Orange Switch 6 Pro Review | Simple but Effective

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The Loam Wolf

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@youling1997 5 ай бұрын

KZbin just recommended me a video of an orange frame imploded to pieces lol

@nicks8026 5 ай бұрын

I saw that too. Orange’s response was disappointing to say the least.

@aim102 5 ай бұрын

You may want to check out the Alex Anderson video on orange bikes before buying one

@cripmeister9104 5 ай бұрын

I watched it yesterday, he was lucky walking away from a shattered frame with just a broken hand.

@DirtBagBikeClub 5 ай бұрын

No doubt that was insane.

@cripmeister9104 5 ай бұрын

Just don't do any significant drops with it and you'll be fine, I promise

@nicks8026 5 ай бұрын

I actually dig the way it looks but the single pivot, the parts spec and the price make it a no go. The video mentioned a few times in the comments does not give me confidence in Orange’s after sales support, either.

@Shawn-in-da-Canyon 5 ай бұрын

I love the simplicity of the Orange. I still have my Mountain Cycle San Andreas that I bought in 1996. If you want to make that fork great, put a Marzocchi coil kit into it.

@jmard24 4 ай бұрын

Terrible price for what you get. And I heard orange is not very good with warranties and the frames don't hold up.

@edlorenz1552 5 ай бұрын

I love Orange bikes. I’ve had about four. They ride magnificent in the Midwest. However, their pricing has gone out of control. I understand they are handmade. Obviously. Maybe they should spend some time developing their production process to help lower their prices and increase their margins.

@hgtv-td5xd 4 ай бұрын

You've had four because they keep snapping?

@edlorenz1552 4 ай бұрын

@@hgtv-td5xd haha. No. Different models.

@glynnbrewster2801 5 ай бұрын

Once again Orange over pricing and under speccing. Sorry Orange but how are you still going 🤦

@TheLoamWolf 5 ай бұрын

It’s hard to argue with the value of some other brands. That said, the workmanship to produce one of these is not in doubt!

@LawrenceMacMacster 5 ай бұрын

It's like Chromag my favorite boutique brand, you don't get a "deal" you encourage the local community & economy it's more of a spiritual thing; When your wife bashes you with a stick you can pray. 😅

@SnowShackboy 5 ай бұрын

@@LawrenceMacMacsteryeah but I’d also argue that Chromag is higher quality all around. Even their Taiwanese made stuff looks amazing. I think Orange is great but still a step behind Chromag

@wesleydachtler145 5 ай бұрын

I own a Switch 7 and absolutely love it. I know load of people hate the look of an Orange but I really like them…I actually think they look better in real life. I got the bike on sale so it actually ended up being a ‘good’ deal (whatever that means in the MTB world now a days) I just can’t get over the spec of the Switch 6 for the price. If boutique brand, made in England is your think you can get a Cotic Rocket Max with top end rock shox suspension, hope wheel, xt drivertrain, magura breaks with EXO+ casing maxxis tyres for just a smidge over £5000

@50whatnomadtravelnursemtb5 5 ай бұрын

I was just watching a guy on KZbin riding a downhill version of this that basically broke in 1/2 on local downhill race in Silvermountain. Orange didn't help him out and wanted him to take down the video, crazy bad customer service. I would never buy one of these ancient single pivot designs, also very ugly.

@nicks8026 5 ай бұрын

Half? It broke into a half dozen pieces. That was ugly. Dude got off light with just a broken hand.

@50whatnomadtravelnursemtb5 5 ай бұрын

@@nicks8026 yeah, pretty bad…those pieces looked really sharp..

@WilliamrikerNCC1701 5 ай бұрын

Even if this is the best bike ever made, i don’t think i could ever grow to like the look of it.

@losSoCalMTB 5 ай бұрын

Very expensive 2007 Cannondale Rush

@adammoonface 5 ай бұрын

I've owned many Orange bikes over the years (going back as far as my first proper mountain bike in 1998) and also being from West Yorkshire myself, I've always held Orange in high regard. I don't own a modern Orange currently, but I'm on all the owners groups and I can tell you straight, I WILL NEVER BUY an Orange ever again!!! Other than the recent high profile frame brake everyone already knows about, people are having issues with cracked/snapped frames left right and centre, ovalized headtubes and all sorts. Orange appear to have lost their values along the way when it comes to customer service too. So many declined warranty claims and bad service stories going around at the moment. Their pricing is an absolute joke too. I was sad when they had all the layoffs last year and things were looking really positive for them when they got new investment and moved premises, but rather than rising out of the ashes like a phoenix, they seem worse than they were before. Damn shame.

@harrie205 3 ай бұрын

That production process has a lot of potential but they seam to live in the past and rather put out another niche bike than improve there process and looks

@jltrack 5 ай бұрын

$6,200 for that build? Orange makes overpriced single pivot bikes. I’d rather buy a Kona. Anyways, I always enjoy your reviews!

@TheLoamWolf 5 ай бұрын

Definitely doesn’t feel like excellent value in terms of components for your money. Frame quality feels to be high at least!

@50whatnomadtravelnursemtb5 5 ай бұрын

@@TheLoamWolf obviously you aren’t reading the comments of the imploded bike that looks identical to this one…no thanks hard pass on an archaic bike

@LawrenceMacMacster 5 ай бұрын

I'm Canadian but I feel soft inside just to know they still make them in the UK, hope they can keep going for a long time 🤘

@TheLoamWolf 5 ай бұрын

It’s good to see them trucking and doing their own unique thing!

@RunRideHikeThrive 5 ай бұрын

Garbage, after the way they treated that rider/racer, who's Orange Frame broke into pieces, at Silver Mountain. Stay away! From this Brand!

@JoeSmith-ig3pr 5 ай бұрын

Did you see he was running a downhill fork? Bet it's not made for it. We should investigate.

@harrie205 3 ай бұрын

what manufacturer has no skeletons in their closet? Maybe the only noticeable fact about that video is that there is a video

@THRENO82 5 ай бұрын

They have to be the ugliest bike's!!!!

@isaacbaker4568 2 ай бұрын

Isn’t this a Stage 6?

@TurboWolf5000 5 ай бұрын

Why add all that extra weight doesn't even look good ! I'd Hate 🤬 that tank on the ups!

@TheLoamWolf 5 ай бұрын

It’s not a heavy frame, and pedals pretty well in the all mountain to enduro space.

@ianhong4811 4 ай бұрын

it must be a paid Ad.

@TheLoamWolf 4 ай бұрын

It’s definitely not. Why do you say so?

@ianhong4811 4 ай бұрын

@@TheLoamWolf oh..sorry. I was wrong. I assumed it after I watched the video of the orange frame imploded..

@TheLoamWolf 4 ай бұрын

Happy we could clarify. Our frame did not fail, if it had we would have certainly disclosed that info. In fact, we're pretty certain that every single bike we've ever ridden has imploded, cracked or broken under some rider, somewhere in the world. What seems to make the difference however, is that it seems Orange has upset some vocal people with their support and handling of such failures, which is certainly worth noting...