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Rule #12 is that the correct number of bikes to own is n+1. I found a great Pre-Black Friday deal on this 2017 Orbea Orca M20i with Shimano Ultegra Di2 electronic shifting and could not pass it up.

Each thumbnail below links to a much larger image of about 5 MB in size.


Unbox bikes in the sitting room?
 

 
It is indeed New Bike Day!
 


 

 
Vision Team 30 Comp alloy wheels.
 


 
That's an 11-speed 11-28 cassette.
 

 


 
I'll actually use my Chinese carbon 38mm wheelset.
 

 


 

 

 


 
A very well-wrapped present!
 
A dérailleur in need of a good hanging.
 

The fork, front brakes and stem.
 

 
The rear stays and a chainkeeper, of sorts.
 


 
Wrapped-up view from the front.
 

 


 
A 110 mm stem, about to get the handlebars.
 

 


 

 

 

The front half unwrapped.
 
It's an Orbea.
 

 


 
In the 1880s Orbea Brothers was a fixture in the firearms hub of Eibar...
 
...and a pioneer in the usage of electricity in gun manufacturing.
 


 

 

 


 
The rear half mostly unwrapped.
 

 

The FSA 50/34 compact front crankset.
 
The front Di2 dérailleur mechanism.
 

 


 
The small parts box and its contents.
 

 


 
Time for some serious assembly-fu.
 
"Made in Spain."
 

Beefy bottom bracket.
 

 
Zip ties everywhere!
 


 

 
The rear dérailleur, home at last.
 


 

 
It begins to look like a bike.
 


 

 
That's "bizikleta" in Basque.
 


 
The rear mech.
 

 

The non-drive side.
 

 

 


 
Stem and Di2 junction box.
 
Branded bar end caps. Nice touch.
 

Prologo saddle.
 
The drive side.
 

 


 
More Di2 wiring.
 

 
 

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