Georgia Gould’s (Luna) Orbea Lobular Cross rests peacefully in the sun atop the ‘green monster’ one day before the start of the New Belgium Cup in Fort Collins, ColoradoJames Huang/BikeRadar
Georgia Gould’s (Luna) Orbea Lobular Cross uses a straight 1-1/8in head tube and a separate front brake housing stop instead of FSA’s ‘cross-specific integrated setupJames Huang/BikeRadar
There’s nothing fancy going on with the twin S-bend seatstays but as Georgia Gould (Luna) has shown on multiple occasions, it certainly gets the job doneJames Huang/BikeRadar
Doing without the chainstay bridge leaves fewer places for mud to collectJames Huang/BikeRadar
Medium-sized stays make for a neither too-stiff nor too-soft ride quality and drivetrain responseJames Huang/BikeRadar
Orbea’s Lobular tubeset features a down tube that morphs from vertically ovalized at the head tube to horizontally ovalized at the bottom bracket – with a unique four-lobed shape in the middleJames Huang/BikeRadar
Replaceable dropout faces can be replaced as neededJames Huang/BikeRadar
Georgia Gould’s (Luna) Orbea Lobular Cross machine is fitted with an Easton EC90X carbon fork up front but as Easton aren’t official team sponsors, the brand name and model are blacked outJames Huang/BikeRadar
Mud clearance is good up frontJames Huang/BikeRadar
Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 mechanical levers adorn the front end of Georgia Gould’s (Luna) Orbea Lobular CrossJames Huang/BikeRadar
Georgia Gould (Luna) opts for PRO’s anatomic bend handlebarJames Huang/BikeRadar
Note the over-and-around front brake cable routing to minimize frictionJames Huang/BikeRadar
Keeping the cable housing on the same side of the head tube – instead of crossing them around – makes for a tidier front end that’s less likely to snag when portagingJames Huang/BikeRadar
Straddle hangers are set high on the KORE wide-profile cantileversJames Huang/BikeRadar
While many racers opt for deep-section rims, Georgia Gould (Luna) instead prefers the lighter weight of shallow-section wheelsJames Huang/BikeRadar
Mavic’s R-Sys Premium wheels are suitably light for ‘cross racing’s frequent accelerationsJames Huang/BikeRadar
Mavic seems to have quieted the early demons of their R-Sys wheels with these stronger, spiral-wrapped carbon spokesJames Huang/BikeRadar
Georgia Gould (Luna) says these Maxxis Mud Wrestler clinchers offer excellent grip in the wet – and that she’s able to run as little as 20psi up frontJames Huang/BikeRadar
Additional sheaths in between the top tube stops helps keep mud and water from getting sucked into the housingJames Huang/BikeRadar
Shimano don’t offer dedicated Dura-Ace 7900 outer chainrings in ‘cross-specific sizes so the usual seamless look is somewhat interrupted hereJames Huang/BikeRadar
The outer chainring comes courtesy of Stu Thorne, proprietor of Cyclocrossworld.comJames Huang/BikeRadar
These Shimano XTR PD-M970 pedals look like they haven’t seen much use yetJames Huang/BikeRadar
Rather than go with a dedicated band-type front derailleur, Georgia Gould’s (Luna) bike is fitted with a braze-on derailleur and separate clampJames Huang/BikeRadar
The Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 rear derailleur is bolted to a replaceable hangerJames Huang/BikeRadar
Drivetrains are barely this clean when new, let alone halfway through a US domestic ‘cross seasonJames Huang/BikeRadar
The barrel adjuster integrated into the arm makes up for the lack of one on the housing stopJames Huang/BikeRadar
Georgia Gould (Luna) uses a carbon-railed Selle Italia SLR saddleJames Huang/BikeRadar