2023 Orbea Rallon Ride Review // Fast and Floaty

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[JeffKendallWeed]

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[daskleineM]

The Rallon is a proper Enduro Bike! I ride the little brother, the Occam. Orbea is such a great brand with an interesting history.

[MikeesTexas]

Really appreciate all the hard work you and your crew put into these videos. Years ago you had mentioned you didn’t really see yourself as a bike reviewer. But i’d argue you’re leading the charge here!!!

[spicycoco]

I have this bike and love it. I find the tool that stashes in the linkage to be almost perfect as it's super easy to grab and use. The rear axle lever has a 6mm and a spoke wrench. I put a Specialized chain tool in my headset (replaces the cap) and carry a tube, CO2, master link, zip ties, tire levers in the glove box thing. Only thing missing is an 8mm hex.

[БориславМанов]

I have a 2016 rallon and i absolutely love it.

[bottejan]

I had the Ripmo v2 and now the Rallon. I had them both for some time and couldn't descide which one to keep. The Ripmo frame looked better and more refined for me. The internal cable routing on Ripmo was great. The biggest advantage of Ripmo was pedaling efficiency. If you have strong legs and like to pedal hard the Ripmo would respond better and goes faster on pedaling sections than Rallon. Rallon was a bit more stable on descends, especially with coil and that was the main factor for me to keep the Rallon. But the Ripmo will always be one of the best bikes I owned and sometimes I feel like I miss it.

[StefanWollweber]

Hi Jeff, always a pleasure to see you on the bike. I ride the Orbea Rallon for a year and can agree with you, the storage space is there, but neither for tool or tube useful. The minitool in the link I had lost in Finale Ligure. To the driving behavior I love it and for me exactly what I was looking for. Ripmo I have unfortunately never seen in Germany, at least in the regions in which I drive. Thanks for your awesome videos and your inspiration. Greetings from Germany

[PKMzta]

Vancouver guy here - cool to see our local North Shore trails in your footage mixed in with the Bellingham trails!

[MichaelAverycarhauler]

+10 bonus points for the Shimano Saint PD-M828 pedals on the Rallon!
Interesting comparison to the Ripmo.
Anxiously awaiting the Rallon v. SB160 vidyah.
Ride safe!

[Shotgoon]

Please try it as a mullet and let us know if it feels different!

[jasoncass]

I have a Rallon and agree with your observations on the ride characteristics. It's a hoot on the Galby blue trails and an incredibly sweet ride on the Whistler and Squamish steeps. I swapped the tires for something stickier and agree that the stock seat post is way too short for the bike's intentions.

[RyandeMilliano]

I just built up a 2020 Stumpy frame, it’s been an amazing bike build, I’m looking forward to getting it out around BC later this month. It was great to hear your comparison to the Rallon, I’d be stoked to try them out side by side but your informed comparison was appreciated! Cheers.

[nickzarnetske]

Great video as always! Good luck getting to 100k!!!

[PaulThompsonMBA]

Your reviews are always fun to watch, but even more fun is how you lay down your grammatical genius. I often chuckle at your analogies and enjoy your humor. One only needs to pay attention and the jokes are abound.

[josemorenoporras]

10:00 That space is very useful but the real deal is multi-tool integrated in the headset or like in the Stumpy. I would love to see you riding an Specialized Enduro and Michelin DH tires hehehe. Nice video!

[mrvwbug]

I was actually surprised you went with the Medium Pivot Firebird for your long term instead of a small. The Firebird is a huge bike and at 5'10" the medium is quite literally the same size as my size L Ripmo.

[Eric.V.]

“More nervous than a pedo on his 1st day of prison” 😆

I’ve definitely been waiting patiently for you to review this bike! Sick video 😎👍

[francescofoschi]

I recently moved from an orbea occam to an orbea rallon, I was waiting for this video to fight my buyer's remorse! At first it felt quite harsh to ride and I couldn't really push it. However, after a while, I found the confidence to just let got the brakes, and oh boy did this bike come to life. I find that you really need to adapt your riding style to its riding characteristics but I now feel very fast and confident on it and I would definitely recommend it as a great aggressive all-rounder.

[RedRidesMTB]

I had the same issues with the stock dropper and wheels/tires on my GT Force. I have a 150mm dropper that I’m going to install once the new hose for it comes in (reverb stealth problems), and I switched to Versus Tires and Hunt Enduro Wide V2’s and the whole bike came alive. Now I’m running an Öhlins RXF36 M.2 up front and the bike runs like nothing else.

[micheandmikey]

Right off the bat the whole 6Nm for the demo'd a We Are One Arrival 130 during NW Tune Up and I'm sure that stem was at "said torque" 6Nm. As I was descending Shoot To Shell the and trying to turn my bars went the direction I was turning, the fork post did not. Laid it down to avoid going OTB or worse over the edge. I'm a machinist/mechanic and have been for 30 years. Tighten your stem to "tight" to avoid this happening to you. It might be 8Nm, at any rate, just make sure its tight. Their torque spec on a fork tube is only to avoid stripping out the threads, not clamping. Be smart about it and don't strip out the threads....torque specs were made for gasket crush and bolt yield. Ok, sorry Jeff....off my soapbox and clicking play ....love that frame by the way. Adding a second comment at minute 7:35. what did I just write up above!!!