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Hannah Bussey

New Orbea Orca first ride review: a lightweight renaissance for the brand's most iconic bike

The Orbea Orca ridden on a tarmac road with the mountains in the distance

It's been a good long minute since the phrase 'lightweight' and 'bike' have been paired together, but clearly 2023 is the year that it returns to the stage. 

Over the past decade or so the best road bikes have mostly had 'aero' as a prefix, and understandably so as we strove to emulate our favorite sprinters who bought panache to the sport that was trying to distance itself from previous 'personalities'. 

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