Is it possible to make a small batch, and sell this bolt to forum members?It took a lot longer than I expected but I finally have a custom pivot bolt for my Orbea
It's made from stainless steel
Hey everyone, I have a long post so feel free to skip to the next post if you already have an OIZ and don't need a full rundown. If you are sticking around I just wanted to send a general thanks to this thread as it was immensely helpful in convincing me to buy an Oiz TR without even testing it. I spread a bunch of rep around but I needed to say (type) it once more!
I felt I needed to give back a little to the person like me who might stumble on this thread like I did. Specifically when I discovered the cheapest santa cruz blur TR option that I liked was 7k dollars and I needed to start a new search and was watching UCI mtn biking and thought, "that orbea looks sweet, let me see what the mtbr forumites say about it".
What I found most helpful and what I wanted to leave here was measurement specifics for someone in between sizes. A few others upstream commented on it and I found it to be one of the most helpful things so I thought I would add to it since all bike fit calculators had me on a small. I am 5' 6"/167 cm, with a 29.5 inch/75cm inseam, and 53 inch/135.5cm sternal notch. I purchased a stock medium from Jenson (no orbea dealers in my state) and the fit is excellent. The dropper post sits about an inch to an inch and a half above the lowest possible position in the seat tube.
Over the last three years I test rode the following and pretty much knew what I wanted which included my roots of xc riding but wanting a little more for the trails here that are very rocky (Northern AZ riding) and I like to hit the jumps, which helped me make the decision to purchase it.
In order of testing....
Santa Cruz Bronson (fun bike, rode it three times, once in AZ and a two day rental in post canyon Oregon)
Santos Cruz 5010 (kind of bland to me)
Santa Cruz Hightower (meh)
Ibis Mojo 4 (this was a bear to ride uphill)
Ibis Mojo 3 (this is still an amazing bike, if I wasn't racing xc still I would have considered this a little more, thankfully my wife bought this bike and said I could ride whenever she wasn't, but I have not felt the need to yet)
Kona Hei Hei (awful)
Pivot Mach 4 (close call, price and ass-hat customer service from the demo guy drove me away)
Pivot Trail 429 (not as good as the mach 4)
So hopefully this helps some of you when deciding what to buy. I plan on leaving mine stock for the foreseeable future. With pedals and tubes it weighed in at 25.8. I converted to tubeless after the first week which was 146 miles/13 hours of riding and 11k feet of elevation. I literally took the week off of work that began with new bike day and I regret nothing! I haven't weighed it since the tubeless conversion but will eventually just out of curiousity. I will say that the stock seat is absolutely horrid. I put my old seat on (wtb volt) and am much happier for it.
So I think those are the most relative things I can think of for a prospective buyer. Thanks again for those that helped!
What stem and bars are you running? Length/rise?My bike came and I assembled it and got a quick ride in today to establish baseline settings. What a great riding XC bike!
I bought the M10 (xc version) and modified from there. Enve cockpit and wheels, Fox dropper, lots of little Wolftooth bits, and other little tweaks. All cables and hoses come assembled a bit long for my preference; plan on shortening all of them. My scale indicated exactly 21 pounds which I don't believe. I will swing by my local shop and see what their scale says.
I am 170# and 6'. It is a Large and fits well. I am at 92psi in the front and 160psi in the rear for now. I will try a larger volume spacer in the rear and will likely leave the front as is.
Fyi, you can fit two 24oz bottles in this frame by sliding the seat tube mounted bottle down. The bottle on the downtube could be a typical 26oz bottle if you wanted to run one.
Hi! I have a question to you as an Orbea Oiz owner from Estonia. Today I requested Tallinn dealer on the availability of Oiz M Pro TR (XL size) and was informed that they do not have this particular bike in stock, but they can order one from Orbea.Finally my 2022 Oiz M-Team TR arrived (wait time was 1y and 10 days)
As my trail bike wasn't available at the moment I immediately "trailed" my Oiz
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Wheels/tires and fork are borrowed from trail bike.
Saddle, dropper, handlebar and stem are planned changes.
I am not very tall but frame size is L because I really dont' like medium frame 425mm reach.
This Large feels very tiny compared to other manufacturers. With 60mm stem it's fine for me.
I haven't weighed this setup - probably somewhere between 10,5 and 11kg.
"Trail Slayer"I just got my 2020 Oiz M10 TR Myo. Happy days...
That metallic graphite grey / matte black Orbea colour scheme looks familiar!Thanks a lot WR304! You're right! I had to turn the cable tension screw several rotations in, now the middle position is always open. Perfect! :thumbsup:
I have also shortened that curved tube at the dropper remote so that I can mount it closer to the lever clamp, inside of that protusion of the XT lever that rests against the bars. With the Squidlock mounted outside, I felt the brake lever wasn't long enough to comfortably position my index finger. Mount inside, it's fine!
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To add more pictures edit your post in a web browser, scroll down to the bottom and click on Upload Images. At the top right when you click on Add Files there's a small + underneath that lets you include multiple pictures in one post.Somehow I have managed to upload one picture, but can't do any others! Anyway, here is one pic of my new Oiz in the wild, on our first ride yesterday. It's been a long time in the making (frame ordered last October - it is a LONG story). My old 2015 frame was 9mm and fork was non-boost, so it's also got new wheels and fork. 11spd Di2 (1x). I miss the icd electronic suspension, but at the very least it taught me to be liberal in my use of the switch (squidlock - I seem to have 3 positions on the rear but only 2 on the front - it's part of that long story and I'm only missing fully locked in the front so I'll leave it at that for now).
The Problem Solvers Bottle Cage Height Adapter works to fit a large bottle as well.View attachment 1351607
Here's a picture showing a Specialized Zee sideloader cage and 768ml (26 fl oz) Specialized Purist water bottle on the seat tube of my Size Large 2020 Orbea Oiz.
This is using the Wolftooth B-Rad 2 rail. It easily lowers the bottle cage down enough to clear the rear shock and feels very solid. It's not breaking off anytime soon!
In the picture there's quite a bit of excess rail sticking up. If I decide to keep using this I'm going to cut it down and remove that excess part. Although the Woftooth B-Rad 2 is easy to fit it's quite a solid bit of aluminium with 4 torx head bolts to attach it. Not a lightweight option.
The Elite Cannibal XC cages haven't turned up yet so I want to try them too before making a more final decision.