Big-T FR

• Big-T Models:
• FR
• S
• Frame Only

The Limited Edition Orange Big-T occupies a special place in the Orange line-up. Built to take on the roughest trails, it’s the tough guy’s freeride bike that’ll tame insane back country terrain, and deal with seemingly impossibly tight and technical sections.

The ‘big’ feature of the Big-T’s chassis is the One-Point-Five head tube that allows the use of a long-travel single crown fork. Triple clamp performance with single crown agility is high on the feature checklist.

The 224’s extensively reworked internal butting of the head tube gussets also features on the 2007 Big-T, providing even more strength and steering precision. The geometric monocoque folded frame sections make the chassis’ construction extremely laterally rigid, and the bolt through swing arm now features the Rock Shox Maxle 360 quick-release for the added convenience of a tool-free 12mm bolt-through wheel removal.

We know the Big-T is a special bike, even more so when you realise that each year we build only 40. So by owning a Big-T you become one of a very select band of brothers (or sisters).

What’s the deal with theOne-Point-Five head tube?

Basically, it provides a dramatic increase in both stiffness and strength with minimal weight gains. The increased diameter improves control, steering precision and component durability. Using Orange monocoque frame construction technology with a One-Point-Five head tube enables us to make the strongest Downtube/Head tube joint in the industry.

Frankly, in use, it’s a revelation. You won’t believe that you’re not riding a triple clamp fork, until you come to that gnarly technical switchback, dropping down a few rock steps. Where you’ll run out of steering lock with triple clamps, a burly single crown cleans it, leaving those big hitting forks to soak up the bumps as you blast down to the next one.