2023 Orbea Wild paint/quality issues

Wild owners have you had issues?

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FFM said:
This is/was my bike. Orbea change it now into the carbon raw frame, I will get next month, hopefully in a good condition. I will keep you updated.

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Honestly this is shockingly bad, it's inexcusable that a bike company and a bike shop have shipped this to a customer as acceptable.

I hope you get your issue resolved.
 
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E-MAD MALC said:
What total shit workmanship its all hand sprayed hopefully the person or persons letting that go past there quality control get the push
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When there masking up bearing settings and so on there just not doing accurately so when the remove them there just tearing the paint away where it not cured enough
 
I was just about ready to order the Wild M-LTD as I want the race motor. After seeing the paint problems, I'll pass. I cant imagine how Id feel spending $12k on a bike just to find a crappy paint job.
 
kntr said:
I was just about ready to order the Wild M-LTD as I want the race motor. After seeing the paint problems, I'll pass. I cant imagine how Id feel spending $12k on a bike just to find a crappy paint job.
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Take a look at Crestline's ebikes.
 
What other bikes beside the Crestline and Orbea are available with the Bosch Race?
 
Was at the lbs today where I ordered a custom painted Orbea Wild that's due in late June/July. They happened to have 3 new Wilds on their showroom floor. I was conversing with the team at the shop, seeking information if they have received any complaints on 2023 Wilds they have sold. I know these lads very well and have built a strong rapport with them over last couple of years. They stated they have received absolutely no complaints from customers and let me take a close look at the models they have in stock. I looked each one over in detail (2 Carbon models & 1 aluminum) and did not observe any paint issues. Was actually very impressed with how the aluminum frame looked in person. Understand 3 bikes are not a barometer of all the bikes Orbea manufacturers and thought I would share this information. Hoping my new bike has no issues.
 
I’ve now seen two Wilds in the Wild, one was a carbon M-Team in the same colour I ordered and was better quality than mine but still had issues at the linkages and I saw a H10 (alloy) in blue/grey that was flawless so maybe it’s only carbon bikes affected.

I also reached out to 25+ owners and bike shops on Instagram that had posted pictures and a fair few carbon owners said they’d had quality issues but the two alloy owners that responded said they’d had no issues. Perhaps unsurprisingly all bike shops that responded said they’d had no issues but one of the shops sold a carbon bike I know had an issue as the user named the shop when he responded. My local bike shop is an Orbea dealer and they’ve reported no issues so far.

Be good to see pictures of yours when it turns up.
 
Yeah, the bike shops aren't fussy. Their idea of perfection is the bike having an amount of paint on it.

I suspect the carbon is more difficult to paint, plus probably also painted separately from the aluminium frames, possibly by a more talented team.
 
For sure some bike shops have little to no standards, certainly the big named ones so local is always best if they can get the stock.

I have no idea why carbon would be an issue for painting though?! The Canyon Strive On I just took delivery of is MINT and the Trek Rail 9.8 I had before was the same and they are both carbon. In fact of the 7 bikes (4 carbon, 3 alloy) I’ve bought new in the last 10 years I’ve not had a cosmetic issue on any of them across matte and gloss paint.
 
Orbea QC said:
For sure some bike shops have little to no standards, certainly the big named ones so local is always best if they can get the stock.

I have no idea why carbon would be an issue for painting though?! The Canyon Strive On I just took delivery of is MINT and the Trek Rail 9.8 I had before was the same and they are both carbon. In fact of the 7 bikes (4 carbon, 3 alloy) I’ve bought new in the last 10 years I’ve not had a cosmetic issue on any of them across matte and gloss paint.
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I had issues on my carbon Canyon Spectral CF8 2022. Badly touched-up paint chops around the rear drop puts and dust or something under the clear coat on the downtube.

It was half matte and half gloss, with issues on both parts!

I'm hoping my Strive: On is perfect, but I'm yet to have chance to take it out of the box.
 
My 2023 Wild looks like absolute crap. 1/2 Matt 1/2 gloss

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Hard to tell from those photos. Bare carbon does tend to look kinda janky on bikes. But the paint should really be all gloss or all matte, unless it's designed to be split.
 
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BIG-DUKE-6 said:
My 2023 Wild looks like absolute crap. 1/2 Matt 1/2 gloss

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You do realize that if you don't order a custom paint job Orbea does all of the frames in a half gloss half matte look right?

If you wanted it to look gloss even though you didn't order it that way you could get a Ride Wrap tailored kit in gloss and that'll make it look gloss.

Looking at your pictures I don't think Orbea would be willing to do anything for you as there doesn't appear to be any issues.
 
BIG-DUKE-6 said:
Do you think I have a legitimate claim?
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No, the color of you bike is Cosmic Carbon View (Matte/Gloss). Cosmic is a metallic clearcoat so you can see the "carbon view" underneath. Unfortunately carbon weaves often do not necessarily look great as its a raw unfinished look . Metallics always look better under Gloss. It's supposed to be 1/2 & 1/2. RideWrap it in a full gloss tailored kit then ride the crap out of it.
 
I had a Specialized Enduro Comp in clear carbon & a S Works Enduro in black and even though the clear carbon wasn't that bad I much preferred the black one.
 
The replacement frame arrived today. The shop owner send me some pictures. What do you think?

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FFM said:
The replacement frame arrived today. The shop owner send me some pictures. What do you think?
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On the positives, I like Chesterfield's.

Not sure if it's the photos but it looks like a 20 year old frame which has done 10 seasons of DH and then been stored under the sea for safe keeping ?

Guess it's just the finish. On the bright side it has a cool grunge look to it and you'd never have to give a crap about marking it ?
 
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