Orbea has introduced two new path bikes for 2024; the Occam LT and the Occam SL. The LT pulls up as Orbea’s extra progressive path bike, boasting 150mm of rear wheel journey paired with a 160mm journey fork on a geometry-adjustable body. In the meantime, the SL is pitched because the quicker rolling of the 2, with 140mm of matched entrance and rear wheel journey.
2024 Orbea Occam Path Bikes
The Occam LT and Occam SL land in carbon (OMR) and aluminum (Hydro) fashions, all of that are largely re-configurable through Orbea’s intensive MyO customization platform.
Importantly, each the SL and LT bikes go slacker and longer than their predecessors, with appealingly progressive geometry numbers. And, there’s all of the bonus bits you might ever need, together with a straight seat tube that enables for monstrously giant seat submit insertion depths (230mm drop doable on all sizes), and helpful accoutrements akin to body storage and built-in instruments.
The linkage is of the linkage-driven single-pivot taste, whereby a pivot concentric to the rear axle is alleged to assist maintain the suspension energetic below braking.
Additionally new for 2024 is the replace to a SRAM UDH rear finish, making all the brand new bikes you see right here appropriate with SRAM Transmission. Altogether, the 2024 Occam Path Bikes appear a extra enticing proposition than ever earlier than.
Occam SL & LT – The Similar, However Totally different
To be clear, the brand new Occam LT and Occam SL path bikes run the exact same entrance and rear triangles. What units them aside are their suspension journey numbers. Once more, it’s 150/160mm for the LT, and 140/140mm for the SL. In accordance with their divergent intentions, the LT fashions get 4-piston brakes and aggressive tires with a gravity-focused tread sample. The SL fashions, however, get 2-piston brakes, and faster-rolling tires.
And, except the bottom spec fashions, the LT fashions get piggy-back shocks (with each air and coil choices to select from), whereas the SL fashions get lighter in-line shocks.
What units the frames aside is the yoke that drives the rear shock. These are distinct in each their form and materials.
The LT will get an aluminum yoke to drive the shock, that includes an eccentric QuickFlip Chip on the shock mount. That offers the LT two distinct geometry positions; excessive and low, and switching between them is alleged to require not more than 15 seconds of your time. Simply loosen the bolt, information the shock into the alternate place, and re-tighten.
That ought to be eons quicker than the the flipping of different manufacturers’ flip chips. Whereas they’ll, theoretically, be flipped trail-side, it’s normally a ache within the bottom; solely a motorcycle stand makes the method frustration-free. Orbea’s little eccentric innovation is a very nice addition.
In the meantime, the Occam SL body will get a lighter carbon shock extender. It’s sans QuickFlip Chip, so there isn’t any different geometry available with this 140mm configuration.
Orbea does plan to supply the distinct shock yokes aftermarket, however pricing on these just isn’t but accessible. That can imply that house owners of the SL can improve their body to an LT ought to they want to make the bike a extra succesful descender. Alternatively, house owners of the LT could make their bike an SL, ought to they want to profit from a lighter and livelier shorter journey bike. It goes with out saying that riders may also have to supply the related shock and fork to finish the transition.
One other differentiator can be the distant lock-out supplied on the Occam SL builds. These bikes make use of Orbea’s patented i-Line system that stealthily routes a cable by the highest tube to the shock. It depends on the SquidLock bar-mounted distant additionally featured on Orbea’s XC race bike; the OiZ. Besides, right here on the Occam it’s a push-to-lock affair, as a substitute of a push-to-unlock.
Occam LT
- Bike: 2024 Orbea Occam LT
- Fork Journey: 160mm
- Rear Wheel Journey: 150mm
- Body Materials: OMR Carbon & Hydroformed Aluminum
- Wheel Measurement: 29″
- Measurement Availability: S-XL
- Beginning Value: $4,999 USD (OMR) // $3,599 USD (Hydro)
As in comparison with its predecessor, the 2024 Orbea Occam LT is a slacker, longer bike total, with a 64° head angle and a wheelbase of 1257mm in its lowest setting (measurement giant). Attain is up by round 10mm throughout the body sizes, now at 480mm on the massive. All body sizes get the identical 440mm chainstay.
One other notable change is seen on the seat tube. It’s now straight, maximizing the permissible seat submit insertion depth to permit all body sizes to accomodate a 230mm dropper seat submit. I’m informed all body sizes can run such a submit with out the rear tire contacting the again of the saddle at full compression and full journey.
Proper sufficient, it’s extremely unlikely anybody on a small body might be wanting 230mm drop, nevertheless it’s a formidable declare all the identical. Seat tubes are shorter on the brand new bike for the M, L & XL frames, however significantly longer on the S at 405mm (up from 381mm). So, regardless of the elevated insertion depth, it’s unlikely that shorter riders will profit from any further clearance.
The seat tube sits extra upright for 2024, now at 77° within the low geo place. It goes steeper within the excessive geo place to 77.5°, a change that concomitantly steepens the pinnacle angle to 64.5°, and will increase attain by 5mm. The underside bracket peak distinction is 8mm, at 342mm within the low setting.
Occam SL
- Bike: 2024 Orbea Occam SL
- Fork Journey: 140mm
- Rear Wheel Journey: 140mm
- Body Materials: OMR Carbon & Hydroformed Aluminum
- Wheel Measurement: 29″
- Measurement Availability: S-XL
- Beginning Value: $4,799 USD (OMR) // $3,199 USD (Hydro)
Geometry is mounted on the SL. We’ve a 65.5° head angle and 440mm stays, with a wheelbase of 1245mm in a measurement giant. Once more, chainstay size is constant throughout the dimensions vary. Attain is 5mm longer on the SL, at 490mm in a big. This bike boasts the steepest seat tube angle of 78°, and the bottom BB at 341mm.
Different Body Particulars
All 2024 Occam frames (OMR Carbon and Hydro) run thru-headset cable routing. In additional optimistic information, all are endowed with the LOCKR body storage, the FLP multi-tool (2, 3, 4 and 5mm hex) and a 6mm hex saved within the rear axle.
For essentially the most half, cables are guided internally, with tubes operating from the rear to round mid-way up the downtube. Right here, across the level of the LOCKR door, the tubes come to an finish. Silicon plugs on the body entry and exit factors are stated to assist retains issues quiet. For a similar purpose, we see intensive keep safety on the drive-side, that runs proper up alongside the chainstay to the chainring.
For the avoidance of any doubt, the geometry tables above pertain additionally to the hydro (aluminum) fashions. These frames get their welds polished easy to provide an identical aesthetic to the carbon tube shapes. That is the place the very best worth for cash is available, in case you’re keen to pedal across the additional grams that include an aluminum body. Sadly, we haven’t been supplied with weights for the Hydro fashions, so we will’t inform you precisely what that weight penalty is.
- Threaded BB
- 203mm most rear rotor measurement
- SRAM UDH
- Increase (12mm x 148mm) spacing
Pricing & Availability
Orbea promote all 2024 Occam OMR & Hydro frames with a lifetime guarantee. All fashions proven beneath are customizable utilizing the MyO platform, permitting riders to swap out vital parts like suspension, wheels, brakes and tires.
Occam LT M-TEAM – $8,599 USD
Occam LT M10 – $6,499 USD
Occam LT M30 – $4,999 USD
Occam LT H20 – $4,399 USD
Occam LT H30 – $3,599 USD
Occam SL M-LTD – $10,599 USD
Occam SL M10 – $6,499 USD
Occam SL M30 – $4,799 USD
Occam SL H30 – $3,199 USD
Occam SL H20 – $3,999 USD
Occam SL H10 – $4,399 USD
