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Advice needed
Currently looking at two options (Procaliber 9.7 or Orbea Oiz M30) to purchase on my cycle to work scheme (have to use a specific local bike shop due to the company I work for - don't ask - so limited to Orbea, Trek, Bianchi, Genesis).
The Orbea model I am looking at is the current OIZ M30 I9 (£3200) which has this slightly older OMP frame. This Singletrackworld article regarding the newer OMR frames mentions the old OMP frame having lateral flex and rattle on the rear shock link. It also talks about cable rattle on the older frame. Has anyone got one of these bikes / frames who can comment on this issue? The more expensive models have the newer frame mentioned in the article but that is an extra £1000!
The Procaliber is the other slightly cheaper option (£2,250) but as a soft-tail instead of a full suspension bike. Does anyone have any experience of this bike and or able to provide comparison on the Orbea...?
For reference, I generally ride XC in Chilterns / Swinley area and am a slightly large 6 ft 3 inch rider!
I've not got any direct experience of the Procaliber, but since your post is about to fall off the front page....
Got the isospeed decoupler on my Trek Doughmane and love it. It's so amazingly comfy. Hankered after a Procaliber as a consequence ever since.
My missus is about to sell her aluminium Procaliber. Considering she's not a fan of hardtails, she maintains that it's the best one she's had.
In her words, her Top fuel just does everything better, so no need for it anymore. The other hardtail is a Pace RC127+ and that's going too!
I looked at the Oiz but ended up getting a bargain on a Scott Spark RC. If it was me, it would be full suspension every time now. The 100mm XC bikes are very efficient these days and comfier on long rides.
Love my Oiz, not sure of OMP or OMR but bought in 2017. Haven’t noticed cable rattle - running a 1X if that makes a difference. Haven’t noticed any flex in the shock link or noise/rattle from it. The only exception to this is if the main pivot bolt comes loose - I can pick up the movement straight away if that happens (2 or 3 times so far).
use it for XC and racing. Great on the more technical short courses, but also good for 3-4hr rides. Coming from a 26” wheel bike, it still feels slightly big through narrow singletrack but on open trails like SDW or Ridgeway it is incredible.
6ft and 84KG and riding a large. I did need a lay back seat post and a longer stem to get comfortable
I'm 6'3" and ride an XL Procaliber from time to time. I got it secondhand to replace an old Kinesis FF29. It doesn't feel like a 100% XC machine, albeit I've reduced the stem length slightly. The IsoSpeed do-dah is more or less invisible/unnoticeable to me at least. I know it's doing its stuff, but it doesn't do it as obviously as a short-travel FS frame would. It is impressively stiff laterally though - I certainly struggle to feel any flex even when mashing the pedals. Much, much stiffer than the FF29 it replaced.
Small things to note: its PF92, which is a little bit of a pain. I've upgraded it using a Wheels Manufacturing Thread Together BB, as it needed changing out anyway after a fair amount of use, and I found one cheap (unused) secondhand. Second thing is that although it is internally-routed for front and rear mech, on my frame there is no way of routing a stealth dropper. I may be out of date with this, as my frame is a couple of years old, but unless I routed the cable around the BB shell, and then out the routing port for the front mech, it wouldn't work. I ended up fitting a Magura wireless dropper, which has been superb. This may, of course, not be a consideration for you, but as I use it as a 'do-everything' hardtail, including 24hr races, I wanted to be able to run a dropper from time to time.