Orbea

Orbea Production Models 2009

Road	Mountain	Triathlon	Trekking
Orca	Occam	Ordu	Cross Sport
Opal	Oiz	Ora	Speed
Onix	Rallon	Aletta	Equipped Sport
Arin	Alma		Folding
Lobular	Lanza		Equipped Leisure
Aqua	Dakar		Cross Leisure
Asphalt	Sport
	Flow
	Pellejo

Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer in Mallabia in the Basque Country of Spain. It began in 1840 as a rifle and gun producer and began making bicycles in the 1930s. It is part of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation and Spain's largest bicycle manufacturer. Orbea designs bicycles but the frames are made in Asia and sent to Spain for finishing.^[1]

2007 Orbea Ordu carbon fiber time trial bicycle

Orbea sponsors and supplies bikes to teams, including the Euskaltel-Euskadi professional team in the Basque area of Spain and the Herring Gas team [1] in the USA. Samuel Sánchez rode an Orbea Orca Carbon to win the road race at the Beijing Olympics and Julien Absalon won the mountain bike gold on an Orbea Alma. Craig Alexander, three time Ironman World Triathlon Champion (2008, 2009, 2011), rode an Orbea Ordu in his first 2 wins and although he had planned to spend the rest of his career racing on Orbea bicycles, having signed a lifetime contract with Orbea in 2010,^[2] he switched to another brand for the 2011 race.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Allanti (2008) "Where was my bike made?"". http://allanti.com/articles/where-was-my-bike-made-pg328.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
2. ^ {{cite web | url = http://triathlon.competitor.com/2010/01/news/craig-alexander-commits-to-orbea-orca-for-remainder-of-his-racing-career_6838 | title = Craig Alexander Commits To Orbea, Orca For Remainder Of His Racing Career | publisher = Triathlete | date = Jan 27th 2010

External links

• Orbea
• Orbea USA
• Orbea Australia
• Orbea Romania
• Cyclingnews.com - Inside Orbea: Spain's co-operative bike company