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  Lukeelliott wrote..
  on (19/03/2010 08:38)

  That sounds pretty bonkers mate! Also sounds like you'd want a proper DH bike for some of that stuff. Hopefully I'll be there by then. Things are going well here but I have a few things I need to do with my money before I come out.

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  Lukeelliott wrote..
  on (18/03/2010 08:43)

  That's the dude thanks mate. He's suprisingly difficult to find. No one appears to have his contact details. Still I his email should do thanks bud. Your arm sounds painfull! Is it gonna be fixed in time to get any riding in before winter? I'm assuming you can't do much riding out there in winter and its all about snowsports?

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  Lukeelliott wrote..
  on (25/02/2010 14:46)

  Been looking at various Orange models over the years. I think a Patriot 7+ or a Big-T would suit you a lot more. The patriot 66 and 07/08 Patriots are all a bit too "All mountain" for me. Geometry wise.

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  Lukeelliott wrote..
  on (25/02/2010 12:16)

  What made you decide to go for a set of 66's? Are you gonna get a new pair? I'm on the look out for a fox 36/ Lyric, or Domain second hand which I will have tuned and upgraded. Hence the intrest in your fork. What do you think about spraying my bike dark as night black, black forks, black rims basically all black except gold hubs, gold cassette and chain, and maybe a few descreet gold parts like valve caps and bar end caps?

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  Lukeelliott wrote..
  on (24/02/2010 11:33)

  Right he has just said that the HA will vary with fork fitted (obviously) and that the original bikes were speecced with an adjustable fork that would drop to 100mm. He "speculates" that the diagram HA was measured against a 100mm fork. If you are looking for a bike that rides similar to the LT he suggests I measure my head angle manually. It seems to me we have picked up on something that Orange have no clue on. One thing seems certain they do not have another chart available that shows any differences. I'm fairly sure now that no one in Orange has chronicled the differences well enough and only made/saved one geo chart. He made no comment on the shock mounts. I think at this point we know more than they do. Looking at their more recent bikes though both the 07 Patriot and Blood should work fine for you but are interestingly closer to each other than they are to the LT. For what its worth the side on photo of my bike with your domains looks slacker than the Blood which is 66degrees.