Orbea Orca M20iteam-D (2017)

When rubber meets the road, the first thing that should be on your mind is if you can make it to the finish first, not if your bike can. It’s why the Orbea Orca M20iTeam-D is a key player in your arsenal of speed, designed to waste as little effort as possible to get there first. Shimano’s RS805 hydraulic road stoppers are married to an intuitive Ultegra Di2 drivetrain, which make sure you have all the gears you need to get up and over any climb, while making sure you can carve the descents with confidence on the way back down. With Vision deep-section wheels hanging from the Orca OMR frame, it’s built to maximize the most of what you’ve brought, and not the other way around. But, racing bicycles have become minimalist machines — but the more taken away, the greater the importance of what remains. The lower spine of the frame supports the upper members like a suspension bridge in a balance of lightweight rigidity. The downtube and chainstays of the Orca provide stiffness while the top tube and seatstays are tuned to almost nothing. The primary purpose of their slender shapes? To reduce mass. Let the M20iTeam-D realize your limits and surprise your competitors.