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All-new Orbea Occam reshaped into long, slack all-mountain-ready trail bike

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike
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The Orbea Occam gets a complete design and personality overhaul, combining the best of both its TR trail & AM all-mountain predecessors, into one unified trail bike ready for whatever mountain biking your get into. While the previous generation of the Occam made you chose between efficient climbing or long travel, this new bike hits right in the sweet spot with 140mm of rear wheel travel and 29″ wheels.

2020 Orbea Occam 140mm all-mountain 29er trail bike

Maybe chalk it up to improved design, construction & better components than two years ago when the last Occam debuted, but this new version promises the best “speed, stability, weight & climbing efficiency” characteristics of both the old TR & AM bikes in a single package. With 29″ wheels only (no more 27.5 or 27.5+ options), the new Occam gets 140mm of rear wheel travel and the option to tailor your build to individual riding style with 140mm of 150mm forks.

Tech details

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike
courtesy Orbea

Now firmly defined as a trail bike, the new Occam promises much improved technical capability over the old TR thanks to an extra 20mm of travel in the new suspension design. Gone is the old pivotless rear end, replaced by another new single-pivot suspension with a pivot concentric around the rear axle, and an asymmetric main frame.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

From a kinematics standpoint the new frame isn’t so different than before, although it does look to have raised the main single pivot a bit. With rear end flex replaced by a concentric rear axle pivot, the new Occam still drives a toptube-mounted inline shock with a short linkage. But how that hits the frame is all-new.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

The new asymmetric design offsets a cross bar between the seat & downtubes towards the driveside to better accommodate suspension & drivetrain forces, like on the new Orbea Rallon enduro bike. Here it’s less about shock access, but allowed Orbea to build a stiffer frame while still squeezing a full-sized water bottle in too. They even say it helps get the weight of a full bottle lower in the frame, and offsetting drivetrain weight on the opposite side of the bike.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

The carbon Occams use Orbea’s high-end OMR carbon to mold the monocoque frames, mixing hi-mod & high-strength fibers to optimize performance & durability. While carbon makes it simple to create such shaping, a butted & hydroformed alloy frame gets the same detailing – even down to similar looking smooth welds – in a heavier, but more affordable version.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

No matter the material, all of the new Occams share internal cable routing, classic threaded bottom brackets, built-in rubber downtube & chainstay protection, and sealed Enduro pivot bearings. The 1x only bikes feature integrated chain guides on the main pivot, 31.6mm posts with internal dropper routing, Boost spacing, and include Orbea’s Lifetime Warranty.

New Occam trail bike Geometry

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

Available in four stock frame sizes (S-XL), the new 140mm travel Occam is longer & slacker than even the old AM version. The new bike slackens out to a half to one-and-a-half degrees to a 66° head angle. At the same time it steepens up three degrees to a 77° seat angle to get weight forward when climbing. The front end grows about 2cm across the range to be paired with ever shorter stems, the rear end grows to a 44cm chainstay length with a slightly lower bottom bracket.

Pricing & availability

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike
Occam H20 Eagle

As always, Orbea offers the Occam in a wide range of build options – with prices starting from 2300€ in alloy for the Occam H30 with SLX (H is for hydroformed), $3000 / 2800€ for H20 w/ NX Eagle or SLX/XT, and $3500 / 3300€ for H10 with XT.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

Carbon bikes start at $4000 / 3800€ with the M30 & SLX, up to $8000 / 7600€ for the top Occam M-LTD carbon model with XTR 12-speed.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike
Occam M-Ltd

Orbea is always big on customization, so their MyO custom build tool really lets you dial in the spec you want. Pick the shorter travel 140mm forks for more climbing and you get a Fox 34 fork. Go for more aggressive trail riding with 150mm up front, and Orbea specs the more burly Fox 36.

2020 Orbea Occam trail bike, 140mm all-mountain carbon 29er mountain bike

And the spec choices don’t stop there, with semi-custom paint as well to make your Occam one-of-a-kind.

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jasonmiles31
4 years ago

I wonder if moving the cross bar to the left side would have compromised the structure. I usually grab my bottles with my right hand so left side would have been more convenient.

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4 years ago
Reply to  jasonmiles31

i think its on the drive side because most photos are taken of the drive side, kinda dumb, my brain almost goes into meltdown thinking about a left handed bottle draw

Ricardo
Ricardo
4 years ago
Reply to  jasonmiles31

Funny a lot of people are saying that but I’m right handed and I use my left hand to grab the bottle to keep my right hand on the bar for better control and braking.

Soddamarre
Soddamarre
4 years ago
Reply to  jasonmiles31

The cross bar forces the bottle a bit to the left from center which would counteract the heavier drive side according to their website.

Marian
Marian
4 years ago

What kind of bottom bracket does aluminium version have, threaded or pressfit???

stiingya
4 years ago
Reply to  Marian

threaded like the carbon version

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