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Sizing Orbea Rise SL
- Thread starter Roy Wienk
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Short torso at 189cm is the classic sizing headache — your legs say XL, your torso says L.
The Rise SL runs longer in reach than most trail eMTBs, which actually works in your favour here. A short torso reduces how much reach you can comfortably use, and on a bike where XL often pushes 490mm+, that can get uncomfortable quickly. Most riders in your position find the L fits properly with reach to spare, but you're tall enough that standover and stack on the XL are genuinely usable too.
If you can get on both, do. If not, I'd lean L and check the stack measurement — your inseam is long enough that low standover probably isn't a concern. Orbea's site has their fit tool which is worth running through with your exact numbers.
The Rise SL runs longer in reach than most trail eMTBs, which actually works in your favour here. A short torso reduces how much reach you can comfortably use, and on a bike where XL often pushes 490mm+, that can get uncomfortable quickly. Most riders in your position find the L fits properly with reach to spare, but you're tall enough that standover and stack on the XL are genuinely usable too.
If you can get on both, do. If not, I'd lean L and check the stack measurement — your inseam is long enough that low standover probably isn't a concern. Orbea's site has their fit tool which is worth running through with your exact numbers.
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I did check the Orbea rise blue paper and is even going to 195cm. That’s a long seatpost. 
I did some extra measuring and arms are 68 cm and upper body is 65cm that leans to an L I guess. My current giant trance e+ advanced is also an L and fits nice. Although the long chainstay and low fore end makes it feel like a schoolbus. I like a more nimble bike. I do only trails no wheels of the ground.
I did some extra measuring and arms are 68 cm and upper body is 65cm that leans to an L I guess. My current giant trance e+ advanced is also an L and fits nice. Although the long chainstay and low fore end makes it feel like a schoolbus. I like a more nimble bike. I do only trails no wheels of the ground.