Orange announce a non-single pivot full suspension

[coomber]

Who'd have thought it!

The Orange Switch 7 Has a Linkage - Sea Otter 2022 - Pinkbike

It's time to throw away your single pivot jokes.

www.pinkbike.com

And yes, comparable to others, but for me, eye watering price

 

[brocklanders023]

I'm sure it works very well but I can't get my head around how!

Yeah, Orange prices have gone absolutely bonkers recently. I got my old Segment back in 2017 for 2k, albeit in the sale but it's 2.5k for the equivalent frame only now! My mate bought a Vitus gravel bike for 1.2k in 2020, the Orange RX9 with virtually exactly the same spec was 2.2K.

Luckily the warranty is good so when my Segment frame cracked they replaced it with a 2020 Stage 5, which is ace. Can't see me changing that any time soon.

 

[coomber]

Yeah I guess UK made is a premium, but you are right it's such a high price. Something like a sonder or bird is half the price or less

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Surprisingly, they haven't gone in on the high pivot as everyone else in the biz seems to have.

Chromag Announces Its First High Pivot Bike - Pinkbike

Chromag, the Whistler based bike brand most known for their steel hardtails, has made a foray into the high pivot market.

m.pinkbike.com

 

[coomber]

Did you check the date of the chromag

 

[brocklanders023]

Yeah I guess UK made is a premium, but you are right it's such a high price. Something like a sonder or bird is half the price or less

The Halifax built premium is to be expected but what annoys me is the pricing of the Far East bikes. The RX9 I quoted above is built in the FE, probably near to the factory that makes Sonder/Vitus/Ribble/etc, the groupset is the same Sram Apex and all the other parts just generic OEM stuff, same as on the Vitus. Charging 1k more is just taking the pee.

 

[coomber]

100% agree.

 

[retroJIM]

Have Orange stopped selling Gravel and Road bikes now? I couldn't find any current models on their website.

 

[coomber]

Orange RX9 Pro Plus 2021 Bike

<p>We love the RX9 so much, it hits that perfect sweet spot for an all-road-off-road machine. It’s well-mannered on tarmac but really comes into its own when you turn down those unexplored trails you always wanted to check out. Confident off-road geometry

winstanleysbikes.co.uk

 

[coomber]

Still not sure how to quote on this new fangled site