Canyon Inflite CF SL
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.
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.
Climbers and racers who want Cervelo without S5's deep aero cockpit. Soloist is the value race sibling.
Cervelo's lightweight race bike. It does not try to be an S5. Climbing, precise, and still a low WorldTour stack/reach chart.
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 |  LitespeedUltimate 2016 |  CanyonInflite CF SL 2022 |  CerveloR5 2025 |  OrbeaOrca 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 570 | 572+2 | 568−2 | 552−18 |
| Reachmm | 393 | 393 | 391−2 | 385−8 |
| Head tube angle° | 73.0 | 72.0−1.0 | 73.0 | 72.8−0.2 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.0 | 73.5+0.5 | 73.0 | 73.5+0.5 |
| Chainstaymm | 408 | 425+17 | 410+2 | 408 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1002 | 1034+32 | 993−9 | 981−21 |
| BB dropmm | 70 | 66−4 | 74+4 | 70 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Ultimate 56 | Inflite CF SL M | R5 56 | Orca 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 100 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm | 90 mm |
| Bar | 420 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm | 400 mm |
| Crank | 172.5 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.
Orbea says, “the Orca is around 3W faster than an aero bike, for an average rider, on a 5% slope, and around 6W faster on a 10% slope.” The Orca OMX has claimed ...