Orbea
Bicycles | |
Founded | 1840 |
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Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Bicycles and related components |
Website | orbea.com |
Orbea is a
History
Orbea was founded in 1840 by brothers Juan Manuel, Mateo, and Casimiro Orbea in Eibar, Basque Country, Spain. Originally a rifle and gun producer, Orbea exited the gun business and began designing and producing bicycles as Orbea Bicycles in 1930. Orbea began participating in the Tour de France as early as 1934, with famous Spaniard Mariano Cañardo as the face of the Orbea road cycling team.[2]
In 1969, under dire financial circumstances, employees formed a co-operative and purchased Orbea from the Orbea family.[3] The newly formed Orbea cooperative left Eibar the same year to nearby Mallabia, where their first dedicated bicycle factory was built. For the next several decades, the company would focus on producing leisure bikes for consumers in Spain and around Europe.
Orbea would return to competitive road cycling in the 1980s as Gin MG-Orbea and later
Orbea began manufacturing mountain bikes in 1989.
Products
Orbea designs and manufactures a variety of road, mountain, triathlon, and urban bikes. More famously seen in competitions: the Orca and Avant road bikes, Rallon and Occam Mountain Bikes, and Ordu time trial/triathlon models.
Competitive use
Orbea has sponsored and supplied bikes to teams, including the
The UCI Professional Continental team Cofidis Solutions Crédits raced Orbea bikes in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
The UCI Domestic Elite Cycling Team, Rio Grande Elite Cycling Team, currently races on Orbea bikes.
E-bikes
Launching at the end of 2017, Orbea introduced the Gain e-bike model available in both road and hybrid model. Further to this they introduced the electric-assisted Orbea Wild mountain bike in 2019.
References
- ^ "China: Orbea Bicycle Factory Tour, Kunshan". Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ "About Orbea". Orbea. Feb 23, 2019.
- ^ "Orbea Bikes: 7 Things to Know". Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Home". herring-cycling.com.
- ^ "Craig Alexander Commits To Orbea, Orca For Remainder Of His Racing Career". Triathlete. Jan 27, 2010. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
- ^ Jeremy Berger (Oct 9, 2014). "30 Minutes With: Craig Alexander". Gear Patrol. Retrieved Nov 11, 2022.