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Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:56 pm
by Doombrain
Ordered.
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Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:45 pm
by seremtan
hydraulics are the shiznit
what's the cable into the seat for?
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:49 pm
by Doombrain
That's not mine, still being built and mines purple... The post is a dropper post. Push and button and drop the seat by 125mm so its not in the way when in the air or down something steep.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:13 pm
by losCHUNK
And it has wheels ;o
round ones
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:33 pm
by xer0s
Purple? lol, wtf...
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:02 am
by mrd
Looks OK. No bash guard though? The frame is a bit odd looking, near the seat. I assume you do mostly XC though. I would be apprehensive of doing any real DH with that frame. The gussets look strong though, which is nice. Cool ride
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:53 pm
by Doombrain
Two month wait on purple, fuck that. Neon orange it is.
Its not DH, but you can rig it for all mountain. I've got 150mm 34s up front and 140mm rear. We mostly ride XC but there's now a few parks popping up with double black runs which this build will smash.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:54 pm
by Doombrain
Oh yeah, will be adding a chain device and bash ASAP
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:55 pm
by Theftbot
Look MA no pedals!
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:27 pm
by seremtan
display models never have pedals
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:47 pm
by ToxicBug
That looks really nice! How much was it?
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:12 pm
by Doombrain
4200 all in.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:16 pm
by mrd
Your rear shock might be a bit lacking for some good DH fun. Is it a 4 or 5" air? I've never liked those for some reason. They seem to respond too slow for really gnarly fucking trails and your rear end just gets caught up. Then again I haven't ridden DH in probably ten years so perhaps the tech is better. Damn I miss that stuff.. Really gotta buy me a ride someday soon! Used to have a Giant XTC AC2 back in the day.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:17 pm
by mrd
That's a fair price for a nice hand built rig.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:22 pm
by scared?
Pathetic...
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:27 pm
by mrd
Go on.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:53 pm
by Doombrain
mrd wrote:Your rear shock might be a bit lacking for some good DH fun. Is it a 4 or 5" air? I've never liked those for some reason. They seem to respond too slow for really gnarly fucking trails and your rear end just gets caught up. Then again I haven't ridden DH in probably ten years so perhaps the tech is better. Damn I miss that stuff.. Really gotta buy me a ride someday soon! Used to have a Giant XTC AC2 back in the day.
You're right, its more an AM/trail 140mm. It can be swapped out for a spring but for the amount of DH I do any more than a few runs I'd use a DH rig.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:54 pm
by Doombrain
Plus I have two kids and need my job so not doing a great deal of DH...
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:14 pm
by plained
you have 2 now?
congratulations ey!
kids are tons of fun!
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:45 pm
by Doombrain
Snapped my last one I bought last year and returned for a refund. still have a 2009 Scott which has never missed a beat, but I want something made in England and more enduro focused for races.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:21 pm
by mrd
We talking about kids or bikes here?
Yeah DH can be very dangerous. I've seen guys get pretty fucked up here on the North Shore. Concussion, broken limbs, etc. Mostly from falling off ladder/frame rides that are 20ft in the air heh.
Snapped a frame? Feck. I've only ever cracked one. Lucky you didn't impale yourself.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:20 pm
by ToxicBug
Doombrain wrote:4200 all in.
That's a good amount to spend on a hobby. Hope that you put it to good use and that you're happy with your purchase
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:58 pm
by Captain
Doombrain wrote:Snapped my last one I bought last year and returned for a refund.
Still talking about your kid?
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:02 pm
by Doombrain
Collected today. It's epic.
Carry on.
Re: Orange 5 650b, hand made in Halifax.
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:18 pm
by andyman
how about post pictures and videos instead