The BOS package was utterly smooth and composed. On other trail bikes there is a split second of kickback where the suspension tries to adapt from dealing with the initial hit from the drop, to smoothing out the rocks you just landed on. This was highlighted on a section of a local trail where you launch into a rough, chattery rock garden. The suspension performance can only be described as flawless. Suspension setup: We chose a race-style tune for the fork, using very little low-speed compression to keep the fork buttery in the first part of the travel and then we added a good bit of high-speed compression so the fork kept its height in the travel and we had a solid point in the stroke to work against when handling the bike. This isn't just a sweet handling 27.5" wheel bike, it's simply a sweet handling bike - period.
The Rallon's aluminium frame doesn't add much weight, with the complete bike tipping the scales at just over 30 pounds, and it is backed up by a lifetime warranty. They explain that choosing a more affordable material for the frame (carbon can add up to a $1,000 premium to the price of a frame), meant that they could offer the no-compromise BOS suspension at a more affordable price point. Yet for the Rallon, they made a conscious decision not to offer a carbon version of the bike. Take a look at the eye-watering costs of their flagship road race bikes if you aren't entirely sure - those bikes are regularly ridden at the sharp end of the biggest races in road cycling.
#XTEAM RETAIL HOW TO#
Orbea know how to produce top-end carbon bikes.
#XTEAM RETAIL SERIES#
That's the core value of this company.We first saw Orbea's all-new Rallon back in October last year, where it was unveiled to us in the days following the last round of the Enduro World Series in Finale Ligure. We cover client's expectations, and they trust on us. We don't give a detail of what we do every minute of our time.
If someone has an issue doing their tasks, we help each other, instead of pointing with a finger people who are not managing to cover their tasks. I don't feel like part of a place where my manager will hunt me to have my work done, we are all colleagues and each of us work to cover client's expectations.
I would like to highlight the mood of this company. There is a crew of guys called the "unleashers" who mentor each worker to achieve there goals. X-Team have something called the Unleash program, which helps (really helps and collaborate) every single worker to improve in some way (improving skills in xx language, attending comferences, improving management skills, learning a foreign language, you name it). This way of working is based on goals, so, no fixed schedules, forgot about a typical 9-5 work, if you can cover the client's expectations, you can work during morning, afternoon, or night, it's up to you (maybe you have to attend a couple of meetings a week, but no time consuming at all). Every single worker came from different places all over the world, it's not a company hiring people from different cities from one only country, X-Team hire people all over the world, no matter the timezone, if you feel comfortable having no office and have the right working culture + skills, you are good to go.
0 kommentar(er)
