OrbeaCustom
Origin
Orbea is one of the oldest bicycle brands in the world, founded in 1840 in Eibar, in the Basque Country of Spain, by the Orbea brothers — originally a maker of firearms. Already expert at shaping and joining round steel tubing, the company pivoted to bicycles in 1930 and was racing the Tour de France by 1934. In 1969, facing financial trouble, the workers themselves took over ownership rather than selling to outside investors, and Orbea became a worker-owned cooperative within the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation — one of the world's largest federations of worker cooperatives. Today Orbea is based in Mallabia, Spain, and is the country's largest bicycle manufacturer. The MyO ('My Orbea') custom program is a modern expression of that heritage: rather than sell only fixed catalogue builds, Orbea lets buyers configure paint, components and personal text on carbon models at no premium — a made-to-order approach unusual at its price point and made possible by the cooperative's in-house manufacturing.
Specifications
- Frame
- Carbon (OMR / OMX depending on base model) — MyO is a carbon-only program
- Weight
- kg
- Drivetrain
- Buyer-selected (e.g. Shimano 105/Ultegra/Dura-Ace or SRAM tiers on Orca) — depends on build
- Wheels
- Buyer-selected wheelset (stock or upgrade at extra cost)
The verdict
- Custom paint and personalisation at no extra cost — rare in the industry
- Backed by a genuine heritage brand with in-house European carbon manufacturing
- Wide component/wheel/finishing choice lets you tune spec and budget to taste
- 'Custom' is not a model — quality/ride depends entirely on the base bike you pick
- Made-to-order means a ~4-6 week wait (no instant off-the-shelf purchase)
- Custom paint can hurt used-market resale (niche colours, harder to value/match)
Generations
MyO program (concept)
- Custom paint + components at no extra cost — applies across models, not a single bike
- Frame
- Carbon, buyer-configured
Standard catalogue build
- Off-the-shelf equivalents; MyO simply layers personalisation on top of these
- Frame
- Same carbon frames, fixed spec/colour
Versions & builds
Every official build side by side — differences highlighted.
| Spec | CurrentMyO on Orca (road) | CurrentMyO on Terra (gravel) | CurrentMyO on Oiz (XC MTB) | CurrentMyO on Ordu (triathlon/TT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frame | Carbon OMR/OMX road | Carbon gravel | Carbon XC full-suspension | Carbon aero TT |
| Drivetrain | Shimano/SRAM buyer-selected | Buyer-selected 1x/2x | Buyer-selected | Buyer-selected |
| Purpose | Flagship | Balanced | Flagship | Flagship |
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