Órbita – Bicicletas Portuguesas, Lda. was an international bicycle manufacturer headquartered in Águeda, Portugal. The bicycles produced were branded as Órbita or Orbita (in some countries).
The company was created on 2 February 1971 and 95% of its shares are owned by the Miralago S.A group.
Órbita manufactured a wide range of bicycle types including utility, mountain, racing, touring, hybrid, cruiser and BMX bikes. These included specific models for women, for men, for children, vintage bikes, two rider bikes, tricycles and folding bikes.
70% of Órbita's production was exported and the rest was destined for the Portuguese market. Órbita bikes are presently sold in several countries of Europe, Africa and North America.[1][2]
Órbita closed in 2020 do to bankruptcy related to financial issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic.[3]
Models presently in production
| Mountain | City | Vintage | Fixie | Folding | Tandem | Tricycles | Road | Corporate | Free style | Electric | Kids
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XTR 29" | Estoril II (woman) | Classic | Fixie Cr. Mo. | Articulada | Double Force | Tricycle Tipper | Ultegra | Urban | FreeStyle | Scorbita Super 3 | Shark |
| XTR 27,5" | Trekking | Classic (woman) | Fixie ST-37 | Eurobici | Cruiser | Triciclo Large | 105 | Post Distribution | Scorbita Folding 20 | BTT 20" | |
| XTR 26" Dual suspension | Trekking (woman) | Impala | Dupla Sport | Scorbita Electric Tricycle | OP 220 | GNR | Scorbita Electric Tricycle | BTT 20" (girls) | |||
| RS-5 | Super City | Sintra | Scorbita Large Electric Tricycle | ER-003 | Scorbita Large Electric Tricycle | Y20 | |||||
| Destructor | Estoril III | Pop16 | |||||||||
| XT 29" | Country Tour | Pop14 | |||||||||
| XT 26" Dual suspension | Dame Blanche | M400 | |||||||||
| XTR 26" | Strada | Kitty | |||||||||
| XT 26" | City 242 | Cross | |||||||||
| Kreyts 29er | Búfalo | ||||||||||
| Kreyts 27,5" | |||||||||||
| Kreyts | |||||||||||
| Kripton | |||||||||||
| Boxxer | |||||||||||
| Europa | |||||||||||
| Europa (woman) | |||||||||||
| Sprintline | |||||||||||
| Sprintline (woman) | |||||||||||
| Warrior 26" | |||||||||||
| Warrior 26" (woman) | |||||||||||
| Alfa 26" | |||||||||||
| Alfa 26" (woman) | |||||||||||
| Europa 24" | |||||||||||
| Warrior 24" | |||||||||||
| Warrior 24" (woman) | |||||||||||
| Y24 | |||||||||||
| Alfa 24" | |||||||||||
| Alfa 24" (woman) |
External links
References
- ^ Órbita History
- ^ "Órbita: o último fabricante de bicicletas 100% portuguesas" in Visão, 11 April 2014
- ^ "Bicicletas "made in" Portugal vão do céu ao inferno em apenas oito horas". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.