Orbea Occam 29 Carbon

Orbea Occam 29 Carbon Description

Orbea is perhaps best-known for its association with the Euskaltel-Euskadi professional road racing team, but the Basque company is creating quite a bit of buzz in the off-road world as well. When we described the 26-inch Orbea Occam Carbon, we touted its utility as a superior endurance racer due to its comfortable, active suspension, lightness, and meticulous craftsmanship. Of course, we stand by that claim, but 29er fans now have a big-wheeled, trail-taming option from Orbea -- the Occam 29 Carbon. Like the 26-inch Occam Carbon, the Occam 29 Carbon uses Orbea"s Silver grade carbon fiber. The front triangle is molded as one piece, with no joints. This process keeps the weight low while also increasing strength. Also similar to the 26-inch Occam, the seatstays are made of aluminum. Since the seatstays on any frame are subject to compressive forces, and carbon fiber is weakest in compression, this is an intelligent material substitution.Despite these design parallels, the Occam 29 Carbon is not simply the 26-inch Occam, tweaked -- it was developed as an all-new platform using Orbea"s Advanced Dynamics technology. From the earliest stages of design, Orbea analyzed the Occam 29 Carbon"s performance in a computer simulation with virtual riders on board. Why is this so important? The variable and dynamic forces exerted onto a mountain bike by the rider are an integral part of how the bike accelerates, stops, and tracks over bumps, so it makes sense that Orbea considered these forces in their design process from the get-go. Of course, when a prototype was ready, Orbea replaced their virtual riders with real ones for exhaustive on-trail testing. It"s unfortunate that in some mountain biking circles, the phrase "single-pivot" has become synonymous with "unrefined" or even "archaic." This is nonsense. Single-pivot suspension designs such as the one found on the Occam 29 Carbon are still relevant, and often preferred, for good reason.

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