Double World Cup winning heavy-duty pro-spec downhill bike
 Probably
one of the most popular bikes on the national and international
downhill stage. Proven with 2 consecutive wins in the Tissot-UCI
World Cup series in 2001 and 2002. World Cup winners Steve
Peat and Greg Minnaar hail this bike as the lightest
most flickable chassis out there.
When it
first debuted on the World Cup scene the 222 undoubtedly
turned more than a few heads. It was then in prototype
phase with one of our up and coming Orange riders... Greg
Minnaar. Greg became one of the key riders in the newly
formed Global Racing team at the start of the 2001 season.
The team specifically selected a full range of Orange downhill
and dual bikes, however the 222 has shone brightly during
the season as Greg's bike of choice to take him to the
2001 Tissot-UCI World Cup Championship - probably the most
difficult honour to achieve in the sport.
The Orange's
simplicity and reliable consistency throughout the season
in all conditions gave the team the ideal winning platform.
Evolved
from the renowned Patriot chassis, the availability of
longer stroke shocks allowed us to experiment further with
the geometry. In common with the Patriot for its strength,
the 222's monocoque 6061 T6 aluminium frame is extremely
light. In a survey by German MTB magazine Mountain Bike
Rider, the Global Racing Orange 222 was the lightest full
DH rig in the World Cup paddock. This is a very significant
factor. As anyone knows outright performance is directly
linked by power to weight ratios. A light bike with a powerful
rider has an advantage, period.
The 222
chassis has an adjustable top shock mount which means that
the frame angles, ride height and wheel base can all be
altered to suit any rider or course. You can get a super-smooth
eight inch swing from the new Extreme Beam rear end for
big hitting courses, as well as making it into a fast turning,
agile sprinter for tight and twisty ones.
The Horiz-Hold
welded pivot with beefy 32mm bearings is still the key
to our huge handling advantage, coupled with a bolt through
rear axle, the 222 is one of the sharpest steering, big
hitting downhill bikes ever. It makes sense to keep things
simple, without complex linkages and multi-bearing pivots
the Orange 222 is the perfect up-to-the-minute downhill
competition chassis for a season of trouble free racing
with with no constant fiddly maintenance, riders can get
maximum time on the course to learn the fast lines.
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