After the weekend at the WE have come home to the news that Orange MTB Bikes are going into administration
Hopefully can be saved; most of us of a certain age are likely to have had/ridden one of their MTBs and I know some of us here currently do.

Sad news. About 20 years ago I had an EVO4 hardtail, a nice responsive bike.

Doesn't appear to be an isolated case - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... e-67902540 - job losses at Raleigh.

That's a real shame, I had a patriot and a 5 - the patriot was a cracking bike on which I rode many crazy downhills. In fact it's remains are still in the loft! They never got great reviews though as the testers always moaned about the single pivot suspension, ignoring the fact a pair of swing arm bearings were £20 which was all you needed to change every few years.... Personally I thought it was the business and never got the whole issue with pedal induced bobbing about!

It would be nice to think someone steps in to take them on but there is a pattern emerging here....

A sad day for British mountain biking. Thanks for sharing Peter

It would be nice to think someone steps in to take them on but there is a pattern emerging here

There is a pattern of cycle industry companies being sold by their founders and then going into administration

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:58 pm It would be nice to think someone steps in to take them on but there is a pattern emerging here....

IIRC the bike firm was bought out by the company that made the UK sheet metal bikes. Hopefully it's just the bike side and not the whole firm that's in trouble.