Orbea
Hailing from Mallabia, Spain, Orbea has been producing road bikes and supporting bike racing for nearly 100 years. It has made race-winning mountain bikes since 1989.
Bianchi is the oldest bike brand (making bikes since 1885), but Orbea has the distinction of being the second oldest bike manufacturer still in existence. In fact, the company itself has existed longer than any other in the bike industry.
Starting in 1840 Orbea actually started as a company making handguns during the tumultuous Spanish political climate. It wasn't until 1920 that Orbea started making bikes and baby carriages as more people were in need of transportation. So the byisines morphed from guns to bikes!
Orbea is based in the Basque country, where cycling is huge. You've never been given as much space from a car as you get when riding a bike on a single-lane mountain road!
Orbea is also run as a co-op which means everyone from the CEO, to the mechanic to the warehouse operatives have a stake in the business, meaning every bike is made with care and passion.