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Tuesday 19 January 2010- Posted by John

Strathpuffer 24 - 2010

Q. What kind of mugs would travel to the far north of Scotland to race mountain bikes for 24 hours in January?

A. This kind...

In all honesty... Chapeau my friends, Chapeau!

Monday, October 12, 2009 - Posted by John

Issue 10 of Wideopen mag is out - Alpine 160 tested

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - Posted by Michael

NPS DH final at Rheola

Michael: John, I don’t know if you were aware but Ben won the last BMB round, might be worth a quick new story on the site

John: Yeah, I knew he'd won. Have we got any video embeds or anything?

Michael: Video from wideopen below

and

Dirt TV embed

Plus there's a descent world report here. Jacob Gibbins has photos so might be worth chasing if you are already speaking to him.

Basically, Orange riders - Ben [Cathro] 1st, Stanny [er... like Stanny!] 3rd, Joe [Barnes] 5th

John: Beenz Meenz Heinz!

Michael: What?

John:Those videos are good.

Michael: They are the Beenz aren't they? Oh now I see what you mean!

Monday, September 21, 2009 - Posted by John

Schladming World Cup Final Runs

MTBCut in Schladming episode 3.

Friday, September 18, 2009 - Posted by John

Schladming World Cup Qualifying

MTBCut in Schladming episode 2.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - Posted by John

Schladming World Cup Day 1

MTBCut delivering the goods, as ever.

Sunday, September 6, 2009 - Posted by John

It's Peaty's 2009 Worlds Race Day

By now you're probably all aware via the twitter/facebook/text grapevine that the UK's MTB legend, Santa Cruz Syndicate rider, Steve Peat has finally been crowned World Champion. How this didn't happen years ago, heaven only knows, but now it finally has. Congratulations from everyone at Orange Bikes Steve, you deserve it.

Check out the ensuing mayhem via MTBCut.tv

Friday, September 4, 2009 - Posted by John

Worlds day 4

All good stuff. See who's talking it down and who's talking it up? Via MTBCut.tv

Thursday, September 3, 2009 - Posted by John

Worlds day 3

It's getting closer to the big shoot out. Who's feeling the heat? Via MTBCut.tv

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - Posted by John

Worlds day 2

More action and interviews via MTBCut.tv

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - Posted by John

Catch up with the start of the Action Down Under at the worlds

The MTBCut.tv boys are right in the mix, check out what's going on...

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - Posted by John

Video from Caersws NPS

Stu Thomson from mtbcut.tv writes:

Thought I'd drop you a mail with the latest video from the NPS series from Caersws at the weekend.

It wasn't a great weekend for the team. Joe is out in France racing some European races but the rest of the boys were there. Ben had a rare 'just didn't go fast enough' type run. On a really short track (1min 30 sec) he was 3 seconds down. Coatesy took a master podium place though.

Anyway, here's the video, as usual it still features all the team and the two Mojo riders.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - Posted by John

Hope 6hr Endurance DH - the boys are back from the Bill

So Vaughan and Dave both made it back in one piece from the No Fuss Events Hope Endurance Downhill. Here's the MTBCut.tv video to give you the flavour of the day:

Summed up well over at Singletrack World, the event was a great success and even the miserable weather didn't dampen spirits. A big hat-tip should go the the No-Fuss marshals that stood out on the hillside through the worst of the day's conditions to keep everyone safe and sound.

As you can imagine it was a 6 hour war of attrition on rider and bike. It's this kind of event that really tests components and it was great to see that there were plenty of 224s and a couple of our 225 prototypes that all withstood the abuse unscathed. There was even an old Patriot being thrashed for the whole day - inspirational.

