This year’s winter bike began with an Orange R8 frame. Why? Because it’s steel (nice Reynolds 853 steel) so it’ll be more forgiving than aluminium, last forever, and require less maintenance than a full-suss. I’ve just bodged it together with bits I had lying around – it’s only going to get abuse anyway.
Orange R8 winter bike
I was pretty pleased to find an old (new) XT front mech for it.
Mmmm... classic XT
Now if I can just sort out the rest…
It’ll get it’s first thrashing in the forest tomorrow morning – and judging by current conditions, it’s going to be wet.
lol. Wouldn’t dream of botching a bike together from spare parts myself…..
Besides, what kind of message is this gonna send to your customers when u got beautiful prebuilts in the window???
And the seat looks like one of your “try before you buy ones”…
Whole set-up looks quality to me – good luck on Sunday
Comment by Joe — October 26, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
It’s great to ride – feels super-smooth.
Comment by Jamie — October 27, 2009 @ 8:01 am
See the update: http://www.reveloutdoors.co.uk/blog/2009/12/04/orange-r8-improvements/
Comment by Jamie — December 4, 2009 @ 3:56 pm