Is it OVER for ORANGE MTB? I ride Wharncliff Woods Sheffield and discuss it 

They have made linkage bikes the ST-4 and the Blood and currently the switch.

hi i m also a ex engineer ,and as you are aware simple just works overcomplicate + more problems, so to be fair to orange they produced a very special bike ,which performs at the highest levels and a simple maintenance ideal for uk ,a straight talking bike that deos what it says on the tin ,they also got slated for producing longer bikes with lower bb and were slated for it ,now the norm ,the guys at orange are testament to a great uk business that produced for the masses in a really simple cute format, the only thing with the modern ones yeah they are really good but alot of tweaks and repairs as more to go wrong, but for the uk in particular if you want a bike that can take the knocks simple to repair the orange is a very honest bike and im sure there will be a steve peat vid using a old v new bike and once, he gets tuned into the old bike i bet it aint far away ,the riders talent took the bike to the highest, which says it all, long live orange bikes, i really hope they survive ,it wont be ,till there gone, that the penny will drop ,as a engineer you can only admire ,what they have achieved, they are works of art and a design classic ,that still relevant today ,and a good ride bye the way in tricky conditions in the best of british weather lol

Problem with Orange bikes is their price. For less than the cost of the Switch hardtail frame, I can get a hand built steel frame from none other than Curtis...and that says a lot. Orange charges boutique prices for stupid alloy frames.

If the sales continue along the same lines as they did, then a rescue package is only going to delay the inevitable.

I think orange really suffer online from a lot of hate. The prices are high at the minute and I agree most people don't see them as an innovator. But as an owner of two currently, I think the majority fall for the marketing power of bigger brands. I honestly believe that the two I currently have are the most sorted bikes I have owned. But unfortunately, marketing does matter. I really disagree with the carbon thing as well, carbon frames do nothing for me