The New Orbea Rise | Everything You Need to Know.

As the Wild is the ebike brother of the Rallon, so the new Orbea Rise is the equivalent ebike to the Occam do-it-all machine in its two distinct flavours.

The new Orbea Rise is another half fat ebike that doesn’t actually look like an ebike, be it in its SL or LT forms. Fresh geometry, kinematics, battery and motor means this is a very different beast to the outgoing model.

Orbea have released two flavours of their brand new mid-power ebike, the Rise SL and the Rise LT, mirroring the Occam family in their intended uses. The SL a faster, leaner trail bike, whilst the LT is aimed at more aggressive riding.

At the heart of the new Rise is the Shimano EP801 RS motor that has improved comms protocol than the outgoing model with the new system replacing the Profiles 1 and 2 with RS Gen 2 and RS Gen 2 MC (Mountain Control). In the former, you get the same 65Nm of the older motor, but in Gen 2 MC, you get a max 85Nm, a 15% torque increase like the other EP801 motors. This motor is more intelligent too, adjusting power to rider inputs for better performance on technical climbs and operates better at lower cadences.

There’s also three new batteries, a 630Wh battery, a 420Wh unit and a 210Wh range extender, all come with 16% greater energy density than their older counterparts. The range extender is half the size of the old Orbea range extender. Using the range extender does see a 15% lower motor output but you can sleep the extender to use the main battery first.

Any eagle-eyed race fans will have spotted the prototype Rise under Damien Oton and Gabi Torralba at the EDR-E events, the new Rise is the result of that real world testing. The new Rise sports an assymetric front triangle, size-specific frame stiffness and a stiffer rear triangle thanks to a larger cross-section chainstay.

Orbea succeeded in their aim to put the same length chainstays on the Rise as the Occam, with the full 29″ bike sporting a sensible 440mm chainstay. You also get the Steep n Deep seat tube that allows for maximum seat post insertion.

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Like the Occam LT and SL, the Rise LT and SL sport 150mm rear/160mm front and 140/140mm respectively. Both bikes sport the new Fox Grip dampers and the Rise LT is designed for use with piggyback shocks. Anti squat on the Rise LT is 115% at sag, with anti rise at 60%. On the Rise SL anti squat rises (WHEY) to 120% with anti rise staying at 60%.

Headsets on the Rise aim to keep the internal routing faff low by using the highest quality stainless bearings and the frames use fully sealed bearings throughout. Co-moulded frame protection is augmented by the ‘second skin’ protection.

Carbon fibre only bikes are on offer for both the Rise LT and Rise SL, the M10 and M-Team in the LT and M10 and M-Ltd for the SL. and top-tier the M-Ltd. The Rise LT M10 costs £7,599.00 and the M-Team £9,999.00, with the Rise M-Ltd SL and Rise M10 SL coming in at £10,999.00 and £7,199.00 respectively.

Geometry

Reach on the Rise LT in Large is 480mm with a 430mm seat tube. Head angle in Low is 64 degrees with seat tube angle of 77 degrees. Chainstays are 440mm with a wheelbase of 1258mm.

Reach on the Rise SL in Large is 490mm with a seat tube of 430mm. Head angle is 65.6 degrees with a seat tube angle of 78 degrees. Chainstays are 440mm with a wheelbase of 1245mm.

Orbea Rise LT models

Orbea Rise LT M10

Key features:

  • Fox 36 factory 160mm fork
  • Fox Float X Factory shock
  • Shimano XT 12-speed drive
  • Shimano EP801 RS Gen 2 motor
  • Orbea 420Wh battery
  • Shimano XT 4-piston brakes
  • Oquo MC32 TEAM wheels
  • OC Mountain Control dropper
  • £7,599.00 RRP

Orbea Rise LT M-Team

Key features:

  • Fox 36 Factory 160mm fork
  • Fox DHX2 coil shock
  • Shimano XTR/XT Di2 12-speed drive
  • Shimano EP801 RS Gen 2 motor
  • Orbea 420Wh battery
  • Shimano XTR 4-piston brakes
  • Oquo MC32 LTD wheels
  • Fox Transfer Factory dropper
  • £9,999.00 RRP

Orbea Rise SL models

Orbea Rise M10 SL

Key features:

  • Fox 34 Factory 140mm fork
  • Fox Float Factory shock
  • Shimano XT 12-speed drive
  • Shimano EP801 RS Gen 2 motor
  • Orbea 420Wh battery
  • Shimano XT 2-piston brakes
  • Oquo MC32 TEAM wheels
  • OC Mountain Control dropper
  • £7,199.00 RRP

Orbea Rise M-Ltd SL

Key features:

  • Fox 34 Factory 140mm fork
  • Fox Float Factory shock
  • SRAM XX AXS Eagle T-type 12-speed drive
  • Shimano EP801 RS Gen 2 motor
  • Orbea 420Wh battery
  • Shimano XTR 4-piston brakes
  • Oquo MC32 LTD wheels
  • Fox Transfer Factory dropper
  • £10,999.00 RRP

You can check out the new Orbea Rise SL and LT over on their website here.


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