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 49 - What's The Best DH Bike?

Episode 49 - What's The Best DH Bike?

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Episode 48 - Rides That Went Horribly Wrong... And Why That Made Them So Good

Episode 48 - Rides That Went Horribly Wrong... And Why That Made Them So Good

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Episode 47 - High Pivot Bikes: The Good, The Bad, and The Why?

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With all these high-pivot bikes out there, it's probably time for us to dig into the design and talk about inherent traits, what they can excel at, their weaknesses, and why you may or may not want on...

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Episode 46 - RockShox Zeb VS Fox 38

Episode 46 - RockShox Zeb VS Fox 38

Fox's new 38 and RockShox's also-new Zeb are both burly single-crown forks that employ 38mm diameter upper tubes, high-end dampers, and a lot of travel to be ready for the rowdiest of riding. Our own ...

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Episode 45 - What Makes A Good Riding Buddy?

Episode 45 - What Makes A Good Riding Buddy?

For some of us, it's all about the conversation, while others enjoy riding with someone who's pedaling too hard to eke out more than a few grunts on the way up. And who doesn't like riding with a budd...

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Episode 44 - Mountain Bike Suspension Decoded

Episode 44 - Mountain Bike Suspension Decoded

Mountain bike suspension can offer impressive performance and adjustability, and you can even get it in a package that's been optimized to within a few grams of its life. In other words, things are pr...

29 Jan 20211h 3min

Episode 43 - Dangerholm's Wildest Custom Mountain Bikes

Episode 43 - Dangerholm's Wildest Custom Mountain Bikes

There are bike dorks and then there are bike dorks. Today's podcast sees Gustav Gullholm, AKA Dangerholm on Instagram, take us through some of his wildest creations. How about a sub-30lb Scott Gambler...

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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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