2023 Orbea Wild H10 review 

I enjoy your lazy, candid and technical content on ebikes. I was particularly interested in this particular video because I bought the Orbea Wild H20 two months ago after reading watching rave videos on RU-vid, the last bike I bought after RU-vid 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 RU-vid 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 RU-vid 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.

Takk for sabla god anmeldelse. La inn en bestilling på H10 2024 modellen i dag. Gleder meg som et barn på julaften!

In the beginning of ebikes less than 455 chainstays lenght was consider short, thank god that trend is over

Nice rig, I want code brakes or trp. I also want removable battery. Wouldnt buy a bike without them.

Nyttig review! Ville du anbefalt str M eller L for en på 180, 75 kg?

Bra review. Hva tenker du Wild eller Strive ON? =)

Bonjour, j adore votre travail , bravo 👏👏 Je m intéresse beaucoup a ce vélo et hésite avec le Bullit de Santa Cruz J ai votre vidéo sur le ep801 , il y a du mieux côté Shimano

Subbed! Hva tenker du om Wild M10/H10 som en slags allrounder for de dype norske skoger? Skal kjøpe min første el. sykkel. Kikker også på Turbo Levo

How tall are you with this being a large frame? Thanks

My orbea wild fs m-team in XL, with 170 fox 38, coil dhx2, cushcore, havy tires - weights 25kg This bike 26... to much

nice bike, but non-removable battery easily disqualifies it for me and a lot of my mates... :( meanwhile Levo FTW ! also for full integration (controls, LCD/LED and Ant+ so you can see data on your Garmin)

it's good that they have bikes with these cheap useless rs 35 forks because you can't buy frame only options and when you have a proper fork like a mezzer (which outperforms both zeb and 38) you can just get the cheapest build and swap the parts. That way you don't have to buy a mega expensive fork, and you have a fork you can swap back to when selling the bike later. But the fixed battery makes me not want this bike. I can see why they do it, but it's not for me.

Its really hard for me to hear you talk for longer. Sounds like you're having a seizure