[Closed] Orbea Rallon

I love mine it’s a surprisingly good pedal and confidence inspiring when you point it down hill.

Most enduros are big days out. Despite some folks spouting nonsense about it being a multi stage dh race, the bikes are designed with big transfers and pedally stages in mind, generally.

A couple of mates have Rallons,  very nice bikes indeed, and both are bloody quick guys too.

i'm really liking mine, seems good at everything. big rides in the mountains, racing etc. first ride on it i found myself riding down something i'd always bottled it on with my old whyte g150. what really surprised me was how it dealt with technical climbing, find i get further up than i ever used to on the whyte.

Thanks for the replies, currently ride a codeine so no stranger to big wheels and long travel. It's a bit agricultural and after 5 years riding it things have moved on a bit. I hear the rallon descends well, any opinions on climbing technical and fire roads?

Ridden the previous 27.5 alu model for a while and I really liked it. Ticked all the boxes as a very capable all-rounder. Was light enough, had surprisingly good climbing manners, on a par with Cube Stereo's for technical climbing prowess, but a touch more stable and unruffled ploughing through stuff on the downs. I compared it to a Trek Fuel Ex 7 and Specialized Stumpjumper FSR (same trails) and it was better than both, but an unfair comparison, as they were older models and not equal travel or spec levels.

The carbon 29'er by all accounts is even better and looks the part to boot. I'd buy one for the right price!

Do try it first if you can. I tried one on the JE James test ride at the beginning of October (it was the reason I went) and while it was OK, it didn't set my world on fire as I hoped it would. It is however a competent all rounder, and I'd still be happy to ride one, but if you ask me if I'd hand over a bunch of my own cash...I'd hesitate.

sorry not to be more positive.

I’m still in the honeymoon period with mine but loving it. I feel it’s biggest strength is it’s climbing ability. I never touch the climbing switch either. Downhill is a blast. My normal trails are steep and tight, technical and already took PB’s on most tracks over my last bike YT Capra. Like you mentioned get a demo and see what you think.

I bought one at the beginning of summer. Before that I'd only had 26" bikes and tended to keep them a looong time before changing them. I was on a Santa Cruz Blur Ltc just before I test rode a Rallon and was more than happy with it.

Climbing is better than the Blur and downhill is a different world. I'm doing stuff now that I'd never do before, just because I'm much more confident on the bike and that's down to stability.

It weighs about the same as the Blur too, do it's fine on big days out.

I'm really impressed.

I received mine in May and have ridden loads due to the great summer.   It's a bit of a 'swiss army' bike in that it is good at everything, however you don't really notice how good it is until you compare it to what you could do on your other /older bike. (I recently owned a Devinci Troy, Banshee Rune & Spitfire and numerous other FS over 30 years)

For the amount of travel, it is an amazing climber especially on techy stuff- my lungs/heart give up before the bike.  Descending is a hoot- I wouldn't describe it as super plush, but it seems to work better the faster you go.   Its a kinda of neutral bike where you don't have to think about things, you find you just do it. Eg steep descents, techy climbs

As for all day rides,  I completed a C2C bikepacking trip on mine and the biggest day was 85 miles off road and was super comfy the whole day.

Try and get a test ride as the sizing is a wee bit 'inbetween' in comparison to other bikes.  I've ridden large frames for 30 yrs of MTBing and I went for a XL orbea- although I think I would be just as happy on the large.

I had a test ride on the Mondraker Foxy RR and I think the Foxy felt marginally better on some descents, but the Orbea was the better climber and is quiet (see Foxy review on front page).  You wouldn't be disppointed owning either though.

Great info everybody thanks everyone for you help, another question for owners, as lobby pointed out above, the sizing, looking at the Orbea site for my height - (5'7) i'm in the S/M size... the geo looks pretty much on a par with my current bike, but the Orbea rep reckons L? Anyone of a similar stature care to comment?

Don't read too much into the designated size names, the large is about what a medium should be IMO.

As it happens I sat on one and had a quick pedal around the other night. Definitely the size I'd have at 5ft 7.5in (29in inside leg).

I’ve been looking at Rallons for a few years now but lack of test rides has always kept me off them.  As above, JEJames now have them in the demo fleet so I’ll probably find out one way or the other soon.  I’m holding off riding until I’m a bit closer to purchase.

I note they’ve gone for L for the test bikes which presumably says they expect this to suit most people.

5'10" , demo'd a large, if anything it was a bit small surprisingly