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.