I have been wanting to do a post on my new bike for a while so after a few rides on it and two races and getting some other things behind me I figured it was time. For a number of years I have wanted to get a new bike and looked at stock ones and also custom so when I won 50% off a custom build from Capital Performance Cycles the direction I was going to go was decided. As an aside I have been riding a 2018 Orbea Terra for a few years and done quite a few races on it and while it rode fine it just did not seem to fit me just right so had wanted a new one for a while. By the way I have to say the Orbea is one of the nicer setups and the Colorway is pretty cool - by the way it is also for sale. The gearing on the Orbea is a 2X SRAM Red with Enve G23 wheels and Chris King Headset, BB and Hubs in pink anodize which goes with the Orbea colors perfectly. More on the Orbea at the end of this post and at link to FB Post on it.
Even though I won the bike discount a couple years ago at the Horsey Hundred I had to save up some money as had been putting some away over the years to either upgrade my Orbea or get a new bike but needed more before I could commit to a new bike as was not going to just transfer components but go for all new. Also, I did not want to just rush into the geometry and component choices so about a year ago decided to get started looking at what I wanted for a build and had some talks with Peter at Capital. While I worked on coming up with the funds I was looking at the geometries of a number of bikes, quite a few really, I liked and started a spreadsheet - yea I am one of those guys. Amazing to see the variance in geometries but once I decided what I wanted it needed to at the least be able to get in a 50mm tyre and also be able to use a 50T chainring up front on the 1X if I wanted to - later would get a second set of road wheels - the reason to be able to use a 50T chainring. I thought about going up to 2.2+ tyres but that led to a few things needing to change and so decided on 50mm - yea I know for some that is not what the cool kids have but will work fine for my needs. I went back and forth on the plus a minuses of various geometries and also as I wanted a steel bike it did bring some limits but that was OK.
Over the last year Peter Mitchell and I came up with the geometry for my build as well as settling on components. I started with what I really wanted and then cut back elsewhere as still had to meet a budget - extra set of wheels for road riding would be a later purchase. My main want was the new SRAM XPLR Red 13 speed Cassette, Derailleur and Levers. - at the time of the purchase the Force version was not out yet. From there went with a few savings as got the Zipp 303 XPLR S wheels as were less than SWs and also went with Force cranks and Wolf Tooth chainrings - went with a 42 and 46 with a chain for each as seemed the sizes I needed for what I ride most for now. As far as bars I went with Richey Alloy bars at 40cm with minimal flare but with flat top bars and ready for internal cable routing. For the stem got an ENVE stem for internal routing. When it came to tyres I went with Rene Herse Oracle Ridge (50mm) Endurance+ ones. Probably overkill with the Endurance+ but as I do not change tyres much they would cover every thing and also have the least chance of flats.
The geometry with a drop top tube leaves a lot of seat post and coupled with a carbon post it gives the right amount of flex for comfort. The bike feels very comfortable and nimble enough for me and leaves room to get more rise if later I need it by using a riser stem. In riding the Dust Bowl 100 and Grave Worlds 78 Miler it was very comfortable and very pleased with it.
Here is a full rundown of the Bike:
- Weight with pedals -
- Used my existing Assioma Gravel/MTB Pro MX-2 Power Pedals
- Mix of Steel Tubes
- Fork - Enve Gravel In-Route
- Crankset - SRAM Force Wide
- Chainrings - Wolftooth - 42T & 46T
- Shifters - New SRAM RED eTap AXS XPLR 13sp
- Rear Dérailleur - New SRAM RED eTap AXS XPLR 13sp
- Cassette - New SRAM RED XPLR 10-46 13sp
- Bottom Bracket - Wheels Manufacturing
- Chain - SRAM RED Flat Top - one for each Chainring
- Chain Guide - Wolf Tooth
- Stem - ENVE In-Route 100mm
- Bars - Richey Comp Butano Drop 40’s
- Seatpost - Salsa Guide Carbon
- Wheels - Zipp 303 XPL S
- Disc Rotors - Shimano XT 160mm
- Tyres - Rene Herse Oracle Ridge (50mm)
- Tyres - As they just came out am going to go with Poteau Mountain TC Semi Slick (50mm)
- Headset - ENVE In-Route
- Saddle - Ergon SR Allroad Core Pro
- Front Headhunt Mount - ENVE Integrated Mount
- Bottle Cages - Tacx Deva - These are the best I have used a so far have never lost a bottle
The is the set up I went with - again - in some places I might have wanted lighter but had to weigh cost and think it came out great.
Here is a video interview with Peter Mitchell from a few years ago. I can't say enough good stuff about Peter and the whole custom build experience. Really nice to get what you want and I have to say that while I like the colourway and set up of my Orbea - the colors and look of my new Capital bike is even better.
More Pictures of Bike
As far as my 2018 Orbea Terra (Carbon) which is a Large is for sale at $2500 OBO and here is are the specs as it is not spec’d out like any regular set ups from Orbea - if interested let me know. I am in Columbia Ky area.:
Specs:
- 2018 Orbea Terra - Size L (Green/Blk/Pink Colorway) - Max 40mm tyre clearance
- 2018 SRAM Red Mechanical 2X
- 34/50 Front - 175mm Cranks
- 11/32 Rear (11-12-13-14-15-17-19-22-25-28-32T)
- Enve G23 Rims with Pink Chris King hubs
- Pink Chris King BB
- Pink Chris King Headset
- Thompson Setback Seatpost
- Redshift Suspension Stem - +/- 6 Deg X 120mm
- Salsa Cowbell Deluxe (AL) Black Bars
- Panaracer 38mm tyres Gravel King SK+
- Prologo Scratch M5 AGX Tirox Saddle
Again, let me know if interested in the Orbea - would make a good gravel and road bike.
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