Orbea
Orbea is a Spanish bicycle manufacturer founded in 1840 by the Orbea brothers in the Basque Country. They are now Spain's largest bicycle manufacturer and have been owned by a workers co-operative since 1969. Their bikes have been used by some of the worlds top athletes such as Samuel Sánchez who won gold on his Orbea Orca Carbon at the Beijing Olympics road race along with Julien Absalon who took home the gold medal in the cross country mountain bike race aboard his Orbea Alma.