A new Orbea Orca is launched
Basque brand Orbea introduced a new Orca road race bike at the Press Camp in Deer Valley, Utah and here are the first images of this distinctive machine. It comes in a variety of component configurations and colorways, including a stealth black one, but we see those offerings all the time so we opted to photograph this slightly more colorful option. The Orca starts at $2,999 and goes all the way up to $11,000, and this mechanical Dura-Ace model is somewhere in the middle.
Orbea's goal for the new Orca was to make it lighter and stiffer. Welcome to the club.
Up close with the newly shapfront end of the 2015 Orbea Orca.
The seat cluster of the Orca is also very different from before and now features a slimmed down external seat post clamp.
The fork of the 2015 Orbea Orca race bike.
Two tone bare tape and mechanical Shimano Dura-Ace shifting on an FSA cockpit.
Shimano Dura-Ace components throughout here.
A closer look at the bottom bracket of the new Orbea Orca.
The dropouts look very clean and so does the cable routing.
Shimano Dura-Ace braking front and back.
A Prologo saddle is perched on an FSA K-Force post.
Vittoria Open Corsa tires on the vision Metron 40 wheels.
All images © Herbert Krabel / slowtwitch.com
