GT or Orange

in message <[email hidden]>, Len Pearce

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Hi People,

I am looking to buy a new MTB and have narrowed the choice down to
either
the GT Avalanche 0.5 or the Orange Gringo 9 disc. Does anyone have
any good points/bad points or recommendations either way?

Orange are good bikes, and they are actually made in Yorkshire.

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Len Pearce

(') said:

Hi People,

I am looking to buy a new MTB and have narrowed the choice down to
either
the GT Avalanche 0.5 or the Orange Gringo 9 disc. Does anyone have
any good points/bad points or recommendations either way?

Orange are good bikes, and they are actually made in Yorkshire.

I don't think the Gringo is made in Yorks.
My Gringo (circa 2000) has a frame from Tiawan made to the requirements of
Orange. Components sourced from standard far-east makers. Possibly assembled
in Yorkshire.

As such, its not very different in where its made to the vast majority of
low to mid-priced cycles sold in the UK. Frame and parts come from the
far-east.

Some of the more sophisticated full-suspension models have UK made frames.

That said, my Gringo is a fine machine for the price I paid.

- Nigel
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