£4,899.99British-designed and built super-endurance bike
Warren Rossiter
BIKE LAUNCH
Orro, based in the shadow of the legendary Ditchling Beacon in England’s South Downs, have been designing and building their own bikes for a decade. The Gold was one of their original models, now redesigned as a lightweight, high-performance endurance bike with the latest in integration and aerodynamics included in the sub-830g frame.
01Custom tweaks
Orro’s bikes are hand assembled in the UK, which means your Orro dealer has much more freedom in the build and you can tune gearing to your preference or have your favourite saddle or tyres fitted from new. You can even choose to upgrade to high-quality Ceramic Speed bearings in the bottom bracket (£240) and headset (£210), reducing weight while increasing durability.
02A good spread
The new aero-optimised frame uses Orro’s advanced STC (spread-tow carbon) lay-up, which means the individual tows (threads) of carbon fibre are very flat, wide and even. It has chequered looks when used and is much better at impact resistance, plus is lighter and stronger than conventional carbon fibre. It does, however, (usually) cost a little more. With the Orro Gold STC, a custom blend of Toray T700, T800 and T1000 carbon types have been used to balance comfort and strength with low weight.
03Wind cheaters
At the front of the bike, Orro have designed the frame to work with FSA’s ACR system that routes cable
