Recent content by b33k34

So a heavy landing/bottoming out is now considered a crash - that's Specialized's view?

This is a link to the UK lifetime warranty page - https://www.orbea.com/en-gb/p/orbea-lifetime-commercial-warranty "In dual-suspension bicycles, the term “frame” includes chainstays, seatstays, links, and front triangles, excluding suspension forks and components considered spare parts." "The...

it's a tough one this. I invisframed my mk1 Rise but it was a big job (most parts off the frame) and delayed riding the bike... It looked really good when I came to sell it, but I'm not sure I got any more money as a result. New bike I didn't both on the basis that the key areas were done...

That's crap. They advertise a Lifetime Warranty and they need to honour it. It's is difficult in reality to continue to provide spares long term - once they stop making a frame (which I don't believe they do in house) there will be a finite stock of spares. Once those are used up it's not...

Each to their own. I think the blue and red looks great. I’ve a Karve Rsx ordered but the dull paint job is the thing I like least about it.

Rear shock?

Seconded - I think my Nukeproof mega feels *better* than my Orbea Rise because of it (and that's a light e bike). I've ridden heavier e bikes and yes, they'll thunder through stuff in a straight line but they take more effort to ride and are more tiring as a result (I feel it more in my...

would be very surprising if it wasn't. The mount bolt positions look the same, but I think theres more bulk (even if not larger dimensions) above the axle and on the lower half. It would kind of make sense so that manufacturers could use the same frame for both motor options. Came here to say...

That speed sensor ring makes a significant difference. The others are only getting a speed reading every 2m + you ride. Avinox get that every 5cm. Their screen and software and integrations (GPS and upload to Strava seems so obvious ) are a big step ahead. - spesh and Bosch both missed a trick...

It’s somewhat surprising that some manufacturers managed to maintain a cachet for so long given Horst link suspension arrived in 1985 (and the patents expired in 2014), most frames are made in the same few factories in Taiwan, and so much of the value of a bike comes from Fox/Shimano/Sram and...

Orbea's blue paper manual for the Rise is superb - it lists every bolt and gives you the hex/torx size, whether to use grease or thread lock and what it should be torqued to. Diagrams give you a break down of how the parts go together. Really good. But on the Rise 25 it's basically...

It's a £139 cost option on the order customisation and I'm guessing dealers will be able to supply what you want on their stock. Fast charging is definitely a bonus for me but I get what you're saying. It's a shame they didn't go the whole hog and make the charger switchable so you only fast...

it looks like the same Orbea bar as on the Rise. The centre hole is bigger than the one in the Shimano/Pro bar because it needed to fit the cable connector on the Rise and not just the plug on the end of the Shimano shifter cable. Position was different too as it came out behind the stem...

The mechanical Orbea Droppers have been decent enough. They go up and down, they're user serviceable and the parts are all available at a reasonable price (more so than any other dropper I've had except brand X stuff) No-one makes really bad bikes any more. Avinox got a lot of reviews by...

Strong/light/cheap. Avinox with 800 system weight is 6.26kg. it's about 300g lighter than the equivalent Bosch.