A Budget Modern Upgrade For A Retro Mountain Bike - Orange P7

I have a well used Orange P7 of the 2005(ish) kind. Today I thought I'd give it a bit of an upgrade with some budget friendly mods. Installing a Shimano Deore 1x10 drivetrain, upgrading the brakes and fitting a few other cool parts.

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Frame : 2005 Orange P7
Handlebars : Brand X 740mm x 25mm Rise
Grips : Deity Lock On
Shifters : Shimano Deore SL-M4100
Brake Levers : Shimano Deore
Stem : Brand X 45mm
Headset : Nukeproof Horizon Copper
Fork : Rockshox
Brakes : Shimano Deore
Brake Pads : Aztec
Wheels : Hubs - Shimano Deore XT
Rims - Mavic 317 Disc
Spokes -
Nipples -
Tyres : Maxxis
Seatpost : Genesis 27.2mm
Seat Clamp : Nukeproof Horizon 31.8mm Copper
Saddle : Charge Spoon
Rear Derailleur : Shimano Deore RD-M5120
Front Derailleur :
Crankset : Shimano Deore FC-M5100 170mm
Chainring : Shimano Narrow Wide 32T
Chainring Bolts : 17mm + 3mm Spacers
Bottom Bracket : Shimano Deore BB-MT501
Chain : Shimano Deore CN-HG54
Cassette : Shimano Deore CS-M4100 11-46T 10 Speed
Pedals : Wellgo M919
Bash Guard :
Bar Ends :
Bottle Cage :
Decals :
Paint :

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[Phil-qzoc]

I infinitely prefer these videos to all of the 'dream build' variants. Your videos make bike building and restoration look much more accessible, and i've used these to guide me through a retro Concorde SLX rebuild, and a TREK 930 restomod.

[Tomw-eg]

Bar horn, Torvey and an Orange…superb!! The geometry on these older bikes makes the easier trails so much more fun, nice build 👍👍

[JordiMoll]

Most of this bikes are forever. It works. Modern bikes are faster but they have a lot of problems. Simple, nice looking and fun.

[kentjoosten]

"That headset is driving me crazy”. I’ve heard myself say THAT a few times.

[stephengomme]

Very relaxing & enjoyable bike build to watch 😊 very nice classic bike .

[barrettschluckebier]

In the future, don't be afraid to take out and move a BB spacer to the other side in order to get your chain line right. No need to space the chainring.

[fepatton]

While I have a hard time thinking of any bike with disc brakes as "retro", this is a very tasteful upgrade!

[mushin_mind]

Looks so good. One day i will find myself an Orange frame

[Burger]

Just put that same crank on a gravel build with 11-34 cassette. Amazing range.

[CraigFyfe]

I felt like that about hydraulic brakes, until i was like ill just try and changed a brake line without any of those tools and bled them with a basic bleed kit and it's surprisingly easy!

[Emz_Jhaye]

Nice beautiful build! 😍👍🚴 Wow! That bar sounds good! Hahaha... And the cat... Reminds of someone. 😅✌️

[blairrighton]

can't beat a hardtail, gotta love those orange's... hi torvey!

[creepingjesus]

I think the question we all need answered is; who does the Bar Horn summon? Inspector Cat, or the Gods Of Biking to collectively stroke their beards and scowl at the misbehaving head set? Or both?
Such a nice bike though! 😍 Cable doughnuts are all it needs.

[oreocarlton]

Longer travel fork! That way you can open the HA if you want to go that way, aside from that this p7 is proof that bikes reached a certain platoe in mid 2000s, outstanding bike and a great company to make this legendary frame.

[Zelthada]

I thought of Ali Clarkson as soon as you pointed out that frame

[samteks]

Funny enough, I'm planning to do a very similar mod to my Kona Kikapu. Got the Deore 11-46 10-speed for 20 euros, might pick up an m8000 xt derailleur for a tenner, but will stick to the LX crankset (same as was on your bike, too!) and put a cheap AliX narrow-wide chainwheel on it. Nice side effect, with the largest chainwheel gone on 3x cranksets, there's room for a bash ring.
With a Deore 10s shifter still in the parts bin, the total budget for my new drivetrain should only be around 50 euros - sweet!

[karimtv]

I really enjoyed this build im building one my self at the moment

[andypicken]

Nice looking bike that and no paint needed

[tecdesigns]

Another great build, I was thinking azonic ds1 frame but realised seeing a flash of logo it's a planet x jack flash?

[duringthemeanwhilst]

another great build 🙂
have you ever considered a complete resto-mod with electronic gears and hydraulics?