Mountain Bike Rider

ORANGE SWITCH 6 RS

£5,400 / 29 & 27.5in / orangebikes.co.uk

This is the brand-new Orange Switch 6 trail bike, aka the mullet. As such, it has a 29in front and 27.5in rear wheel, but we’re not sure what the reason is for the nickname because surely a mullet is short at the front and long at the back, ask Ian Botham! It probably comes from the American interpretation; business up front, party at the back.

Either way, if you’ve been around mountain bikes for a while you’ll know that having a big front wheel and smaller back one

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