LONGTERM RIDES
JCW’S ORBEA RISE H10 £6,623 (with point-of-sale upgrades)
Time for some more tenacious tyres and a bit more bar height
I mentioned last time that I wanted to link up a Garmin GPS unit to the Rise H so I could view more ride and battery data. Well, it took a while (top tip – make sure to follow Orbea’s video guide rather than just attempting to download the Orbea RS toolbox in Garmin’s Connect IQ app) but I’ve now got it up and running. I feel much happier having more detailed battery info (also attainable by fiitting a Shimano E8000 head unit), and I’ve been having fun playing with the Edge 530’s other functions, too.
Before fitting the Garmin, I swapped the stock Race Face Next R bar for a Nukeproof Horizon Carbon V2 with a higher rise (38mm vs 20mm). I’d been meaning to do this for a while, as on descents I felt like my weight was too low over the front. The original bar was also narrower than I like, at 780mm, giving a slightly cramped feel on flatter sections. Hopefully this will fix that.
On the subject of spec changes, with summer drawing to a close it’s time to switch out the Orbea’s low-profile tyres – which are more
