 6 Team Bike

Orange Releases Factory Racing Switch 6 Team Bike

Available from today for £5200, Orange are releasing their Switch 6 team bike with new spec for 2022. A mix…

Local Laps with Orange Factory racer Lachlan Blair

Local Laps with Orange Factory racer Lachlan Blair

Lachlan Blair

Bike Check: Joe Connell’s Orange Stage 6 with prototype dual crown Formula fork

Bike Check: Joe Connell’s Orange Stage 6 with prototype dual crown Formula fork

Check out what Orange Factory Racing rider, Joe Connell with be racing at EWS La Thuile this week in our…

2021 Team News: Lachlan Blair moves on from Hazzard Racing

2021 Team News: Lachlan Blair moves on from Hazzard Racing

Hazzard Racing bids farewell to Lachlan Blair who moves to a new ride with “top EWS support” for the 2021…

Review | Orange Crush MX Pro LTD hardcore hardtail

Review | Orange Crush MX Pro LTD hardcore hardtail

Do the mixed wheels of the Orange Crush MX make this THE hardcore hardtail to own in 2021? Andi climbs…

Formula Mod rear shock with CTS finally official

Formula Mod rear shock with CTS finally official

Regular readers of Singletrack will have seen the Formula Mod rear shock from our coverage at the Burgtec house show,…

Orange Crush MX – New 140mm Travel Mixed Wheel Hardtail

Orange Crush MX – New 140mm Travel Mixed Wheel Hardtail

Orange Bikes announces an addition to its hardtail line up: the Orange Crush MX. The Orange Bikes range of hardtails…

Video | The Flight of the Pickled Onions

Video | The Flight of the Pickled Onions

If you want to see some stylish riding with some weirdness and silliness thrown in, then the Hazzard boys are…

Videos: Rattle cans and nose bonks watch Joe Barnes Lockdown Bites

Videos: Rattle cans and nose bonks watch Joe Barnes Lockdown Bites

We’re all handling the lockdown in different ways and for Hazzard Racing rider, Joe Barnes that means creating a whole…

2020 Burgtec House Show | 4 bikes we wanted to take home

2020 Burgtec House Show | 4 bikes we wanted to take home

For its 2nd year, the Burgtec House Show has grown to include more brands, house more products and serve up…

Hazzard Racing Orange Bikes – Wait, Is That A New Formula Coil Shock?

Hazzard Racing Orange Bikes – Wait, Is That A New Formula Coil Shock?

Does this Orange Bikes press release tease a new coil shock from Formula? Hazzard Racing has revealed the Orange Bikes…

Michael Bonney – In Memoriam

Michael Bonney – In Memoriam

Where to start? If I start at the end, then maybe that’s the hardest bit over with. Michael Bonney –…

Grab a bargain at the Orange Bikes Blue Moon Open House

Grab a bargain at the Orange Bikes Blue Moon Open House

Fancy getting your hands on a fresh, juicy new Orange Bike? Then the Orange Bikes Blue Moon Event is probably…

Fresh Goods Friday 464 | The Back To School Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 464 | The Back To School Edition

All the kids are back at school. The kids in Scotland – who have been back for weeks – are…

Eurobike 2019: Orange Switch 6 first look

Eurobike 2019: Orange Switch 6 first look

Orange has used Eurobike as the platform to introduce the new Orange Switch 6 here’s a quick first look. Orange…

The New 2020 Orange Five: Many small changes make a big difference.

The New 2020 Orange Five: Many small changes make a big difference.

The 2020 Orange Five is incredibly the ‘Mark 12’ version of this iconic, British-made full suspension bike from Orange Bikes.…

Video: The Hazzard Racing guide to setting up a race team plus bonus rut slapping action.

Video: The Hazzard Racing guide to setting up a race team plus bonus rut slapping action.

Slapping ruts and riding the nuts of some freshly built up Orange bikes is only part of the picture in…

2019 Team News: Joe Barnes and the Hazzard Racing team on Orange Bikes for 2019

2019 Team News: Joe Barnes and the Hazzard Racing team on Orange Bikes for 2019

Well, this one came out of left field, after slapping a muddy rut and hitting sender only a mad man/woman…

Orange Bikes Robbed! 11 x  2019 Bikes Stolen

Orange Bikes Robbed! 11 x 2019 Bikes Stolen

It has been a terrible past few weeks for break-ins. Stif, Hans Rey and now Orange Bikes have all suffered…

UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Orange Stage 4 RS Review

UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Orange Stage 4 RS Review

When it comes to UK-made full suspension bikes, there was one brand that was always going to be in this…

Orange 2019 Bikes Ridden At The Forest Of Dean

Orange 2019 Bikes Ridden At The Forest Of Dean

Last week saw Orange Bikes launch its 2019 range at the Forest of Dean.  As opposed to some of the…

These Are Our Top 12 Orange Bikes From The Past 30 Years

These Are Our Top 12 Orange Bikes From The Past 30 Years

With the 30th Anniversary of Orange Bikes fast approaching we thought we would look over the past 3 decades and…

Mega Gallery: 29 Top Bikes Of Eurobike 2018. How Many Of Them Will Be e-Bikes?

