Orange Bikes
Stage 6 Evo SE 29" Full Suspension Mountain Bike (2022)

“Hair raisingly fast, with well-balanced handling” was the brief. We reckon the Stage 6 Evo is the bike to raise the hairs on the back of your neck before setting you straight back to cool, calm and collected. If you love the feeling of dropping into a fast trail with the bike accelerating beneath you, the track’s texture coming up through the contact points and the suspension flowing over the rocks and roots, then this is the bike for you. No traction control button, just full-on sport mode - you're welcome.

Full on Evo from Orange means you have honed geometry with decades of development and thousands of miles of test riding. The Stage 6 Evo is an aggressive trail bike with 29” wheels, designed to take a 150mm fork, with 140mm of rear wheel travel. This bike is fast, fun, and more than happy to ride terrain more aggressive than its travel numbers would suggest.

With the emphasis placed firmly on geometry and the incredible performance benefits that brings, the Stage 6 Evo could be the only bike you’ll ever need. The frame features our new asymmetric swingarm construction which improves stiffness and strength, a more progressive suspension curve, offset bearing housing to clear the chain-ring, allowing for a more neutral pivot position. The bolt-thru rear axle now threads into a UDH gear hanger – we believe this is a promising new 'standard’ and we approve of. UDH is universally available, simple and robust – a great step forward.

Neat features that we’ve also added to the new Stage 6 Evo frame include accessory mounts under the top-tube, to support the oodles of new and innovative accessories coming onto the scene. When you find your favourite, you’ll be good to go.

And so, what's F.A.F? We'll let you work it out.

Features:

• Brand New Lightweight Frame Handbuilt in Britain
• 5 year frame warranty with Limited Lifetime Crash Replacement
• New Aggressive Evo geometry optimised for 150mm front/140mm rear travel
• Asymmetrical swingarm with increased longitudinal stiffness
• New Progressive suspension kinematics.
• More neutral pivot location allowing less drivetrain/suspension interaction
• Low position Asymmetric pivot – neutral suspension feel
• Off-set pivot for chainring clearance
• Geometry for reduced offset fork
• New Improved dropout with UDH gear hanger
• Boost 148 rear hub spacing
• New Top tube accessory mounts
• Bottle cage mounts
• Internal cable/hose routing

FRAME AND FORK

• Frame: 6061-T6 Monocoque UK Formed Custom Aluminium Tubing. Wheel Size: 29. Rear wheel travel: 140.
• Fork: Ohlins RXF 36 M.2 Air 150mm 29
• Swingarm: Bolt Type Allen Key Head (Boost 148mm Hub)
• Rear Shock: Ohlins TTX1 Air 210x55
• Headset: Cane Creek 49mm for Tapered Steerer

DRIVETRAIN

• Crankset: Race Face Aeffect 32t
• Rear Mech: Shimano SLX 12spd
• Chain: KMC 12spd
• Shifters: Shimano SLX 12spd
• Cassette: Shimano SLX 10-51T 12spd
• Bottom Bracket: Race Face

WHEEL AND TYRES

• Wheelset: Stans Flow Mk4 + Hope Pro 4 (Black) 29
• Tyres: Maxxis Minion DHF 2.5 3C Exo / DHR II 2.4 Exo 29

BRAKING

• Brakes: Hope Tech 3 E4 Black 203/180

FINISHING KIT

• Seat Clamp: Strange Bolted
• Stem: Hope M35 x 35mm Black
• Saddle: SDG Strange Bel Air III
• Handlebars: Renthal FatBar M35 800mm
• Grips: Strange Grappler Lock-On
• Seatpost: SDG Tellis 150mm