Spanish biking firm has lengthy been within the enterprise of offering top-tier bicycles for each sport and leisure riders. It prides itself with an intensive catalog of bicycles that match most budgets. In the present day’s electrical day and age, Orbea has not let itself fall to the wayside, and continues innovating on this planet of e-bikes.
Its newest creation comes within the type of the Urrun, and it is a easy, no-frills electrical hard tail mountain bike. Like many inventions on this planet of biking, the Urrun is the results of numbers—knowledge gathered from analysis utilizing the corporate’s already huge buyer vary.
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“Technical Terrain”
Orbea states that it discovered that round 1 / 4 of its e-MTB riders use their bikes on so known as “technical terrain.” Futhermore, greater than 80-percent of its e-bike customers do not trip additional than 60 kilometers out of worry of operating out of juice earlier than making it again dwelling.
As such, Orbea developed the Urrun as a extra entry-level providing, ticking the containers of how most of its customers would deal with their e-bikes. The result’s surprisingly refreshing, in a kind of throwback trend. Hard tails are sometimes given flack for being low cost, beginner bikes, nevertheless, those that get pleasure from shredding tight and technical trails would know simply how a lot enjoyable a hard tail may be.
The Urrun is simply that—a enjoyable, nimble MTB that may be ridden arduous and cornered aggressively each on and off-road. It does, nevertheless, discover itself restricted to lighter, extra cross-country-oriented trails, versus the gnarlier tracks reserved for all-mountain and enduro cyclists.
EPS – RS Electric Built in Motor
Orbea’s Urrun is constructed out of a hydro formed aluminum body, and a entrance suspension fork with 120mm of journey. It is powered by Shimano’s EP8-RS electrical motor, a mid-drive unit co-developed between Orbea and Shimano.
It is the identical motor we discover within the extra premium Rise, albeit detuned to supply much less torque, however extra mileage in trade. Orbea claims that the EP8-RS motor “provides the quietest, most pure feeling help doable with no lag or drag.” Now, a pure pedal really feel is especially necessary in terms of tackling technical terrain, particularly when negotiating steep climbs and off-camber corners.
Pricing & Availability
As for pricing and availability, the Urrun is obtainable in two variants. The entry-level Urrun 30 retails for $4,299 USD, whereas the up-spec Urrun 10 fetches $5,499 USD.
Orbea claims that the Urrun can return as much as eight hours of using. Do observe, nevertheless, that this may occasionally fluctuate relying in your using model, in addition to the kind of terrain you trip on.
Battery Back-up
As for battery tech, we discover that the Urrun sports activities a 540 Wh battery that is constructed into the body. That is proper, it may it be eliminated and charged individually. Nonetheless, Orbea does state that the battery may be eliminated for servicing.
Now, Orbea has determined to go together with an in-frame battery in order to supply higher reliability, quieter operation, higher safety in opposition to the weather, and curiously, theft resistance.
