slowerplease

I am renewing my efforts to clear out my parents garage and I finally pulled out this old steed that I've been sitting on for a while. It has XTR rear cantilevers and shifters, XT derailleur, an apparently older crank, and beefy/short stays. Stickers are gone apart from a trace on the top tube and no serial number that I could find; the only indication is the "Oria" (Loria? Orlia?) stamps on the rear dropouts and what appears to be the same logo on the top tube sticker. I did find a similar (most likely later due to front suspension) Moser MTB on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FRANCESCO-MO...item4d0cb7cb0f

so I'm thinking that's what this is. Does anyone know about these bikes? The Ebay bike says "ceramic" tubing although it is clearly aluminum... is this stuff proprietary to Moser or did any other manufacturers ever use it? It is a nice light frame I have to say, not sure what I will do with it yet although most likely the XTR stuff will be stashed in my top secret underground bank vault to pass on to my offspring... unfortunately the cable stops have some problems, not sure how I will address this. Any insight is appreciated!

1jas

Hi,
I'd like to revive this old thread as I am in similar situation. Any luck in finding out what you have?
I have a frame that has identical welds and very few stickers showing what it is.
There is no ID # stampings anywhere. All there is are the "ORIA" marking on the rear dropouts and thats it.

I can provide pics too if that would help.

1jas

While researching online, I found a similar design in frame and it may be that we both have italian mountain bikes!
The Oria is a company out if Italy that makes quality tubing for road bikes.
Here is a link of where I saw one just like ours. Wilier Triestina MTB bike with Shimano Deore XT equipement | Retrobike

Hope this helps!

cyclotoine

Yes Oria is a tubing manufacturer. The bike in the OP definitely has a replacement fork and was made for suspension. The BB height and head tube angle tell the story. Unfortunately, Italian mountain bikes are generally not that collectible and I do not see much value in these old 90's alloy bikes. The big brands have a far bigger following especially American and Canadian ones since that is where it all started.