I bought an Orange P7 - first impressions

A while ago now, I went onto the Orange Bikes website with the intention of buying a T Shirt but as you do, had a look at what bikes were listed in the ‘On Offer’ section, a dangerous thing to do.

Instantly, my eyes were drawn to an Orange P7 S, big reduction in price. Not helping was a pop up announcing an additional 10% off everything on the site at that time.

I have wanted a steel Orange hardtail for a long time; since 1989 to be exact as I worked with a chap who was sponsored by Orange and had a factory spec Clockwork.

I couldn’t resist; who could?

The model I bought is the one with quite basic components but decent fork and (obviously) frame. Some upgrades have already taken place, others will follow I’m sure.

Anyway, this video was filmed on my first ride on the bike, the one where I could fettle and set it up. More of a walk around than a review video as I hadn’t ridden it anywhere worthy of being able to pass judgement on it at that point. I now have, but more to come on that (when I get round to it).

The astute amongst you may have already spotted it’s fleeting appearances in recent videos