Orbea mountain bikes are a well known brand throughout the world of mountain biking.The company that makes them is based in a town called Mallavia, in Spain’s Basque country. Nowadays, Orbea mountain bikes, road bikes and touring bikes are all available.

Interestly this mountain bike company actually started life as a weapons and ammunition company.In its infancy, the business made rifles and pistols as well as cartridges. All through Spain, Orbea was renowned for the weapons it made.Indeed, in the 1870s Orbea was a very important company in its region and was one of the most successful enterprises there.

The company’s history of making weapons continued up until the end of the Spanish Civil War when demand waned. In 1926 tensions in the family business led to the company splitting into two separate enterprises.One of the businesses created by the split of the arms company moved into the mountain bike industry and Orbea mountain bikes were born.

As is normal for well known and highly respected biking brands, Orbea has always supported and maintained close links with high profile biking teams. Two of the teams with which it has strong ties are Euskaltel-Euskadi and Xacobeo-Galicia. Additionally, Orbea mountain bikes has had its own team since 2005.

Today the brand also sponsors an array of biking events Europe-wide and Orbea products can often be found being given as prizes in such events.Many of Orbea’s current designs are made using the most modern carbon fibre frames. They also manufacture several designs made from 100% aluminium which are popular due to their light weight.

With more and more publicity from event sponsorship under its belt, Orbea mountain bikes have a very bright future. The events which Orbea sponsors in Spain are high profile and very well known, with participants at all levels. Another demonstration of their quality is the fact that they are sold all over the world.

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