Orbea

[Garlick]

Local bike shop stocks this brand and I had a nosey on Sunday. Seem to be rather cheap really, although price does vary depending on the components, it never reaches a dizzy height for the Onix model.

This isn't my local shop, but gives a good example of the price: http://www.epic-cycles.co.uk/Orbea_Onix.html

Any views or experiences on this brand? Cycling Plus describes them as 'race ready, entry level'

I do like how they look......

[Pupp]

Good solid bikes from a respected and long established Spanish maker. A million club riders across Europe can't be wrong.... Primo in Cambridge have been known to do some good deals

[robpearson]

I have two friends with Orbea bikes, and they love them - not heard a bad word from either of them.

[itsnotarace]

Also have a look at Ridley and Wilier

http://www.ridley-bikes.com/pc/be/en-gb/bicycles

[murray]

I bought entry level Onix (tiagra groupset) at Christmas last year as my first road bike. Can't really fault it, looks good and has been comfortable on 100+ mile rides.

[The Walrus]

If you think they dont reach dizzying heights have a look at the ORCA cracking bike but can go too big money.

[Garlick]

Oh indeed, but the model I mentioned seems reasonable. One to consider I think.

[The Walrus]

Yep it is on my ever growing short list that is not short any more !

Focus Cayo
Ribble Stealth
Enigma Esprit
Van Nicholas Mistral / Zephyr
Cube Lightning
Ciocc Extro

Too name but a few !

[anonymous-user]

The Walrus said:

Yep it is on my ever growing short list that is not short any more !

Focus Cayo
Ribble Stealth
Enigma Esprit
Van Nicholas Mistral / Zephyr
Cube Lightning
Ciocc Extro

Too name but a few !

thats a bit of an eclectic line up!!! the Espirit frame alone is more than the built up Cayo?
you ahve everything from horizontal ti frames to swoopy carbon sportives?...can i add a few more? the Kuota Kebel is criminally over looked but an ace frame and the Basso Laguna is worth a look

[The Walrus]

pablo said:

The Walrus said:

Yep it is on my ever growing short list that is not short any more !

Focus Cayo
Ribble Stealth
Enigma Esprit
Van Nicholas Mistral / Zephyr
Cube Lightning
Ciocc Extro

Too name but a few !

thats a bit of an eclectic line up!!! the Espirit frame alone is more than the built up Cayo?
you ahve everything from horizontal ti frames to swoopy carbon sportives?...can i add a few more? the Kuota Kebel is criminally over looked but an ace frame and the Basso Laguna is worth a look

The Kuota is on there too, my budget is around the 2k mark but I have not cycled a road bike in a while so just seeing what's out there, I used to do lots of riding when I was in my late teens did a couple of cols when I had holidays in northern Spain and the south of France, but the game has moved on massively since then and so have I so keeping all options open to see what suits me best.

[anonymous-user]

The Walrus said:

pablo said:

The Walrus said:

Yep it is on my ever growing short list that is not short any more !

Focus Cayo
Ribble Stealth
Enigma Esprit
Van Nicholas Mistral / Zephyr
Cube Lightning
Ciocc Extro

Too name but a few !

thats a bit of an eclectic line up!!! the Espirit frame alone is more than the built up Cayo?
you ahve everything from horizontal ti frames to swoopy carbon sportives?...can i add a few more? the Kuota Kebel is criminally over looked but an ace frame and the Basso Laguna is worth a look

The Kuota is on there too, my budget is around the 2k mark but I have not cycled a road bike in a while so just seeing what's out there, I used to do lots of riding when I was in my late teens did a couple of cols when I had holidays in northern Spain and the south of France, but the game has moved on massively since then and so have I so keeping all options open to see what suits me best.

no worries, best sort out preferred geometry and frame material first!!...

have a look at a Dolan Hercules too!...

[The Walrus]

pablo said:

The Walrus said:

pablo said:

The Walrus said:

Yep it is on my ever growing short list that is not short any more !

Focus Cayo
Ribble Stealth
Enigma Esprit
Van Nicholas Mistral / Zephyr
Cube Lightning
Ciocc Extro

Too name but a few !

thats a bit of an eclectic line up!!! the Espirit frame alone is more than the built up Cayo?
you ahve everything from horizontal ti frames to swoopy carbon sportives?...can i add a few more? the Kuota Kebel is criminally over looked but an ace frame and the Basso Laguna is worth a look

The Kuota is on there too, my budget is around the 2k mark but I have not cycled a road bike in a while so just seeing what's out there, I used to do lots of riding when I was in my late teens did a couple of cols when I had holidays in northern Spain and the south of France, but the game has moved on massively since then and so have I so keeping all options open to see what suits me best.

no worries, best sort out preferred geometry and frame material first!!...

have a look at a Dolan Hercules too!...

ENOUGH !!

It will take me over a week to just ride the bloody things at this rate.

[anonymous-user]

The Walrus said:

pablo said:

The Walrus said:

pablo said:

The Walrus said:

Yep it is on my ever growing short list that is not short any more !

Focus Cayo
Ribble Stealth
Enigma Esprit
Van Nicholas Mistral / Zephyr
Cube Lightning
Ciocc Extro

Too name but a few !

thats a bit of an eclectic line up!!! the Espirit frame alone is more than the built up Cayo?
you ahve everything from horizontal ti frames to swoopy carbon sportives?...can i add a few more? the Kuota Kebel is criminally over looked but an ace frame and the Basso Laguna is worth a look

The Kuota is on there too, my budget is around the 2k mark but I have not cycled a road bike in a while so just seeing what's out there, I used to do lots of riding when I was in my late teens did a couple of cols when I had holidays in northern Spain and the south of France, but the game has moved on massively since then and so have I so keeping all options open to see what suits me best.

no worries, best sort out preferred geometry and frame material first!!...

have a look at a Dolan Hercules too!...

ENOUGH !!

It will take me over a week to just ride the bloody things at this rate.

enjoy it, I will hopefully be in a similar position in a few months time and am already up to about a hundred variations of a dozen or so frames...

Lynskey Cooper?....

[The Walrus]

That too.

The thing that appeals with the TI is that it could be a bike for life or a few years at least were as with the carbon has a shelf life and makes me nervous if I have a fall hit a pot hole etc, the plus side is it looks great I am not going to go into frame stiffness and comfort etc as I feel a lot of that comes down to geoemtry and not purely the materials used.

[Pupp]

Think you can worry too much about all this stuff ('though it's a nice problem to have); some of the best rides I have seen from club racers have been on 'old' or less than trendy kit.... legs, lungs, determination and bike - that order

[The Walrus]

You should see my hardtail and old 2004 hardrock, it lives up to its name as it has never broken apart from a headset and chain and it weighs as much as a large rock, I dare not put on a scale to see how much it weighs but it gives me a good workout.

P.S. Apologies for going completely off topic

[neil_bolton]

Why the change Paul?

[aberdeeneuan]

I've got a 2010 onix, bought from epic as they were near where I was working at the time. I really like mine, best fitting bike I tried for me, and it goes like the clappers when pushed.

Epic were great as well, they are based in the middle of nowhere in a barn and so the test rides were fantastic.

Plus, I've never seen another on the road so it stands out a lot (helps that mine is the carbon finish with orange decals!)