Orbea Occam...anyone?
OldMountainGoat
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2 weeks old, 60 miles of singletrack. She's a beast.
The Bombardero Vasco.
140mm front and rear travel...24lbs with pedals.
The Bombardero Vasco.
140mm front and rear travel...24lbs with pedals.
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Have you actually weighed it? 24lbs is impressive if true.
My Trance Advanced 1, kitted out with carbon wheels etc is just over 27lbs on the scales, nearly 2lbs more than the marketing rubbish.0 -
its advertised as 24.2lb without pedals for a large0
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So add on the extra weight the marketing guys usually seem to forget about plus the pedals.
It's not 24lbs.0 -
Weighed at the shop...I'll try the "bathroom scale subtraction" method and get back to you naysayers. The wheelset weighs 500 grams less than the wheelset on my Bianchi road bike at 1400 grams! Mine is also a Small.
Briggo - I had my choices down to three bikes, the Occam, SC 5010 and Trance Advanced 1. The local SC shop is a little out of my way. Everything else being almost equal (geometry, travel, specs), I was so close especially after coming from a 16 year run on Giant bikes. The local Orbea dealer made me an offer on the AM-Ltd that I could not walk away from and I like the paint better than the Trance.
Happy with the Trance I take it?0 -
1400 grams for a wheelset is fairly light but you can certainly get lighter. How do you know thats how much they weigh if you've not weighed the bike at all.
My experience of marketing weights is never quite reflective of the actual product.
Trance is a very good bike and I did look at the Orbeas as they do look really good (yours included), I moved from a slightly longer travel Canyon and it's by far better both up and down, the maestro platform is pretty spot on, for me at least.
What swayed it for me was the good reviews of maestro, the fact you see hardly any Giants round my way and the fact you got slightly more for your money.0 -
The shop weighed it.
But all this questioning has me questioning. I'll weigh it whole, I'm certainly not going to strip the wheelset bare and weigh them - maybe when I need new tires.0 -
That weight does look slightly on the light side, the fact the UK official website doesn't give a weight may be telling.
Probably less than 10.5kg, but under 10 with pedals looks unlikely. Hard to tell without a frame weight, but the frame with shock is going to have to be about 2.1kg.
None the less a really nice bike, looks great as well.Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0 -
10.5kg is a hair over 23lbs, he's not claiming its that light...?
We have gone maximum pedantry on this thread, but I do agree that 24lbs is optimistic. 1400g is light for a wheel set on that sort of bike, but 1900g is very heavy for road wheels!0 -
njee20 wrote:10.5kg is a hair over 23lbs, he's not claiming its that light...?
We have gone maximum pedantry on this thread, but I do agree that 24lbs is optimistic. 1400g is light for a wheel set on that sort of bike, but 1900g is very heavy for road wheels!
Not maximum pedantry, I'm not questioning the exact weight just that for it to weigh 24lbs is a hell of an achievement on a 140mm travel trail bike kitted out with what it has.
Hope you enjoy it though OldMountainGoat, sure you will!0 -
1400g wheels, Next SL cranks, XTR 1x11. It's light stuff.0
