Colnago V4Rs
Racers who want the current Colnago race brief. C68 if you want the lugged flagship.
UAE Team Emirates' race bike. Stiff, aero-enough, and a millimetre size run (420–590) that needs a geometry chart, not a letter size.
Racers who want the current Colnago race brief. C68 if you want the lugged flagship.
UAE Team Emirates' race bike. Stiff, aero-enough, and a millimetre size run (420–590) that needs a geometry chart, not a letter size.
Gravel riders who want Giant's drop-bar all-road, not a TCR with knobbies.
Giant's gravel bike: stable, mounts, and a position between Defy and a race gravel whip. The X variants add more suspension/travel attitude.
CX racers and riders who want a dedicated mud bike rather than a Grail with knobbies.
A cyclocross race chassis: steep enough to hop barriers, short enough to snap through off-camber corners — not a gravel-adventure geometry.
Racers who want a climbing Orbea. Orca Aero is the wind-cheating sibling.
Orbea's lightweight race bike, OMX carbon on high kits, and a fit that is race-low without S5 drama. OMX vs OMR changes weight more than geometry.
| Measurement |  ColnagoV4Rs 2027 |  GiantRevolt Advanced 2022 |  CanyonInflite CF SL 2022 |  OrbeaOrca 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 575 | 592+17 | 572−3 | 552−23 |
| Reachmm | 395 | 397+2 | 393−2 | 385−10 |
| Head tube angle° | 72.5 | 71.8−0.7 | 72.0−0.5 | 72.8+0.3 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.5 | 73.0−0.5 | 73.5 | 73.5 |
| Chainstaymm | 408 | 425+17 | 425+17 | 408 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1001 | 1044+43 | 1034+33 | 981−20 |
| BB dropmm | 70 | 80+10 | 66−4 | 70 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | V4Rs 530 | Revolt Advanced ML | Inflite CF SL M | Orca 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 90 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm | 90 mm |
| Bar | 400 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm | 400 mm |
| Crank | 170 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm | 170 mm |
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Orbea has dropped many of the aero optimisations of the previous Orca, while it has unified the geometry across the OMX and OMR-tier frames.
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