First look: Orange Miii

So I got into work today to find a glowing green Orange Miii frame sat waiting for me courtesy of the guys at Orange.  The pics seriously don’t show just how bright this thing is…

We’ve got her all season for our new team rider Dave (more on him later) to test out. He’ll be racing the full NPS4X series and finding out whether Orange’s ‘unapologetically expensive’ race frame is as good as they reckon… At £500 for the frame and punted as the “lightest, stiffest and strongest frame around” we’re looking forward to giving the Miii a hell of a good testing to make sure it’s up to the job.

Orange reckon the Miii is “…the lightest, stiffest and strongest frame around. Down at the trails or the 4X track, pump and jump with style. Accept no substitute.”

From Orange:
“The design brief was simple; make a high-end jump bike dedicated to the rigours of trail and 4X riding. This isn’t about cutting costs or building a do-it-all bike, it’s built on pure dedication. From the Monocoque down-tube to the refined quatro box stays, the 6061 Halifax-built MIII is the stiffest, strongest and lightest dirt frame around.

The MIII is unapologetically expensive. It’s a bike built to line up against the best racers in the world. It’s at home pumping through the trails or manualing park benches, but it’s born to race. Its stiffness and agility oozes confidence whether you’re pushing to clear that awkward triple or nose-diving into the backside of a tight landing. Get your snap on, scrub that first roller and leave the rest behind, unleash the MIII.”

Check out the Miii on Orange’s site here.

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