Cool article about Ora, frame builder for the "masses"

[EB]

If you have a nice Taiwan-made steel or titanium bike, it was probably made by Ora.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/meet-y...gineering.html

[GregL]

ORA makes the Motobecane Ti frames sold by bikesdirect.com. I have a Fantom Cross Team Titanium frameset (purchased through this forum's classifieds). Other than being a bit heavier (1,600g for my size 56) than frames from other well-known Ti builders, it's a great frame. Excellent welds, very sturdy, and rides well. Thanks for sharing the link!

Greg

[EB]

Yep, they also make most (all?) of the Chromag frames, not to mention the Cane Creek eeWings and a whole lot else besides.

I wonder if they make Ritchey frames as well? There's at least one other big Taiwan metal frame builder I'm forgetting the name of.

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by EB

If you have a nice Taiwan-made steel or titanium bike, it was probably made by Ora.

...except for all the Maxway built quality steel frames.

[slowpoke]

Older thread (without any pretty photos): https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=127948

The Ritchey Ti breakaways were most likely made by Ora.

[mstateglfr]

For those who like a little info, but often not enough to actually learn something useful...
https://www.importyeti.com/

Its free to create an account and you can see what companies a company has imported from(via ocean).
Wilde, Crust, Ritchey, Black Mountain Cycles, Sklar, etc etc.

[2metalhips]

I have a Salsa Ti Warbird made by Ora. Nice frame, thousands of gravel and road miles.