I really miss the feel of an Orange.. I'm half temtped to sell my Knolly frame and get an Alpine :/
How do the Knolly and the Orange compare ? I'm thinking of getting a Knolly as my next bike
Quite different I've found, both unique. The Knolly I've found I have to ride it flat out to really get the bike working where as the Five I always found to be active regardless of the speed.
I'm thinkng of getting my 322 resprayed but not sure what colour, I'm thinking sterling silver? (Here's the latest photo I have, it's now got a rental integra 2)
Hey, has anyone changed the bearings on the 650B Alpine ? Have you ordered the bearings directly from Orange or has anyone the number of the bearing to buy it from a local dealer ?
Hey, has anyone changed the bearings on the 650B Alpine ? Have you ordered the bearings directly from Orange or has anyone the number of the bearing to buy it from a local dealer ?
If you remove the bearing covers you might be able to see the bearing identification on the seal. With that you can go to your local dealer and buy them
Alright guys, I have a 2013 five and took it for its first proper day out on Saturday - and loved it. Bit of a worry though, my 2.35 specialized eskar tyre gets a bit too friendly with the seat tube under bottom out, so much so that the paint has rubbed off here. Anyone else have similar issues? The shock is stock, and there are no offset bushings fitted or anything...
Alright guys, I have a 2013 five and took it for its first proper day out on Saturday - and loved it. Bit of a worry though, my 2.35 specialized eskar tyre gets a bit too friendly with the seat tube under bottom out, so much so that the paint has rubbed off here. Anyone else have similar issues? The shock is stock, and there are no offset bushings fitted or anything...
I would recommend getting your wheel trued.
I have the Five 2013 too and the max tyre I can fit is a 2.3 Maxxis Minion DHR II at the rear.
For me a 2.35 Schwalbe tyre will rub on the swing arm when it gets muddy or during very hard cornering. It'll spin free but somehow hard cornering will make it rub at some point during a ride. I tried with both a Flow EX and a Carbon Rim and both were trued and dished for the bike.
None of them hit the seat tube under full compression though so your wheel may be not be quite round?
I got my wheels trued and re-tensioned and it fixed the issue to use 2.3 tyres which is fine for me.
My 2014 Alpine, on the other hand, will take much wider tyres at the rear.
I would check the shock first (make sure it is a 190x51), and if you remove all the air, does the tyre rubs the seattube aswell ?
If it's the right size and it doesn't rub, then you could have a look at spoke tensions. If the spokes have a low tension, the wheel will deform a lot more than with good high tensions.
Here's my Five 2013 and her rubbish pilot... on our way to last place in category at our first ever DH race (for charity - Air Ambulance) yesterday. I pinned it as hard as I could in the terrible slippy wet, muddy, windy conditions... but everyone else was just better, faster or had DH bikes. That's my excuse anyway. It was brilliant fun though, I didn't die and the Five was brilliant.
Same bike XC 4th to DH last in two weekends! Somewhere in the middle the Five has it's rightful place! Enduro... I'll try that next. As a do-it-all bike... she's pretty darn impressive.