Orbea bikes anyone ?

Incyder

hello cyclists

I'm looking for a new mountain bike and a dealer here sells trek, orbea, basso

When comparing a £650 trek mountain bike today with a £485 orbea the cheaper model was looking better. Deore rather than alivio gears and same forks and same spec hydro brakes.

I am tempted but would appreciate views on Orbea as apart from now knowing they are Spanish and known for racing bikes, I had never heard of them.

thelawnet

Incyder wrote: »

hello cyclists

I'm looking at a new mountain bike and a dealer here sells trek, orbea, basso

When comparing a £650 trek mountain bike today with a £485 orbea the cheaper model was looking better. Deore rather than alivio gears and same forks and same spec hydro brakes.

I am tempted but would appreciate views on orbea as apart from now knowing they are spanish and known for racing bikes I had never heard of them

£650 is rather steep for Alivio, the Deore groupset is about £200 retail.

Which specific models were they? Look carefully at the full spec, the usual trick is to fit a higher spec rear derailleur because it's so conspicuous and then use lower spec for the rest of the components.

rugbyleague

Orbea produce great road bikes I have an Orbea Orca which is rather nice.....

good advise on the previous post check to see if all the groupset is all the same spec (brakes, gears, chain set etc) some manufacturers can add cheap no name parts and have named brands in clearly visible areas.

wheels are also an area of cost saving.

Incyder

Thanks, this is the Orbea at £485

http://www.pictoncycles.co.uk/orbea-sate-hardtail-mountain-bike-2011/product_info.php/products_id/1175?osCsid=5279c31c0449b0b07ea26cbd06ec026f




The Trek is this one, £600 not 650 my error, sorry.



http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/mountain_hardtail/4_series/4500disc/

cardinalbiggles

I think the Orbeas have lifetime frame warranties as well and are apparently built in Spain, not that thats a great issue since the best frame factories are in Taiwan.

thelawnet

Incyder wrote: »

Thanks, this is the Orbea at £485

http://www.pictoncycles.co.uk/orbea-sate-hardtail-mountain-bike-2011/product_info.php/products_id/1175?osCsid=5279c31c0449b0b07ea26cbd06ec026f




The Trek is this one, £600 not 650 my error, sorry.



http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/mountain_hardtail/4_series/4500disc/

As I thought: it's not really Deore vs Acera, but rather:

rear derailleur: Deore Shadow (low-profile) vs Alivio
front dereailleur: Tourney vs Alivio
shifters: Acera vs Alivio
brakes: M485 vs M445
cranks: Phaeton 150 (????) vs Alivio
cassette: SRAM 8-speed vs Sram 9-speed

The Trek has a more consistent set of parts, the Tourney front derailleur is particularly low-end, and I'm not keen on 8-speed really.

Try here for more advice: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=20005