Modesty almost prevents us from saying that the top 4 riders were all Orange mounted (MTBcut Cyclejersey rider, Chris Hutchens, 2nd, ran for most of the day chainless too!). Orange Warranty man Dave Flynn placed 7th despite not having ridden a DH bike for 2 years. "it got easier as the day went on." said Dave with a wry smile. We'll believe you, thousands wouldn't. James Shirley and Ali Maclennan, both winners in their classes, gave a classic 'how to' demonstration of the right way to go about endurance downhill racing to top the podium on the day. A mention too for Junior winner James Scott – MTBCut CycleJersey - who also ended the day 'chainless' but ran a time that would have had him 3rd in the seniors.

Our thanks go to No Fuss Events for organising the day, Hope Technology for sponsoring a great event and especially all the riders who took part. Our gut feel is that this is going to grow and grow. See you there next year.

Michael's 'From the pits' Gallery

Michael Bonney manned the Orange pit for the day and offered the lads some hearty encouragement, while gamely twittering the day's highlights on the fly. When he could he grabbed some snaps. Here's a gallery that pretty much sums up the day.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Posted by John

Cathro and Stanny - great results from UK Nat Champs, Innerleithen

News tidbit from the weekend - Ben Cathro won the Silver Medal behind Gee Atherton at the British Downhill Championships (July 19 - Innerleithen, Scotland).

Mojo/Orange rider Dan Stanbridge also had a good day 'in the office' with a solid fourth place. Bitter sweet though, as in the nationals, it's just outside the medals, but a fine ride nonetheless.

Mixed weather over the weekend made race conditions interesting. Even Steve Peat slipped up. But an end result with two Orange riders in the top five sounds good to us.

2009 British Downhill Championships - Senior Men

Posn	Bib	Name	Club/Spons	Result
1	30	Gee ATHERTON	Animal/Commencal	2:46.123
2	23	Ben CATHRO	MTB Cut/Cyclejersey	2:48.217
3	5	Matt SIMMONDS	CRC Intense	2:48.592
4	31	Dan STANBRIDGE	MOJO / Orange	2:49.199
5	1	Steve PEAT	The Syndicate	2:49.384

Just outside the top 10, Joe Barnes, riding for MTBCut.Cycle jersey was 11th.

The senior women's race was won by Tracy Moseley. Mojo/Orange Rider Aimee Dix placed forth there, so not a bad weekend for the Mojos.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Posted by John

Dodgy Orange Bikes for sale on t'internet

We've just heard through the grapevine that there are some sculdugerous individuals on the net that claim to have "Stock of all colours and all sizes" of Orange Bikes' models at hefty discounts. Particularly Fives and ST4s. Seeing as we make them, supply them to dealers and know pretty much where they are going, this doesn't sound right, even to us. Investigations are afoot.

If you're looking to buy a new Orange bike, please check that your are purchasing from an authorised Orange dealer. Our UK dealers are listed on the site.

IMPORTANTLY: Do not part with any money or pay a deposit on a bike from any unrecognised source.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Posted by John

Cathro, Barnes, Hutchens make it 1,2,3 in the Scottish DH Champs

The MTBCut boys had a clean sweep at last weekend's Glencoe event. Check out Chris Hutchen's report and pictures over at MTBcut Blog...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Posted by John

10@Kirroughtree Redux

The Orange crew attended the No Fuss 10@Kirroughtree event at the weekend and we were blessed with great weather, great people and a superb race put on by Fraser Coupland.

Stu Thomson from MTBcut entered a team consisting of himself, Mark Mackarel and Colin Bull. As if racing wasn't tough enough he also found time to make a video diary from the event. Worth a coffee break to anyone.

If you've not come across No Fuss Events before, check out what they do. We'll be at the Fort William Endurance event on the 1st of August... I think we've actually persuaded a couple of the lads to enter. More fool them.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Posted by John

Fort Bill Red Route

Stu Thomson of MTBCut.tv sent this through:

It's been pretty manic of late... but I managed to get a little bit of footage of Ben Cathro, Joe Barnes and Chris Hutchens riding the new red route at Fort William last week. It ended up as a nice little video of them playing on the new track.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support of the team... Incidentally after filming this Ben and Joe went on to finish 1st and 2nd in Elite at the British NPS round on the weekend.

