Orbea’s in-house wheel and component brand, OQUO, is testing a new carbon gravel wheel at Unbound Gravel – and it looks notably different from its current lineup.
Fitted with 50mm-wide Schwalbe G-One R Pro tyre, this gravel wheel appears wider than OQUO’s existing rim. We estimate the rim depth to be around 50mm – a significant jump from the current maximum of 25mm.
Also new is the Q10 hub – a minimalist straight-pull design. Unlike OQUO’s current wheels, which use Zipp ZR1 or DT Swiss hubs, this suggests the Basque brand has developed its own hubset.
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Rider Morgan Aguirre appears to be running these all-new wheels on a fresh Orbea gravel bike. Though images are limited, the front end looks very different from the current Orbea Terra. The fork and head tube form a sleek, aero-optimised interface – unlike the Terra’s distinct forward kink at the fork crown.
Morgan’s bike is equipped with SRAM RED XPLR – indicating the frame has a UDH dropout, a feature absent from the current Terra. This points to Orbea preparing an aero-focused gravel racer.
