What year & model is my thrift store find Orbea Orca?
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What year & model is my thrift store find Orbea Orca?
I got this at a local thrift store today for $395 - did I get a good deal?
Can anyone tell me what year, model or anything else about it? (first 4 numbers of serial are 2001 - so it's a 2001 model year, right?)
1 thing, besides being made of carbon fiber(!), is that the spokes are flat instead of round - to cut a little more wind for a little more speed?
Thanks, I appreciate any help.
Can anyone tell me what year, model or anything else about it? (first 4 numbers of serial are 2001 - so it's a 2001 model year, right?)
1 thing, besides being made of carbon fiber(!), is that the spokes are flat instead of round - to cut a little more wind for a little more speed?
Thanks, I appreciate any help.
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nice find-go over the frame real close,do a tap test.seems a fair price if you ride a small-maybe a womens geometry?
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Groupset may be 9 speed but frame is definitely newer than 01. I think that frame design was released in 07 or 08.
EDIT: Wheels are definitely pre-2006./07. Or at least the front wheel is. Around 06/07, Mavic stitched to a carbon mid-section to the front hub.
EDIT: Wheels are definitely pre-2006./07. Or at least the front wheel is. Around 06/07, Mavic stitched to a carbon mid-section to the front hub.
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Good luck with your sale.
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It is 2009 or 2008 is my guess
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The heavily corroded thing holding your rear wheel in place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_release_skewer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_release_skewer