Design the Orbea gravel of your dreams and if you win, you get it for free

Orbea is once again launching its MyOrbea Custom Challenge in collaboration with Shimano, a contest in which any cycling enthusiast can design their own bike and have the chance to take it home. This new edition is dedicated to gravel and allows participation with models such as the Terra, Terra Race, and Denna. The deadline for submitting designs is now open and will end on December 1st.

Orbea and Shimano launch a contest to win a gravel bike designed by you

The initiative revives a formula that Orbea has used in previous editions: participants must create a customized bike using the MyOrbea Custom configurator and submit their proposal for the contest. A jury will select the best designs, and subsequently, the cycling community will choose the winner through voting on Instagram.

Participation is free, and the prize will be a bike manufactured and assembled at Orbea's facilities in Mallabia (Bizkaia), with the configuration chosen by its creator.

Three gravel models and freedom to customize them

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In this edition, Orbea and Shimano have selected three bikes that represent different ways of understanding gravel, from the most competition-oriented setups to proposals with electric assistance.

Participants will be able to choose from these models:

• Orbea Terra M20iTEAM: equipped with Shimano GRX Di2 electronic transmission
• Orbea Terra Race M20iLTD: the competition gravel proposal, also with Shimano GRX Di2
• Orbea Denna M20i: the brand's e-gravel, equipped with Shimano Deore XT Di2

Through MyOrbea Custom, each participant can modify the aesthetics and technical options available to create their own configuration.

One of the highlights of this contest is that the individuals responsible for selecting the finalists will be employees from the Painting Area of Orbea in Mallabia. In this way, the people who usually bring the brand's personalized designs to life will also participate in the selection of the proposals that will compete for the prize.

How to participate in the MyOrbea Custom Challenge 2026

The contest will be open from November 12 to December 1, 2026, and the registration process is simple:

1. Access the official MyOrbea Custom Challenge page
2. Choose one of the available gravel models
3. Customize the bike with the options from MyOrbea Custom
4. Save the design in the personal account and confirm the registration for the contest

Once the deadline closes, the Orbea jury will select eight finalist designs that will move on to the next phase.

These are the deadlines established by the organization:

• From November 12 to December 1: submission of designs
• December 4: selection of the eight finalists
• From December 8 to 11: voting and eliminations on Instagram, through the account @orbearoad
• December 11: announcement of the winning design

The winning bike will subsequently be manufactured in Mallabia and delivered to its owner through an official Orbea distributor.

With this contest, the Basque brand once again highlights its customization program, which allows choosing not only the colors and finishes of its bikes but also different components and ergonomics options. On this occasion, moreover, one of those designs will transition from the configurator to become a real bike at no cost to its creator.