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Orbea’s Ordu triathlon and TT bike was first launched in 2006, and has seen plenty of success and rave reviews from 220 testers over the years. Most notably, it’s been consistently ridden to blisteringly fast times by Andrew Starykowicz, with the American consistently recording the fastest Ironman bike splits in history over the last decade.

For 2021, the Ordu has been given a full revamp, now boasting hydraulic disc brakes, clearance for tyres up to 30mm, completely integrated cable routing and plenty of innovative new features designed by Orbea in-house, all intended to make it faster, more comfortable to ride and easier to adjust.

As with any cutting-edge tri bike in 2020, Orbea has done the homework to come up with what it says is the “best compromise” possible between aerodynamics, stiffness and weight. Around 2,500 hours of R&D and calculations later, the Spanish brand claim to have created the ideal machine. Orbea says the total drag reduction of a mighty 11.5% compared to the Ordu of old