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The 224 GBR DH is an outstanding downhill bike-it's the closest you'll get to riding the world-class rig that Steve Peat rode last year and it's and it's made right here in good old Blighty...
Many great things have emerged from the UK:television. The Beatles, fish and chips, quality beer and, of course, Orange Mountain Bikes. the Halifax-based company have always lovingly handcrafted their bikes and have been well supported by riders from the UK and, more recently, across the world. Working with three-time Downhill World Cup Champion Steve Peat fro several years has enabled them to sort the small details that turn already great bikes into amazing machines. The new Orange 224-Peaty's World Cup race-winning downhill rig from the 2005 season is a more than worthy Super Bike..
Handmade in Halifax, the 224 frame starts life as a few simple sheets, lumps and tubes of aluminium. The Building process alone is astonishing, with specific machines to make each bend, fold and bulge in the chassis, but that's a whole story in itself.
The 224 frame is a refined version of the 222 chassis that's been winnig races since it was released in 2000. It's now an attention-grabbing slender thoroughbred. The older, angular swingarm has been replaced with a simpler, cleaner looking unit and Orange have managed to save weight and increase performance. A new low pivot position offers a noticeable imporvement in the rear end's action throughout the stroke... but you'd probable have guessed that anyway. The front end has been slimmed down and adjusted too. Combine all these tweaks and it all adds up to an amazingly low overall weight that's just shy of 37lb. Fork lock(the angle through which you can turn the fork) is better than on previous frames and there's plenty of shock, bottom bracket height angle adjustment.
The GBR is the all-singing, all-dancing top-of-the-range machine in the 224 fleet. The graphics are smart, patriotic and mouthy-when this thing coms hammering throught a rock garden, all eyes will be on it.
What makes this Bike a super Bike?
1. Designed, developped and handmade in Britain
2.Only weighs as much as a single-crown freeride rig
3.A World Cup winning mother of a bike
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