Stu

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - Posted by John

Slovenia snippets

It been pretty manic of late. Here's some MTB cut Video from the Slovenia World Cup round...

Practice (Featuring Cathro and Barnes)

Qualifying (or not)

Finals

What happened to Fort Bill, you cry, a full round up when I get a minute.

Monday, June 1, 2009 - posted by Fraser Britton

Team Transcend Orange 2009

Fraser writes:

I just wanted to drop you all a quick note to thank you for the help with the Transcend Orange team this season. The season is only a couple of races in for the guys so far, but the stickers kits have finally arrived from the printer so I figured it was time for a quick update. A few of you have asked what the bikes were going to look like this season, so here it is!

So far the team has seen 2 podiums. Jamie Biluk was 3rd at the first Island Cup on Vancouver Island, and James Jeannet was 5th at the first Plattekill Mountain race of the year in upper state NY. Jamie also finished 20th at last weekend's US Open of MTB in new Jersey, while James was 28th.

The next race for the team is the Fort William, Scotland World Cup followed by a few local races and 2 Super Enduro Races in Italy and France.

As usual I'd like to thank our sponsors without whom this wouldn't be possible: Transcend Magazine, Orange Mountain Bikes, Fox Racing Shox, Troy Lee Designs, Stans No Tubes, e*thirteen components, Crank Brothers, SDG Components, SRAM and Avid.

Friday, May 22, 2009 - posted by Alasdair MacLennan

Chris Hutchens wins at SDA2, Fort William

Fort William is one of those races that everyone looks forward to.  Rough, fast and at times just plain scary, the track is the biggest in the UK and forces everyone to step up a gear when riding there for the first time that season.  This year it was the turn of the SDA to start things off with their race just one week after the track opened for 2009 and just weeks before the World Cup circus hits the town.

Full Article, More Pics...

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - posted by Alasdair MacLennan

2009 Season underway - Ae NPS and Pitfichie DH 1

The racing season is upon us. Actually, it all started a few weeks ago with the first round of the World Cup in South Africa but now the domestic series’ are in full swing and Orange are back on the podiums.

Starting things off was the first SDA of the season on the 19th April which was held at the most northerly race track in the UK; Pitfichie. Sun, heat and dust characterised that event as well as a great track which threw it all at riders from the fast and open top section to the rocks and roots lower down. With a push up and a fair bit of pedalling required to keep your speed up, it was a track which suited those who had been training hard over the winter.

Full Article, More Pics...

Joe Barnes also blogs the event here.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - posted by John

NPS Round 1 - MTB Cut Video.

Friday, April 17, 2009 - posted by John

Wideopen Mag Issue 9 Out Now.

Thursday, April 9, 2009 - posted by John

Orange Five Pro - MBR's Trail Bike of the Year, again.

The results are in and the Orange Five Pro has done it again. MBR's benchmark Trail Bike of the Year of the year test hit the streets this week and we're proud to say that the Orange Five took top honours once again, against the cream of the industry.

MBR said: ”With two 10s on the trot, the Orange Five is fast becoming a classic. It's the best riding bike here and proof of that is the current scramble in the MBR offices to get the 2009 frameset. ”

Read the full review on our Press Reviews page

Friday, March 13, 2009 - posted by Zedsport's Mikey

Hola from South America

First off I want to give a huge thank you to the boys over at Zedsport/Unique Sports Co. for getting me all sorted out on such short notice to get this trip rolling.

Read Mikey's full report here...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - posted by John

Find Orange Bikes on Facebook

Are you a Facebooker? If you poke people and write on their walls then you know what we're talking about.

You find Orange Mountain Bikes over there and a few treats in store too.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

MBR test on Alpine 160 - 9/10

The March 2009 issue of MBR go to work on testing a bunch of All Mountain bikes. They put an Alpine 160 Am through its paces and were mightily impressed.

You can read the test on our reviews page

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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We know ht evideos have stopped working... We're checking out why and hopefully we'll have them back shortly.