Anyone Riding Orro?

sophidog
sophidog Posts: 180
edited August 2014 in Road buying advice
is there anyone who has an Orro bike yet? Wondering what their experiences are from the comfort point of view. The bike(Di2 version) gets a fairly good write up overall in Cyclist magazine, but just curious if anyone has bought one & how well it matches up to their expectations(whatever they were). Notice that no-one seems to be discounting them yet.
Cheers
Road: Rose CDX-3000 Cannondale CAADX 105 2011
Turbo: Fuji Nevada Mountain Bike(Y2K)

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  • DiscoBoy
    DiscoBoy Posts: 905
    Aren't these open moulds?
    Red bikes are the fastest.
  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    Not riding one but have noticed a lot of advertising in Procycling.
  • sophidog
    sophidog Posts: 180
    open mould, good or bad?
    Road: Rose CDX-3000 Cannondale CAADX 105 2011
    Turbo: Fuji Nevada Mountain Bike(Y2K)
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Open mould = generally available frame + paint job.

    In other words probably perfectly OK but nothing out of the ordinary.
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  • sophidog
    sophidog Posts: 180
    thanks DesWeller. Looking like nothing special for the price; then again their website doesn't make any claims to have designed the frames, they just stick a gold Union Flag on the frame. The frame artwork seems special though....
    Road: Rose CDX-3000 Cannondale CAADX 105 2011
    Turbo: Fuji Nevada Mountain Bike(Y2K)
  • papavero
    papavero Posts: 57
    DiscoBoy wrote:
    Aren't these open moulds?
    The cyclist article says not.
  • sophidog
    sophidog Posts: 180
    so is the frame particularly low-tech or not? Looking for guidance here...
    I've looked at Dolan recently and their frames seem very much 'off-the shelf', are Orro any better/more recently designed?
    Road: Rose CDX-3000 Cannondale CAADX 105 2011
    Turbo: Fuji Nevada Mountain Bike(Y2K)
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    No, Orro and Dolan are comparable.
    English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg
  • dwanes
    dwanes Posts: 954
    Orro are owned by iRide who distribute DeRosa and Argon 18 bikes so they do know a thing or two about bikes, not someone just playing at it.

    Not sure what special thing some people expect from a bike frame?
  • aberdeenal
    aberdeenal Posts: 200
    The Orro Au is on my shortlist - all the reviews I've read seems to be favourable

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