----- Original Message -----
From: Phil
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: [CR]Orbea bicycle
Phil asks:
> Anyone know how old of company is Orbea bicycle Co. is?
Orbea was founded by two brothers in 1840 to manufacture guns. Bicycle
manufacturing started in the early part of the 20th century and gun
manufacture was phased out around 1930.
Orbea became a worker's cooperative in the early 1960's and today produces
about 250,000 frames per year.