What is the actual weight?

I was a trailquest rider in the era of 26" wheels, now a roadie using my Roubaix on forestry roads, so this could be the bike that gets me back onto fat tyres as I enter my 70s. I live in the Highlands of Scotland and we do have plenty of big rides on forestry, shooting and water board tracks.

@Bikers Edge: Fantastic review. Instinct Powerplay A50 ordered! Where was this filmed? Awesome trails!

Are you off air? I haven't seen content from you in a while and I enjoyed your videos. What's up?

pretty outdated geometry :/ even when it was released, it was already outdated :/

I love my Urrun. It's a great bike for exploring new ground, unmarked forest trails, general country riding. I've taken it on 45 mile rough coastal tracks which I wouldn't contemplate doing on my Orbea Occam or gravel bike, im also 52 not 22 with quite a few old niggling injuries. I'm about to pull the trigger on a range extender, expensive yes, but I'm planning on doing some longer road trips whenever the Irish weather decides to play nice for a change

The head angle actually goes down to 63.5 in the position 1 setting

Looking at this bike or the Trance X E+ 2022. Both very similar price. Which would you prefer?

It’s right in my budget range but the bunny part you’ve said kinda sucks. Maybe it’s your size ? I’m 1.84m weighing 84kg, will I be able to bunny? ( I used to bunny easily with Merida eone sixty 2019)

Rocky Mountain as a...value e-bike? Must be this, as most of, KZbin bike reviews are for the shameful wealthy. How 'bout actual value e-bikes with Bafang and Panasonic motors? I purchased a Bafang M510 motor with a 800watt LG battery, outperforms motors by Shimano, Dyname, Bosch, Brose, and Yamaha. But to you guys, and viewers, any e-bike below $3 grand, is just not worth it.

Good video . How is the sitting position? Is it also suitable for longer journeys?

Chose a Stance e+ pro. Only cuz I live in Texas. Not any mountains, casual terrain for the budget. Still 100 times better then my old giant hardtail

Can get the reign e+2 2022 now for £3600 they was £5500 new!! 2k off for a 1 year old bike. Shows how over priced bikes are. 3500 is what they should be worth brand new. Cant wait to pick mine up. That deep red is a lovely colour

Hello man, and do you think that Yeti will come out with a new model in 2025?

Great videos, you should keep making them.

Rocky is blowing these bikes out with steep discounts right now. $2900 off in Canada which makes it $5400CAD or $4000USD. I'm buying one. Been watching bikes for a bit and this bike for the current price is a no brainer.

Just wondering how it compares to the heckler 29er, or even the MX heckler? I feel I’ll buy one of the 3 but not sure which one

Would you take this over a heckler sl?

Very good Review 👍🏻

Brilliant review in fact the best review ive seen of any bike. Some questions, if I removed the fork to reduce weight and fitted skinnier tyres basically for doing small distance touring with light off road would this make the motor slower with less weight since the front chainring is small ?

should I get this or reign e+? fairly new to emtb

Great review, have you ridden the Trek Fuel Exe 9.5? it would be good to know how they compare.

This and other videos make me feel good about my purchase of the Reign E+3 at $5,400 CDN . Can’t wait to pick it up next week

great review! did you experience rattle noise similar to what the rise is famous for?

Seems this channel is not active anymore? Too bad, good reviews. Only found it now...

What power mode were you climbing in?

Well done man, thank you.

I'm showing an EP6 on Orbea's site. Confused as you state an EP8

i got the H10 and its been sick, seriously good looking bike in person

Superb advice & agree with you both 💯.... I've just ordered a Reign e+1 & my daughter is going to be using my Orbea Rise! 😊

What model? Did you say?

How reasonable is it to ride this unpowered? I know 43 pounds is on the heavy side for a mountain bike, but does it feel reasonable, or is it just an unpleasant pig when unpowered? Close to pulling the trigger to buy.

Just picked one up on the used market, nice bike!

Any updates on firmware to help fix automatic mode?

Awesome review. I bought 4 bikes from Biker's Edge over the last 5 years, great place, great service, great people!

great review - no bs - straight to the point and down to earth - great blog too! thanks!!

I got the reign E 2 it's a missile. Traction is amazing. My all-rounder. Just swapping to 155 cranks

Would you go for the altitude over the instinct because of the travel or is that just "overbiking", and not really necessary for most trials?

Great review on your 2023 Orbea Rise! My Rise H10 20MPH - 540Wh was a game changer. Question, my motor are Shimano EP8-RS, can I upgrade the new motor to EP801?

You know Diet Coke is bad for you ? If your out riding the sugar of regular coke gets used

You guys make great videos. I see you haven't posted in a while but just wanted to say very clear, concise, and helpful.

