Mountain Bikes
 Lapierre Mountain Bikes
For more than 60 years, LAPIERRE™ has combined technological innovation, aesthetics, attention to detail and its experience in the most important races to offer the most beautiful and efficient bikes to aficionados. Whatever your ride, road or MTB competition, leisure, sport or fitness, you will find the bike of your dreams in the LAPIERRE™ collection, be it a mountain bike, road bike, city or all-road bike. All of our bikes are created in France, according to the finest rules in this domain.
Already the leader in high-end MTB on the French market, the LAPIERRE™ brand is conquering the rest of the world. 60 years of innovation in particular with our patented rear suspension systems (OST and FPS2), which are real technological improvements in the MTB world.
www.lapierre-bikes.co.uk
 Orbea Mountain Bikes
The beginnings of Orbea reach deeper into history than nearly any other bicycle manufacturer, to 1847 when the Orbea brothers began their metal tubing business in the Basque region of northern Spain. In 1930, the brothers narrowed their focus to making bicycles, a natural progression given that cycling is an integral part of the lives of the Basque people. This area (approximately the size of New Hampshire) supports more than 1500 cycling clubs and has 150 riders competing in the European pro peloton.
Honor, honesty and social ties are other tenets of the close-knit Basque culture. In keeping with these ideals, Orbea was reorganized as a worker-owned cooperative in 1960, and in 1964 joined the Mondragon Corporación Cooperativa (MCC), one of the world’s largest, oldest, and most successful cooperatives. Despite the global industrial might that this group wields, at its core Orbea remains a family and community based business. It is not unusual to see three generations of the same family at work on the Orbea factory floor.
Orbea’s commitment and love for cycling keeps them thinking creatively about the next opportunity to improve your ride, and ensures that Orbea bikes remain a product of skilled craftsmanship and personal pride. From concept to manufacturing, an Orbea bicycle takes six months to two years to create, and each bike carries a lifetime guarantee for its original owner.
Given the Basque community’s passion for cycling, Orbea considers it the highest compliment that their Orca was ridden to a Beijing gold medal by Spain’s Samuel Sanchez, who rides for the world-class team Euskaltel-Euskadi. This group of Basque professional riders is sponsored by Euskaltel, the Basque telephone company, and also, fittingly, by the Euskadi, the Basque people themselves.
www.orbea.com.au
Kona Mountain Bikes
River Valley Cycle is proud to be Edmonton''s exclusive Kona mountain bike dealer. Kona Mountain Bikes is headquartered in Vancouver, BC home of The North Shore. Since their backyard is the birthplace of freeriding, it makes sense that their bikes are built to withstand the abuse of huge hucks and high speed spills. Kona''s design group is aided and abetted by employees who ride off-road every day in every type of rideable (and nearly rideable) condition. Kona continues to produce bikes that push the limits of the sport.
See Kona's mountain bike models at: http://www.konaworld.com
 Rocky Mountain Bikes
Rocky Mountain is a homegrown success story. This Canadian company produces bicycles, from steel hardtails to 9-inch suspension downhill rigs, that are renowned for their ride quality and durability. Rocky Mountain''s construction standards and attention to detail are legendary. They offer four independent, purpose-built full suspension systems, all of which were developed at its own R&D facility. Forgoing the mass production, Rocky operates as a semi-custom builder. You can practically feel the hand-built lovin’ when you take one of these babies for a rip.
See Rocky Mountain's mountain bike models at http://www.bikes.com
 Santa Cruz Mountain Bikes
Santa Cruz is a small, high-end mountain bike company based in Santa Cruz, California. Santa Cruz''s goal is to build the best full-suspension bikes possible and we think that they''ve come pretty darn close. Santa Cruz''s mountain bikes are simple, fast and efficient, the envy of the bike industry. Santa Cruz bicycles are available as frames, as complete bicycles using Santa Cruz build kits, or as full custom bicycles. We like ‘em and we’re pretty sure you will too.
See Santa Cruz's line up at http://www.santacruzmtb.com/
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