Mega Gallery: 29 Top Bikes Of Eurobike 2018. How Many Of Them Will Be e-Bikes?

For 3 days we have haunted the halls of Eurobike, powered by nothing more than strong coffee and salty pretzels.…

Prototype Orange Strange Crush-E. The First Hardcore e-MTB Designed For The UK?

Prototype Orange Strange Crush-E. The First Hardcore e-MTB Designed For The UK?

The Orange Crush 29 isn’t the only new hardcore hardtail from the British bike maker at Eurobike, they also have…

Orange Crush 29er Spotted At Eurobike

Orange Crush 29er Spotted At Eurobike

The Orange Crush is the bruiser in Orange’s hardcore hardtail line up, it’s also the only alloy framed hardtail that…

This Sterling Silver Orange Five XTR Is Stunning!

This Sterling Silver Orange Five XTR Is Stunning!

Orange’s stand at Eurobike is full of new colour options for the coming year, but there was 1 bike in…

Vaughan Evans’ Nasty Orange 329 Prototype 29er Downhill Bike

Vaughan Evans’ Nasty Orange 329 Prototype 29er Downhill Bike

And we mean ‘nasty’ in the good kind of way. Orange first showed a prototype 29er downhill bike at Eurobike…

Update: Orange Factory Rider Seriously Injured At Gisburn Forest

Update: Orange Factory Rider Seriously Injured At Gisburn Forest

Update: We’ve received news via the PMBA on Callum’s condition. After having surgery Callum is now able to sit up, …

If you like Orange Bikes & titanium, you better get in quick – there are only 15 of these worldwide

If you like Orange Bikes & titanium, you better get in quick – there are only 15 of these worldwide

No, this isn’t breaking news. But when we’ve got all these pretty pictures to show off, do you think we…

London Bike Show 2018: We chat with Orange about the new Stage 4

London Bike Show 2018: We chat with Orange about the new Stage 4

Produced in association with Orange Bikes How much travel is too much travel? Is there such a thing? Surely it’s…

Small on travel, big on wheelsize; the UK-manufactured Orange Stage 4 RS is in the house and ready for testing!

Small on travel, big on wheelsize; the UK-manufactured Orange Stage 4 RS is in the house and ready for testing!

After six months of waiting, they're finally ready

Singletrack Editors’ Choice Awards 2017 – more winners!

Singletrack Editors’ Choice Awards 2017 – more winners!

Three more awards bestowed upon the best of the best

Minty Fresh, Fresh Threads, Fresh Goods Friday 383

Minty Fresh, Fresh Threads, Fresh Goods Friday 383

5-4-3-2-1 Lift Off! Your weekend launches here

All 55 Bikes From EVERY Fresh Goods Friday In 2017 – And Only 3 Are e-Bikes!

All 55 Bikes From EVERY Fresh Goods Friday In 2017 – And Only 3 Are e-Bikes!

You like mountain bikes? Well have we got a present for you! Here's the 54 bikes that appeared in Fresh…

10 UK-Made Full Suspension Mountain Bikes

10 UK-Made Full Suspension Mountain Bikes

From XC through to Enduro, carbon to titanium, and single pivot through to virtual pivot; here are 10 full suspension…

Bike Test: Modern Geometry 29ers

Bike Test: Modern Geometry 29ers

In case you hadn’t noticed, 29ers are kind of hot right now. Wil and the test team take on three…

Review: Orange Stage 5 RS

Review: Orange Stage 5 RS

Is the Orange Stage 5 a better bike than the venerable Five? Wil certainly thinks so, after reviewing the smurf-a-tron…

28 Of The Sweetest Bikes From Eurobike 2017

28 Of The Sweetest Bikes From Eurobike 2017

We tried hard to find new mountain bikes at Eurobike that weren't electric. It was very difficult. Here's 27 of…

Exclusive First Look: Orange Stage 4

Exclusive First Look: Orange Stage 4

Out with the old Segment, and in with the new Stage Four! Equipped with a Metric rear shock, the Stage…

Video: Orange Five Factory VS Robot R160

Video: Orange Five Factory VS Robot R160

We test two impressive British-made mountain bikes that couldn't be any more different from each other

First Look: Orange Four

First Look: Orange Four

Should more riders be on the Four rather than the Five? We've got an Orange Four on for longterm testing…

Fresh Goods Friday 341

Fresh Goods Friday 341

It's Fresh Goods Friday time! New aggro plus rubber, a brand new carbon dropper post, brand new SPD shoes and…

Review: Orange Five Factory

Review: Orange Five Factory

Can Orange's top spec Five Factory change your mind about Orange Fives? Wil and Chipps get down and dirty with…

First Look: Orange Stage 5 RS

First Look: Orange Stage 5 RS

Destined for review in an upcoming 29er full suspension group test, we take a good close look at the new…