Any road cyclist who hasn’t noticed the rise and rise of the lightweight/aero bike must have been living under a stone. Almost all lightweight bikes have gained aero tube profiles over the last few years, to the point where full-on aero road bikes were looking like an endangered species. Long live the Specialized Venge.
Changes to the UCI's tube profile rules have breathed new life into the aero bike sector, but now, Orbea has gone in the other direction entirely with the new 2024 Orca range, returning to rounded tube profiles for its high-spec Orca OMX bikes.