Can you mullet this bike?

nice bike, but non-removable battery easily disqualifies it for me and a lot of my friends... :( meanwhile Levo FTW !

good job, would like to know what is your feeling with the orbea wild compare to the repeater. sinse the repeater is kind of the new dog in the park i would like to know how it compares to the best bikes...... Yeah you can hear that engine ratel. good video got new follower

I'm looking at the Wild H30 and the Specialized Levo Alloy Comp, the Wild takes the edge on the budget with current sales, with keeping $1,200 in my pocket. I lack knowledge when it comes to components, and one thing that is frustrating watching/reading reviews, is that they are all based on the higher spec'd models, not the lower end entry level or one tier up models, so it's hard to put the review into perspective. Having just watched your video from today "Do MTB Components Matter?" has me questioning, what, if anything I should consider changing on the bike. I plan to ride it stock for the first bit and see how it handles. I suspect generally I may want to upgrade the brakes, but again I'll have to see how the Shimano MT410's perform. Another consideration is using what I'd save by buying the Wild over the Levo would be to upgrade the fork to something that is better than what both bikes come with. This will be my first eMTB. I'm a heavier rider (250lbs), and generally a Novice/Intermediate skill level. I enjoy the blues pretty much at any trailhead and venturing into the blacks, though that is not without talking some walk-arounds depending on the features. I do enjoy keeping two wheels on the ground, but I have confidence on small to medium drops, hitting some small tables, and avoid gaps and doubles like the plague. In the back of my head I question whether the Wild might have me overbiked, but perhaps it may also be the perfect bike. My rides vary from anything with low elevation XC style trails to downhill parks offering a solid mix of smooth flow trials and technical terrain. Based on your review, this could be a well rounded bike for me. The 625wh battery may cause some range anxiety, but I've read that Bosch is releasing a 250Wh range extender which would be useful on some of those longer rides. Really enjoyed the review format. Nice mix of you giving a face to face commentary and your riding footage.

I was particularly interested in this particular video because I bought the Orbea Wild H20 two months ago after reading watching rave videos on KZbin, the last bike I bought after KZbin endorsement was the entry model Specialized Turbo Levo which I loved (2019) - got stolen! My concern is that the Ebike brands are soliciting paid reviews of their top, most expensive models from the popular KZbin channels, tellingly these paid reviews all come out at the same time, literally. There is a big problem with this platform - the reviews profusely embellish the super expensive bikes (some of which may be true of course), however, ordinary joe like me are much more likely to buy the entry level bikes in the hope that they ride very similar to the top models. EMTB - ordinary joe/jane - middle aged with kids, short on time, relatively new to or returned to biking, investing oversized sum to feed his/her hobby. None of the top earning channels review the entry level bikes, nor do they actually say anything negative because of the conflict of interest. Hence, it is not clear, who is this bike for? The beginner, or the pro downhill enduro ace? We hear far too many numbers - so many millimetres or angles this and that (chain stay, BB, reach etc.) and not enough about how they ride and whether these bikes are value for money? Hence, the KZbin channels are complicit in letting the industry get away with hastily thrown together lower end bikes that are seriously flawed, and still demand thousands of dollars/pounds/euros! My view after 2 month ownership is a degree of disappointment. The H20 is a monster truck, way too heavy, I did not expect that given that the top product is 20.8Kg! This is a major problem for intermediate/ early biker. The sheer weight detracts from being able to jump, turn, develop skill, and the poor fork/suspension platform can only described as dull and lacklustre. The internal battery and the ridiculous complicated headset with internal cables is just nuts. Importantly, something you did not point out - this is a front heavy bike, much more noticeable in my size small bike with big 750 battery taking up the whole length of the down tube. It is difficult to convince this bike to jump (more speed, more hop) and then control the tendency of front end dipping. Why oh why do I have to spend several thousand of hard earned cash to bring it up to speed? Should I really even try to bring the weight down - not possible. The result is that 2 months down the line, I am desperately trying to sell the bike and buy a Specialized - the market, as it is, I can't even get half price for a 2 month old bike. I do not believe the Orbea Wild 2023 Alloy models are value for money - period. It turns out, all the R&D went in to developing the carbon race winning models. There is a unhealthy collusion between industry and channels/social platforms that promote these bikes - it makes it impossible to get an honest view of products that are more expensive than the cars we drive.

is $4200 a good price?

you forgot to mention the range extenders, i have 2, one on the bike, the other in my backpack, i went from Nice to Napels, 100km every day unrestricted (85nm) and this with the 1st model :) with this newish one i would have a total of 1044 WH :), but, i will wait some more, i would like to be able to swap out the main battery, and only put the biggest one in when i go on vacation

How can I upgrade the fork, apparently it uses a different standard, tried fitting a normal fork but it wont fit Any help would be appreciated

I have a 2021 Stance in my fleet and it's a really fun bike to ride. The lower travel setup is fun to ride on flowing trails. I do prefer my Trance on the chunky/tech stuff tho.