- This is the beautiful new Orbea Orca OMX.
It's Orbea's latest performance racing machine.
And the OMX designation represents the pinnacle
in Orbea's carbon fiber technology and construction.
I'm going to tell you all about it.
I'm going to go through all the new features,
and I'm going to weigh it.
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There's certainly been a trend this year
for light weight, disc brake equipped,
aerodynamic road bikes.
And, well the Orca OMX certainly follows that trend.
Consequently we've got aerodynamic
tube shapes and sort of Fastback or Kamm tail style
cross sections to the tube profiles.
Or the aero features such as dropped seatstays,
increased integration, it's very hard
to spot cables on this bike.
And, it's lightweight, and it's got disc brakes.
In fact, it's only available in disc brakes.
Now, at this point, many of you will be sat at home
watching and saying--
- All these new lightweight aero bikes
look like they have been designed
with a piece of tracing paper.
- Okay, now in one sense you're correct.
However, the new OMX has a couple
of aces up it's sleeve.
MyO, is Orbea's custom paint program,
and it's available at no extra cost
at the point of purchase.
Meaning that you can completely customize
the way that your Orbea looks.
You can make it completely unique.
The MyO program has been around
for a few years now and you may remember
Si getting a custom bike painted,
but with the Orca OMX, MyO has now been updated.
It allows you even more options to create
a paint job and finish that's unique to you.
There are loads of color options,
you can have multiple colors, gloss finishes,
matte finishes, as well as fades.
And as part of the update, Orbea is now offering
various graphic options too.
The styles of these graphics include,
Cubism, Street Nature, Titanium, Dots, and Fluid.
And these graphics are great for further
personalizing your bike and making the finish
a little more interesting, and add aesthetics
that you don't see on other bikes.
But something I particularly like
is that the styles like Dots, and Titanium graphics
can add transparency.
Meaning, that the finish is influenced
by the base color you choose underneath.
Better make sure ya choose wisely,
but don't worry, it's really fun to have a play with
so head over to MyO, their webpage
and see what you can come up with.
This level of customization really does set the bike apart.
The custom paint job on the bike
that Orbea has sent us for this first look
has some rather appropriate GCN custom colors.
So we've got red, black, and white,
and this really sweet fade on the down tube
between the red and the black.
We've also got some nice detailing on the fork.
That particular pattern is called Titanium.
While on the subject of the fork,
you may notice that it's got these
kind of bowed out fork blades.
Now Orbea calls this the Free Flow Fork,
it's the same design as found
on the Orbea Orca Aero, aero bike.
And it's designed to improve airflow
and reduce turbulence around the front wheel.
Orbea also has several options
that allow you to personalize your build
and the components on it.
So, for example, you can change out
the crank lengths, the gear ratios, the wheels.
You have a choice of different saddles.
And this is really great,
it's a shame more bike brands don't offer this.
As it means you get the components
that you want and also the ones
that are the right size for you.
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Out on the road, Orbea claims that the new
Orca OMX has significant aerodynamic improvements
over the previous model.
And it quantifies this by way of an eight watt
drag saving or a ten percent aero improvement.
And this equates roughly to 27 seconds
saved over 50 kilometers at 50 K an hour.
Now, I'm sure like many of you,
I very rarely travel at those speeds for that distance.
And at the more realistic speeds
that I travel at that saving will be less.
But, it's an improvement none the less.
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Orbea claims that the new bike
is slightly lighter than the old one too.
And there's figures of 796 grams
for an unpainted size 53 frame.
And for the size 55 I'm riding, you can expect
to add around 30 to 40 grams onto that figure.
Which, is pretty light for an aero disc brake equipped bike.
That's light weight.
And useful seeing as right now I'm climbing.
And despite reducing the weight,
Orbea claims that the new bike
is 15 percent stiffer too.
Which is, well nice.
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Let's weigh the whole bike though,
and see what it's coming in at.
Ooh, 7.35.
That's impressive, I'm quite excited about that.
Because my Orbea Orca Disc, that's the previous version
actually weighs a little bit more than that.
And, it doesn't look anywhere near as aerodynamic.
Now Orbea has nearly a hundred years
in designing performance racing bicycles.
So, it's fair to say they know
a thing or two about geometry.
And the geometry on the new OMX
is aggressive, it's intended to be a racing machine.
And it's been optimized for precise handling.
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Now you've probably been enjoying
this view of my rather handsome front end,
and that's thanks to Orbea's new proprietary cockpit.
It's new separate bar and stem.
The stem is available in 80 to 150 millimeters
and the bar is available in 38 to 44,
I've got 42 centimeters on at the moment.
And 110 stem.
And it does a really neat job of hiding
all the cables and routing them through the stem
just to give a really neat and integrated and aero look.
And you've also got this new faceplate mounted
computer mount on the front as well
which I've got my Wahoo Roam attached to.
And there's a little sort of bracket
underneath so that you can attach a light
or an action camera or another accessory.
And yes, when you buy the bike
at the point of purchase you can select
the size bars and stem that you want,
meaning you get exactly what's right for you.
And this is great because most bike brands
out there, they don't give you the option.
It just comes with what it comes with.
If it's a, say a size 55.
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The build we have here is a top of the range one,
so you've got Dura Ace Di2 throughout the bike
including the Junction Box for the Di2
which is located rather neatly here in the down tube.
I like that.
We've got 160 rotors front and rear.
A Selle Italia SLR Boost Saddle, truncated saddle
with carbon rails, nice.
And these rather tasty looking
Mavic Universal Tubeless Pro Carbon Wheels.
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Other new features, then we've got split spaces
underneath the new proprietary integrated stem
for easier adjustment if you don't have to
take apart your hydraulic lines for the disc brakes.
We've got a new proprietary seat post,
and seat post clamp.
So this is a D shape seat post
or Cantell profile for improved aerodynamics
and the bolt for it is integrated and really neat.
It's very similar to the one that's found
on the previous Orca actually.
And we've got blummin' loads of tire clearance
on this bike.
Check this out.
So apparently you could get 32 millimeter tires
in the new Orca.
And wow, you could get a bus through there.
There's load o' space.
And the reason for this,
is that Orbea reckons that the biggest
factor in improving comfort on a road bike
is tire volume.
And they reckon that tire volume
makes way more difference than building
sort of flexible areas into carbon fiber bike frames.
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Right, I hope you've enjoyed this first look
at the new Orbea Orca OMX.
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I think it looks absolutely great.
But, let us know in the comment section
what you think about it.
And to see another video, where Si rides
a Retro Steel Orbea as ridden to victory
in the 1985 Vuelta A Espana by Pedro Delgado,
click down here on the new one.