Epsiode 246 - Orbea Bicycles on Hacking Shimano Motors, The Hardest Part About Making Bikes, Customization & More

Epsiode 246 - Orbea Bicycles on Hacking Shimano Motors, The Hardest Part About Making Bikes, Customization & More

Orbea has over 180 years of manufacturing heritage, starting as a gun and ammunition manufacturer in the Basque Country of Northern Spain way back in 1840. When the business of gun making waned, the company pivoted and began using the tubing machines and raw materials they'd acquired to manufacture bicycles. In the 1930s, Orbea made the switch to bicycle manufacturing entirely, and by the time the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, they were producing 50,000 bikes per year. It wasn't always easy going however, and in 1969 the company found itself on the edge of bankruptcy, which would have caused 1,500 workers to lose their jobs. To prevent this, the employees purchased the company from the founders and set it up as a cooperative, which allowed the company to stay in business. A few years later, the company moved their headquarters to Mallabia, where they are still located. To this day, they are still a cooperative, which means that the employees own the company and have a very real say in how it is run.

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Episode 42 - Mountain Biking Guilty Pleasures

Episode 42 - Mountain Biking Guilty Pleasures

It's safe to say that all of us have at least one or three guilty pleasures, things that we're into but maybe we'd rather not broadcast to the world. You know, like how you can't stop watching Bachelo...

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Episode 41 - Racing Rumours and Team Changes

Episode 41 - Racing Rumours and Team Changes

With many top-tier racers changing teams or finding themselves without a sponsor for the coming year, this might be the silliest of silly seasons. We’ve seen Loris Vergier move to Trek, cross-country ...

15 Tammi 202154min

Episode 40 - The Pinkbike Awards!

Episode 40 - The Pinkbike Awards!

The Pinkbike Awards are our way of highlighting the people, performances, events, and gear that stood out to us over the previous twelve months. Categories include Mountain Bike of the Year, Value Mou...

12 Tammi 20211h 22min

Episode 39 - Predicting the Future of Mountain Biking

Episode 39 - Predicting the Future of Mountain Biking

The end of the year means that it's time for us to make a bunch of predictions about what 2021 holds for mountain biking, from racing to sales to new gear and more. Will bikes continue to fly off show...

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Episode 38 - The Pinkbike Editor's 2020 Best-Of Picks

Episode 38 - The Pinkbike Editor's 2020 Best-Of Picks

The end of the year means two things: it's time for a bunch of resolutions that definitely won't pan out, and every website doing a bunch of questionable best-of lists. And while our annual Pinkbike A...

30 Joulu 202048min

Episode 37 - The 2020 Privateer Season with Ben Cathro

Episode 37 - The 2020 Privateer Season with Ben Cathro

Ben Cathro had been part of our downhill coverage for multiple seasons prior to him officially joining the Pinkbike team as presenter and race correspondent, and 2020 saw the return of the Privateer v...

24 Joulu 20201h 20min

Episode 36 - Grilling Kazimer about Field Test Enduro Bikes

Episode 36 - Grilling Kazimer about Field Test Enduro Bikes

How many enduro races did he win on the Altitude? What was the highest wheelie drop he did on the Norco Shore? Why the heck does the Propane Spindrift climb so well? How come he put the Nomad's Fox 38...

17 Joulu 202051min

Episode 35 - Things in the Woods (Story Time with Richard Cunningham)

Episode 35 - Things in the Woods (Story Time with Richard Cunningham)

If you spend enough time in the forest, you’re bound to see or hear something that gives you the heebie-jeebies. Maybe it’s a set of eyes that followed you, or maybe you’re convinced that those eyes b...

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