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Orbea Oiz H adds affordable alloy to their modern XC race mountain bike

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike
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Orbea’s XC news for this summer is affordability – thanks to a new aluminum frameset for their latest Oiz full-suspension cross-country bike. The new hydroformed, polished-weld alloy frame is almost indiscernible from its carbon brethren, except for a few hundred grams in extra weight and its staring prices close to half of the carbon version.

2020 Orbea Oiz H affordable alloy XC mountain bikes

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike

The new alloy Oiz H frameset uses a butted & hydroformed 2020 aluminum alloy tubeset that Orbea first welds, then smooths & polishes by hand.

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike

Not only for a look that could easily be mistaken for the OMR carbon, Orbea says the careful hand work minimizes stresses at tubing junctions.

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike 2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike

Besides the alloy frame, a new forged alloy link saves significant cost at a small weight penalty over the 59g Fiberlink of the OMR bike debuted last summer.

Orbea Oiz OMR gets a Two Stroke update with their best XC suspension frame yet

The alloy Oiz H frames all fall into the TR marathon trail category of Orbea’s XC Two Stroke travel & geometry concept. That means the bikes all feature 120mm or rear wheel travel, paired to 120mm forks, with a 68° headtube, 74° seattube & 435mm chainstays.

The alloy bike shares the same high single-pivot suspension design as the carbon version, relying on seatstay flex in lieu of an additional pivot in the rear triangle. All of the Oiz bikes feature the new hidden straight line hidden internal routing for a rear shock remote lockout.

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike

The new alloy  & carbon+alloy bikes get remote lock forks & shocks with standard remotes. But Orbea’s nice new Squidlock 3-position remote that combines fork, shock & optionally a dropper is available as an upgrade for an extra $75/60€.

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike Squidlock

You can also buy the Squidlock separately if you have any mechanically-operated, 3-position fork, shock & dropper you want to declutter into one remote.

OMR Carbon frame + Alloy link

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike

Of course, the new affordable alloy bikes get the more angular, alloy link. But Orbea also added two more affordable OMR carbon framed bikes with the alloy link at the M20 & M30 level to help bring the price down by up to $1000€!

Pricing, options & availability

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike
2020 OIZ 29 M20 & M30

The Oiz OMR carbon frame + new alloy link is available in the 120mm travel $4300 / 3900€ Oiz 29 M20 TR with SRAM X01/GX Eagle, or the 110mm travel $4000 / 3700€ Oiz 29 M30 with Shimano XT/SLX.

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike
2020 OIZ 29 H10

The full aluminum Oiz H frameset is available in three complete builds, all with 120mm of marathon trail travel. The $3300 / 3000€ Oiz 29 H10 includes Fox Performance suspension, a GX Eagle groupset, Shimano MT501 brakes & a house dropper seatpost.

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike
2020 OIZ 29 H20

The $3000 /2800€ Oiz 29 H20 also gets Fox Performance suspension, with a new XT/SLX mixed 1×12 drivetrain, MT501 brakes & no dropper standard (can be added extra).

2020 Orbea Oiz H ally XC bike, affordable aluminum cross-country trail mountain bike
2020 OIZ 29 H30

The $2600 / 2400€ Oiz 29 H30 gets the Performance-level shock & a Fox 32 Rhythm fork, plus a SLX 12sp drivetrain, MT501 brakes & again a rigid seatpost. No alloy framesets are available, only the $3500 / 3300€ full OMR carbon version.

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More of a burrito fan.
More of a burrito fan.
4 years ago

Those look nice!

GreenPlease
GreenPlease
4 years ago

The H30 model appears to be great value for the money. Add a dropper, put some nice rubber on, and hit the trails. My $0.02 I’m glad that this bike has middle of the road geo rather than the whole “longer, lower, slacker” trend which just turns everything into a downhill bike. If I hadn’t just bought a Fuel Ex I would be seriously eyeing this bike.

Gary
4 years ago
Reply to  GreenPlease

Yeah, that H30 looks very attractive, and you can line-item spec a dropper post, upgrade tires (Maxis Ardent,) and the “Squidlock” remote for modest additional costs.

Kat
Kat
4 years ago
Reply to  GreenPlease

GreenPlease, I am a huge fan of my Orbea Occam for that reason: Orbea did not succumb to the trend of excessively “longer, lower, slacker.” I really think some “all mountain” bikes are becoming almost unrideable unless you’re descending 80-90% of the time. My Occam climbs fantastically and doesn’t require that I have the world’s longest torso to get the right size. And it still descends like a champ with 150/150mm suspension. Very practical. And fun as heck.

Also, can we talk about how those aluminum welds look waaaay better than the new CAAD bikes that Cannondale just released?!?

Dan
Dan
4 years ago

Hope the new AL frames are stronger than the carbon Oiz. The pivots on my 4 month old OIZ M10-TR had so much play that the shock bolt bent and now it can’t be serviced. Orbea is not being very responsive to my local shop either.

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