OrbeaOrdu
Origin
Orbea is one of the oldest bicycle brands in the world, founded in 1840 in Eibar, in the Spanish Basque Country, by the Orbea brothers as a firearms manufacturer. It pivoted fully to bicycles in 1930, and by the end of that decade was building tens of thousands of bikes a year. After a financial crisis, the workforce bought the company in 1969 and reconstituted it as a worker-owned cooperative within the Mondragon Corporation, moving to a new factory in nearby Mallabia, where Orbea is still headquartered today. The Ordu is Orbea's TT/triathlon flagship, named after a Basque town, and has been the platform behind pro triathletes and time-trial squads for well over a decade. The model was completely overhauled for 2021: over 2,500 hours of computational fluid dynamics produced a disc-only OMX-carbon frame, a novel integrated mono-riser cockpit, and hidden storage, cutting roughly 700g and claiming an ~11.5% aero improvement over the outgoing rim-brake bike.
Specifications
- Frame
- OMX carbon monocoque (aero, disc-only on current gen); frame ~1,130g
- Weight
- kg
- Drivetrain
- Shimano Di2 by trim: M10iLTD Dura-Ace R9200 12s, M20iLTD Ultegra Di2 12s, M30iLTD 105 Di2 R7150 12s
- Brakes
- Shimano hydraulic disc, 140/140mm rotors (current gen is disc-only; pre-2021 Ordu used rim brakes)
- Wheels
- Carbon aero: M10iLTD on Oquo Road Performance RP57LTD; lower trims on Oquo/Vision carbon (55mm-class depth)
The verdict
- Class-leading front-end adjustability (huge armrest height/reach range, tool-light setup)
- Very light for an aero disc tri bike (~8.1kg) with clean integration and hidden storage
- Excellent Di2 shifting and confident 140mm hydraulic disc braking on current builds
- Not the stiffest tri chassis — older-gen frames/forks drew criticism for flex under hard efforts
- Superbike pricing (M10iLTD now ~$11,600/£11,999); integrated cockpit limits third-party bar swaps
- Aggressive, fit-dependent tri geometry — needs a proper bike fit, not a casual buy
Generations
Pre-2021 (rim-brake era)
- Lighter-looking classic TT bike; criticized for frame/fork flex and rim-brake wheel limits. Cheaper on the used market.
- Wheels
- Vision Metron carbon clinchers
- Frame
- OMX carbon, rim brakes
2021+ (current disc era)
- Full Di2 builds (Dura-Ace/Ultegra/105), 140mm discs, downtube storage, UCI-legal. The Ordu to prefer if budget allows.
- Wheels
- Oquo / Vision carbon disc
- Frame
- OMX carbon, disc-only, ~700g lighter, ~11.5% more aero
Versions & builds
Every official build side by side — differences highlighted.
| Spec | CurrentOrdu M10iLTD | CurrentOrdu M20iLTD | CurrentOrdu M30iLTD | CurrentOrdu OMX frameset | Ordu M20iLTD (pre-2021, rim) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2019 |
| Frame | OMX carbon (disc) | OMX carbon (disc) | OMX carbon (disc) | OMX carbon (disc) | OMX carbon (rim brake) |
| Drivetrain | Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 Di2 12s | Shimano Ultegra Di2 12s | Shimano 105 Di2 R7150 12s | Frameset only (build your own) | Shimano Ultegra Di2 R8050 2x11s |
| Brakes | Hydraulic disc 140/140mm | Hydraulic disc 140/140mm | Hydraulic disc 140/140mm | Disc | Rim (Tri-Rig / integrated caliper) |
| MSRP | €11,999 | €7,999 | €6,999 | €3,799 | €6,999 |
| Purpose | Flagship | Balanced | Value | Value | Balanced |
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