New Orbea Orca First Look!

In this extra special video, Simon gives us a tour of the new Orbea Orca bike - the stats, the aero structure, and its super lightweight features. 🚲

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[rttgaming]

Can we just appreciate the fact that GCN used a stick and a rock to hold this state of the art bike up for the shots when they stod still.

[larrymcgoldrick]

Happy to see Orbea offering a true climbing bike. Absolutely love it. So very light weight and you get to choose colors, phenomenal. Way to go Orbea!

[gcn]

What do you think of the new Orbea Orca bike?

[bluemystic]

I'll always be a fan of lightweight bikes. I love how responsive they feel when you're climbing.

[geothunder]

As an owner of 4 previous Orbea's and a Orbea fanboy I approve! Love they're getting back to their climbing roots!

[dennis]

The traditionale seat stays suits the bike way better, in my opinion! 🤩 It definitily would make me much happier having a bike that looks this, then going that little bit faster with a more aerodynamic setup

[tossemanden]

This bike is very popular in our bike store. The orca m30i is a very competitive bike and a lot of our customers love it!

[matt_acton-varian]

It's definitely a refreshing surprise to see a return to elevated seat stays. It certainly suits the bike and dropped stays should only be on aero bikes. I love the agressive look of an aero bike (gonna get hate for that) but the classy silhouette of a lightweight road bike had been lost, until now. Well done Orbea.

[derickcastillo]

I think it is great that Orbea has released a bike that is light and fast. I agree with you Simon, that it is difficult to really feel the results of all that "aero", but you sure feel satisfied when you pick up a nice light bike that is stiff and responsive.

[dh]

I own and love the previous Orca, I bet this will be just as good. I like the change back to traditional seat stays rather than the dropped seat stays. Nice bike orbea 👍

[huntos]

This is something I always say to people - from a pure science perspective an aero bike might be faster, but a lightweight bike feels alive and makes you feel good - which makes you ride it faster. Especially on the slowest parts of a course (hills) where you are likely to lose the most time, feeling that you are on something that responds and rewards your efforts can make a big difference to how hard you push.
The rider will always be the biggest factor in determining performance, and psychology is an important factor to consider, not just going down a rabbit hole of pure physics.

[tonyvandijk]

Living in the Netherlands I would usually prefer aero. But since I enjoy climbing a big mountain over flat courses and my uphill speed is not big enough for aero to be utmost important, I would still go for light weight. Comes in handy raising money for cancer research by climbing Alpe d’Huez 6 times in a day.

[scottyi]

From a dropped seatstay to traditional double diamond frame, oddly although this is a design shift of going backward, I quite like it in terms of aesthetics

[oskarijahkola]

I've always been a huge fan of Orbea, and tend to favour lightweight bikes as well ! :)

[sheakq]

Love the twig-shaped kickstand - nice touch.

[szymczakow]

First od all because first impression is the most important... love this paint!!!!
I'm small person and for me more enjoy is climbing... 6.6 kg sounds great because it seems this bike is completly prepared for that kind of battles... Anyway love carres of clean look and something kinds od aerodynamics! This should be uphill killer!!

[Dunlopguy]

I must say, this is a breath of fresh air compared to all the new releases we been seeing. Well done Orbea ❤

[svenkujat]

I‘m riding the previous ORCA OMX and I like the design much more. Personally I would choose a Aero bike over a very light bike and work on loose a bit body weight. Thanks for introduction.

[trroland]

Gorgeous! 😮 Finally, a new bike model with classic style. 👍🏻

[stevesfitnessjourneybikean]

Looks matter, and this looks way better than any of the aero bikes out there!