I have a few. I’m a bit biased maybe but I always try to give my honest opinion to people. Climbs great, like you say. For descending it’s less confident than my Rallon but it is by no means nervous. It descends really well i think, for me it’s a mini enduro bike. Igor our guide set a KOM on the launch on a well used trail in Ainsa. He prefers it to his Rallon because the size is better for him and he is sending pretty big jumps and riding it hard. Some people prefer an extra spacer in the shock.

For me it’s a great bike. Our trails are tough and I never feel like the bike isn’t up to it or is holding me back. I’m faster down on my Rallon, igor says he is faster on the Occam. He’s a better rider than me.

I’m writing something for my website on the bike. Should be up this week. The aluminium one looks amazing. I’ve got those for hire and then the carbon one for me.

Me on YouTube? At the launch? I never saw it!

That is the build for me. Shimano XT, XTR brakes, carbon, OC dropper and gold and black. Matt. 🙂

Really wanted a carbon one but found the sizing odd for me.

Doesn’t tie in with my feel of the bike. Stiff and nervous, too stiff, etc. it just doesn’t sound like my bike.

The enduro mag crash was nothing to do with crank length! I was there picking up the pieces! Flat our round a corner, tried to jump a section and didn’t see a massive rock. The sequence of photos is brilliant! The bike is quite low and pedal strikes can happen though, I agree with that.

Cables are internally guided plus externally guided.

I don’t want it to seem like I’m defending the bike. Just trying to give the info I have.

I rode one of Doug’s hire Occams for a day last summer in preference to my Zesty, though they look pretty similar. (Gah. Should read thread titles. Not a 2020, obviously. Rest stands.)

Anyway, I’ve regretted it ever since as I want one. Just felt nice, lighter and responsive than my bike, and easier to get weight off the front wheel. (this is as a deeply average rider whose wheels very rarely leave the ground other than by accident.)

I think that must be a typo. If you look at the spec for the M-LTD on the Orbea site, that’s definitely a Grip 2 150, which shows that Fox do supply them in that configuration.

My Oiz has custom Fox components, so OEM spec can differ from their aftermarket stuff.

Hey guys, I’ve got acronymitis but if someone can explain the question I can ask Orbea or answer myself. Is it asking if the fork upgrade is Grip2 plus 150mm instead of 160mm or Fit4 to tie in with what shows as available options on the Fox site? Sorry, maybe being a bit slow. We just got our forks changed for a little filming thing but I can also check on the hire bikes and update here.

Hi Doug,
Doubt it’s really anymore of an issue than a bit of acronym salad on the website but they list the 36 upgrade as being GRIP2 RC2 which as far as I know is 2 different versions of the same thing i.e damping cartridge.
Also the 36 isn’t available retail in 150mm with GRIP2 but I think we’ve ascertained that it’s likely something Orbea can spec as an OEM as Fox do supply air cartridges in 140/150/160 for GRIP2 36’s.

I sure do hope that they are easier to setup than they are to figure out which model you have.!! 😀

Demo’d an m30 today. Looking at numbers and spec I thought it looked spot on. Pretty sure I’m going to get one. Though the fuel ex was also very nice. I’m sure I’d get on well with either.

We’ve had a few of the entry level Occams through the workshop in work – they are very decently specced for the price. If I was looking at a full-sus it would definitely be on my list. (I’m not though, I’m waiting on an Orbea Laufey hardtail – due in three weeks. 😁 )

@doug_basqueMTB.com, I ordered the green/orange H-Ltd, with the optional XT four pot brakes and DT wheels. It’s almost exactly the bike I was looking for last year but couldn’t quite find. Interestingly, it’s almost identical to the Orange Crush (in spec and geometry) but significantly cheaper. Especially trade rates! 😁 I was tempted to upgrade the fork to the 36 Factory but that would mean my HT would have a better fork than my full-sus, and that didn’t feel right for a foul weather, put it away muddy bike.

How tall are you? I’m 179cm and have gone for the large.

Apologies for the thread revival but my XL Occam M10 finally arrived, picked it up from the guys at Pedals Bike Care in Edinburgh last Saturday and after a fraught week of other stuff getting in the way I finally made it out for a shakedown today.

Firstly though, serious shout out to James and the guys at Pedals, have been around bikeshops for 30 years and they are just about the best, it’s the first shop I’ve been into in many years where they actually had stuff in the shop that I wanted to buy and aside from that they were great with the protracted process to get this bike (ordered on 2nd November!), definately give them a shout if you are looking for something, they’ll look after you.

The bike though.. wow.. what a thing, mine is a MyO so it’s a colour scheme just for me and I think it’s lovely, paint seems like good quality and finish was perfect, even more so now it’s been Invisiframed (the guys at Pedals did an immaculate job of that too!)

It’s a complete rocketship as well, coming from a 2015 Banshee Spitfire and it’s noticably faster uphill and night and day faster down, the bike is just completely planted, I was initially just hanging on feeling like it was rushing away from me but got used to it pretty quick. Stopped after Spooky and took 4 clicks of HSC off the 36’s and one click faster on the DHX2’s rebound and off I went again..  and now it was seriously impressing me, the HSC calmed the fork down and had it gliding over the chatter.. the rebound adjustment had the back end feeling buttery smooth but nice and poppy as well.

On the climb up I had been a little worried that the slack front and big 29″ wheel was going to make it hard to get the front up but once it’s heading down the whole bike is just so stable in the air, I was very quickly running out of talent to keep up with this thing.

It took me almost 6 months of tweaking to get totally happy with the Spitfire and it’s DBAir, I feel like I’m at the same point with this bike after one ride.

Just to wrap up what has become a bit of a novel, couple of points that were mentioned in reviews..  I had zero cable noise, the bike is silent apart from that lovely tyre noise as the DHF WT and Aggressor WT (Pedals were happy to make some substitutions for me, seriously, call these guys they are awesome.!), I did have a couple of minor pedal strikes despite having 170mm cranks but it feels like something i just need to adapt to rather than a proper issue.

So bottom line, if you are thinking about it and like it, get one.. better still give the guys at Pedals a call and ask them if they’ve got one in your size.. they have a couple in store ready to go.

https://pedalsbikecare.co.uk/

Oh and here mine is on their Instagram (latest post), feel free to rip on the colours all you like. I think it’s beautiful..

https://www.instagram.com/p/B92NIYDHHnH/

I’m 6’4″ and the XL is just perfect.. the 170mm dropper is about 1″ out of the frame. Feels lovely and roomy when out of the saddle and just about perfect when sat down.

Hopefully you don’t have to wait too long for it. Do you know if it made it out of Spain yet.?

That and the fact you won’t actually be able to ride it for 6 months…..

I’m 185 and got a large. I’m also between sizes but managed to get a demo and was happy with the large. The steeper seat angle makes it feel shorter than the reach and wheelbase suggests. What are you riding now? Have a look on geometrygeeks website, should help you get a proper comparison.

I’d say Large. I’m 175cm on a large, albeit 2016 model, and I’ve been a medium on every other bike I’ve had. The geometry has changed a bit since but I definitely wouldn’t want the cockpit any shorter and allows you to run a shorter stem.

I’m 170 on a large and it feels right. It’s taken a while to get used to it but that’s more to do with my old bikes geo than faults with this bike. I got the H20 Shimano. Lots of folk aske dif it’s a carbon frame it’s finished so nicely.

Bruneep, could you get a 170mm dropper in your current frame? Worth checking as that’s what the large comes with. Well the m30 does.

Looking at those nunbers, unless you think your current bike is too big, I’d go large.