Press Release from Orange Mountain Bikes …
“Inside the Orange Factory with Guy Martin
Cut Media’s insight into the world of Orange Bikes, presented by Guy Martin…
A dimly lit workshop in the centre of Halifax is an unlikely backdrop for an art studio, twisting and manipulating aluminium, forming complex shapes to create a pure simplicity – the bike frame.
Proper engineering is a dark art in a world of sterile outsourced manufacturing. A black box of production, it was about time someone gave an updated snapshot into the people and processes that bring an Orange bike to life.
Cockney, Francis and Toddy bend and join aluminium using timeless skill and modern ingenuity, but getting them to explain what they do is no easy task. In steps TT legend and engineering ambassador to the people, Guy Martin.
A man of mechanical dexterity and dubbed the modern day Fred Dibnah, Guy phrases the questions nobody else would think to ask. Not afraid to state the obvious, he disseminates each step and shows exactly how a Five goes together. Banter in the workplace? Just a bit boy…
Guy gets a TIG welding assessment, Vaughan lets him loose with a gun, and wielding an Allen key he gets candid on DH “cock measuring”.
The usual factory video? Produced and innovatively shot by the legends at Cut Media, this is no ordinary tour…”
Orate Lad?! rate enjoyed the video and can’t wait to see the new series. Seen you racing the mountain bike at the puffer and HTN over past few weeks. Hope to see you at some more this year as i do most endurance events.Have a good en!
Lee
Great Video, what a bike!
Mint vid Guy! My fave bicycle manufacturer, and my (and this will sound very gay) hero, in one vid. Made my nights veiwing a lot better. cheers!
great video guy .you could have worked there for years .
love my orange bikes and still have my original p7 stx rc that i bought new in 1996 all original parts ,thinks its 22lbs mega light .all said these guys can build a crackin bike that lasts
Cracking video and bikes, will there be one planned for the Hope workshop?
Really nice looking bikes, id have one if it wasnt for the price. better get some over time in if im ever to get my hands on one.
great video
My bike was built in there, the frame at least! I’ve ridden it harder than any woman and it’s still going strong!