Orange Bikes

Orange Mountain Bikes and Answer Products have teamed up to give riders the opportunity to test ride the new Manitou Swinger 4 way air rear shocks at selected dealers across the UK.

The Swinger rear shock utilises Manitou's SPV technology providing a stable pedalling platform and immediate bump response. The test bikes will be 3 Orange Sub 5's, (5 inch travel XC/trail) and a new 6 inch travel Patriot XC.

The bikes are part of a demo fleet visiting several locations over the coming months, check out details of the demo days. Contact the dealer hosting the demo to pre-book your ride.

For the tech heads among you, you may be interested to view this technical document from Manitou about how the SPV system works.

The document covers the theory in great detail and is a great help in setting up the shock for optimum performance.

As our testing continues, we will be posting info here to aid Orange owners tune their Swinger shocks, which are available on Orange bikes now.

Bike Magic Review

Orange Mountain Bikes have scored themselves a bit of a coup by getting exclusive access to Manitou's new Swinger shocks. If you want a Swinger anytime in the next few months, the only way is to get it on an Orange. So do you want one? Well, it's perhaps a little early to say but after a short but varied spin on a Swinger-equipped Sub 5 we'd have to say that you very possibly do. Click here to read on...