Orbea has given the Rallon a new basic structure and changed a few things in the process: The enduro bike is now only available with a carbon frame in all equipment variants; until now, the Rallon has always rolled on an aluminum frame. And there is a lot of asymmetry in this new carbon frame:

In order to keep the standover height low, the shock has been moved twelve millimetres from the virtual center to the right. In return, the bottle cage on the down tube is offset five millimetres to the left. The icing on the cake of this design is that there is only a connection from the seat tube to the middle of the top tube on the left-hand side of the frame, leaving the frame and access to the shock open on the right. This asymmetry is remotely reminiscent of the rear triangle of the Demos from Specialized.

When it comes to the other key data, however, the Basque is reluctant to offer anything out of the ordinary: the rear triangle offers 150 millimetres of travel and the forks are equipped with 160 millimetres of travel. The bolted bottom bracket is remarkable; the new Rallon has no place for a crack-prone press-fit bearing. The geometry of the 29er enduro bike has a slack 65.5 degree head angle, which can be adjusted by half a degree to 65 degrees using a flip chip. At 435 millimetres, the chainstays are the trendy short, while the 455 millimetre reach in size large follows the trend towards long, but is not extremely long.

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