Orbea goes all in on gravity mountain biking with an all-new carbon Rallon DH bike, with Tahnee Seagrave racing it to an Elite World Cup win at its debut in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. But it surely’s not only a Downhill bike. Because of a swappable alloy shock mounting bracket underneath the downtube protector, 1 carbon body can rework into 3 totally different bikes: a mullet DH bike, a full 29er Enduro bike, or a mullet Enduro bike.
Orbea Rallon DH carbon downhill bike, additionally an enduro transformer!
We’ve been protecting race-ready Orbea mountain bikes for years. And their long-running Rallon enduro platform has routinely confirmed itself on the EDR & World Cup circuit, with the occasional foray into downhill with a double crown strapped on tight.
And we simply caught up with Tahnee Seagrave within the snow and muddy on the World Cup
However now, Orbea commits to gravity by rebuilding a extra burly Rallon, and making it a correct DH bike.
Moreover making the shared carbon body powerful sufficient for DH racing, what units the brand new Orbea Rallon aside is its GravityLink an interchangeable machined aluminum decrease shock mounting bracket that may change the bike’s geometry, journey & suspension progressivity.
Decide both 170mm or 200mm of plush single-pivot / cut up pivot suspension and pair it to both a 180mm single crown or 203mm dual-crown fork, and a construct suited to the way you journey gravity.
GravityLink Up Shut
Held by simply 4 burly bolts to the underside of the carbon entrance triangle, the CNC-machined, color-coded GravityLinks carry the decrease shock decrease within the body. Decrease for DH permits for longer stroke shocks and extra rear wheel journey. Then, two increased shock mount positions ship much less journey with shorter stroke shocks, and variability to take care of geometry when selecting both a 27.5″ or 29″ rear wheel in Enduro-mode.
It additionally allowed Orbea’s engineers to combine a flip-chip in a protected location to regulate progressivity in both DH or EN setups. And on the enduro bikes, additionally journey peak +/-7mm & +/-0.5° geo tweaks.
A giant advantage of the GravityLink is its low heart of gravity, holding the shock and weight low within the carbon body, and letting engineers decrease the toptube, as nicely. Gravity racers like to get their weight low for secure dealing with & grip. Plus, Orbea constructed the DH GravityLink to permit racers (or somewhat their mechanics) to hold additional weight off the underside of the bike for even decrease weight distribution. Three totally different bolt-on weights could be added – 93g, 95g, or 395g – or add all three so as to add an additional 583g (a full pound and 1 / 4) low on the in any other case gentle carbon DH bike. (Just one 553g weight doable for the Enduro hyperlinks.)
Plus, it appears prefer it offers race groups the pliability to create customized GravityLinks to go well with racer wants which may even change from monitor to trace.
Gravity Race-Prepared Geometry – DH or EN
Tech particulars
- full OMR carbon entrance and rear triangles with alloy rocker hyperlink
- single pivot suspension format with rear pivot concentric across the rear axle to isolate braking forces and a linkage-driven shock to manage kinematics and decrease pedal kickback
- 3 interchangeable Gravity Hyperlink shock mounts accessible: a mullet DH, 29er EN & mullet EN
(the carbon body, chainstays, seatstays, and linkage are the identical for all three configurations) - GravityLink DH has a 2-postion flip-chip: for Progressive or Linear shock curve (30% or 25% progressivity)
- GravityLink DH with 225x75mm Trunnion shock supplies 200mm of rear wheel journey
- DH configuration is mullet-only
- each GravityLink EN have a 4-position flip-chip: Excessive or Low & Progressive or Linear (22.5% or 27.5% progressivity)
- GravityLink EN with 205×62.5mm Trunnion shock supplies 170mm of rear wheel journey
- Enduro configuration is suitable with mullet of full 29″ wheel setups
- accessible with playful 442mm or secure 450mm chainstay – requires new carbon chainstays (not a flip-chip)
- 1.5″ Angleset headset – +/-0.75° head angle adjustment
- absolutely guided inner cable routing, via ports within the facet of the headtube
- inner LOCKR body storage within the downtube
- magnetic FLP multi-tool saved inside the primary rocker pivot axle
- 1 bottle cage mount on high of inner storage cowl
- 73mm BSA threaded backside bracket
- 31.6mm seatpost, inner routing suitable with dropper posts
- ISCG05 tabs
- sealed cartridge bearing pivots
- quick-release detachable translucent downtube protector / GravityLink cowl
- sound-deadening rubber chainstay protector
- Increase 12x148mm rear finish
- UDH for compatibility with all derailleurs
- max 2.5″ tire clearance
Orbea Rallon D & E carbon DH & EN bikes – Pricing, choices & availability
Raced final weekend, prepared to purchase for this weekend to take to your native bike park, the brand new carbon Orbea Rallon is offered now at your native Orbea sellers now. You may choose one up in 4 sizes (S-XL), three normal colours – white, inexperienced, or tan, or get a customized colour by way of Orbea’s MyO customizer.
Rallon DH
The downhill bike like Seagrave raced it, is offered in only one full bike construct – the 8000€ Orbea Rallon D-LTD. For that you just get the full-carbon transformer frameset with the purple ano Gravity hyperlink put in, plus 200mm of Fox Manufacturing unit 40 X2 & Float X2 suspension entrance & rear, new Oquo MC32-Staff alloy wheels, a Shimano Saint 10-speed drivetrain, and a brand new set of unreleased Shimano XTR M9220 4-piston brakes with 2 totally different piston diameters!
Rallon Enduro
As for enduro builds, there are three full bike choices. On the high, there’s a ten,000€ Rallon E-LTD construct with Fox Manufacturing unit suspension together with the most recent Float X Neo automated shock & a 38 X2 fork, a T-type SRAM X0 AXS transmission drivetrain, these suspicious new XTR brakes, and a brand new set of Oquo MC32-LTD carbon wheels.
Subsequent up, the 7000€ Rallon E-Staff sticks with typical Fox Manufacturing unit 38 X2 & Float X2 suspension, Oquo MC32-Staff alloy wheels, and a current-generation Shimano XT M8100 + SLX 12-speed drivetrain. But it surely additionally will get its personal unreleased M8220 XT brakeset with comparable 4-piston brakes, just like the upcoming XTR.
Lastly, an ‘entry’ level to the brand new carbon gravity transformer platform is the 5400€ Orbea Rallon E10. At that pricepoint, you get the identical carbon body and swappable shock mount tech, and even top-tier Fox Manufacturing unit suspension (only a Float X shock and non-X2 38 fork) and the alloy Oquo MC32-Staff wheels, however accept current Shimano SLX drivetrain & Deore 4-piston brakes.
You may choose up any of the DH or Enduro builds in 4 shares sizes (S-XL), three normal colours – White Stylish, Aloha Inexperienced, or Nickel brown, or get a customized colour by way of Orbea’s MyO customizer.
