American Bicycle Group hits the endurance highway class with an all-new carbon Obed RVR bike promising “consolation, velocity and flexibility”. The brand new RVR is an inexpensive efficiency carbon all-road bike with deep aero tubes, all-day geometry, and room for correct huge tires. And with two carbon body spec ranges, 7 potential mechanical or digital groupsets to select from, and even highway or quick gravel tires… there actually is a motorbike for everybody – from $3k to greater than 3x that!
2024 Obed RVR aero carbon endurance all-road bike
Obed calls the all-new aero RVR a “debut to the endurance highway class”. They’ve actually been doing all-road since their consumer-direct Day 1 5 years in the past with the carbon Remōt Baseline (nonetheless accessible on the entry-level). However the brand new RVR takes endurance highway to a brand new degree of efficiency, mixing in modern aerodynamic upgrades and far greater 35mm tires. General it’s a sooner, extra built-in, extra succesful highway bike, but nonetheless fairly inexpensive.
What’s new?
Obed retains the RVR story easy, not making any massive claims on aero positive aspects. As a substitute, they only say it is a bike for large highway rides. They did deal with the RVR’s aerodynamics, although. They offer the all-road bike an enormous downtube, tapered to a pointy forefront smoothing airflow over your downtube bottle. Obed additionally provides the brand new bike large chainstays for stiffness, whereas dropping & thinning the seatstays for rider consolation.
Obed makes two variations of the UCI-approved RVR, each sharing the identical mould and core options, simply totally different materials layup. The usual hi-mod 1020g (M) RVR options typical light-weight carbon, and maxes out dealing with stiffness, whereas preserving rider consolation. After which, the ultra-hi-mod 880g (M) RVR SLi (Super Light and integrated) will get an ultralight carbon layup for 13% weight financial savings and improved stiffness:weight. Weight claims are with out {hardware}, add within the hanger & and seat clamp and a M SLi is about 61g extra.
Each share the identical new full carbon tapered steerer ‘Fashionable Highway Efficiency’ fork. It will get longer axle-to-crown that gives max 35mm tire clearance, matching the body even with its brief 415mm chainstays.
Tech particulars
The RVR options a lot of the fashionable aero highway options we’ve come to anticipate nowadays. Plus, there’s endurance pleasant cheap body Stack heights. Totally inner cable routing by way of the headset, 12mm thru-axles, flat mount disc brakes, a T47 threaded backside bracket, UDH, and a proprietary aero seatpost with an built-in wedge-style clamp.
A pleasant function of the build-to-order methodology, Obed will set your bike up tubeless with trusted Stan’s sealant earlier than it will get boxed up and shipped to you.
Obed RVR all-road – Pricing, choices & availability
An indicator of Obed’s consumer-direct mannequin is their on-line bike builder that provides consumers loads of choices, past a hard and fast construct package and the 6 sizes (XS-XL). You get to select three normal colours – white, black or blue – or a premium chili pepper purple improve, with two brand colours for every. Then decide 1 of a number of drivetrains, your splendid wheels & tires, then most well-liked bar width, stem size & seatpost offset.
Full builds with the Obed RVR begin at $3100 with a mechanical 105 group & alloy DT wheels. Or improve to 105 Di2, Rival AXS Xplr, or Ultegra Di2 and extra premium wheels if you’d like.
On the Obed RVR SLi entrance, pricing begins at $4500 with 105 Di2 and alloy wheels, however a carbon bar & separate stem with totally inner routing. However you will get builds as much as $9400 by the point you decide fancy paint, a full SRAM Pink AXS group with an influence meter, and Zipp 303 Firecrest wheels.
Configure your bike now, and Obed is fast to paint- & build-to-order in Tennessee to get a motorbike out to you in only a matter of two weeks.
