Orbea

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Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer based in Mallabia in the Basque Country of Spain. Originally a rifle and gun maker, the company shifted its business after the Spanish Civil War. Orbea produce a range of racing bicycles and mountain bikes, including high-end carbon fibre designs. Orbea is part of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation, and is Spain's largest bicycle manufacturer.

Orbea's current road models are:

  • Orca
  • Opal
  • Onix
  • Arin
  • Aqua

Orbea sponsors and supply bikes to a number of teams, including the Basque based Euskaltel-Euskadi professional road bicycle racing team.

As of 2006 Orbea exports three all carbon road bikes to the US. They are the Opal, Orca, Onix.

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