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A large proportion of the world's best carbon frames are made in Taiwan! But you may not realise that many of the other components on your bike are also made there too! Ollie has been to visit two massive factories that make saddles, pedals, and other components for many of the world’s biggest bike brands! Let’s go!
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@x9lp4hh 8 месяцев назад

Love watching the manufacturing process…thanks to Velo and Wellgo for opening their doors to GCN

@julianwinn4502 8 месяцев назад

Spent some time in a Giant bicycle factory in Shanghai a few years ago. 6000 bicycles a day, 1500 of which were carbon frames. The ladies welding the aluminium frames together were super skilled and a joy to watch at work.

@davidlewis4399 8 месяцев назад

Shame they dont make bikes in the West really.

@robertmcfadyen9156 8 месяцев назад

I thought frame welding became automated about 1988 .

@huntos83 8 месяцев назад

@@davidlewis4399they could, but you’d have to be happy to pay twice as much for the bike

@cjohnson3836 8 месяцев назад

@@davidlewis4399 No one wants to pay the price of such frames.

@danielakerman8241 8 месяцев назад

@@davidlewis4399 why is that a shame, actually?

@TheJoeOption 8 месяцев назад

The modern bike industry just doesn't exist without Taiwan. It's absolutely crazy.

@jameslee-pevenhull5087 8 месяцев назад

The old bike industry didn't exist without Warwickshire. What happened?

@gregmcmullen6698 8 месяцев назад

costs happened.@@jameslee-pevenhull5087

@sonicart77 8 месяцев назад

Tons of Taiwanese themselves cycle as well

@MaximRecoil 25 дней назад

Taiwan has been a major force in the bike industry since at least the early 1980s.

@buster.keaton 8 месяцев назад

I thought this video was going to be super boring but I ended-up watching to the end as it was pretty darn interesting to see how some of the components we take for granted are made.

@DRD8CZ 8 месяцев назад

8:57 it says GIANT on the wall.. at least one customer you forgot to blurr 😀

@rug212 8 месяцев назад

Oops 😝

@andrewmcalister3462 8 месяцев назад

OMG. The closely guarded secret that Giant bikes are manufactured in Taiwan is now out there.

@recstoppauseplay 8 месяцев назад

Manufacturers in Taiwan should also get tremendous applause and credit for making parts for vintage bicycles of latter half of the 20th century. If you're asking your local bike shop for Sturmey Archer parts, 26 x 1 3/8" tires, spokes, BB bearings and cups etc. They'll most likely be able to find them from Taiwan. The fun of restoration gets many a good bike back out on the road.

@andrewmcalister3462 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Ollie for a couple of fascinating factory tours. Glad you were able to make the most of your time in Taiwan.

@kevingormany1719 8 месяцев назад

So glad to see Wellgo getting some time in the sun. They make great pedals. Love them.

@RyonBeachner 8 месяцев назад

“I can’t say which manufacturers they produce for” No one would ask you to do that, it would take FAR too long. It would be much easier to list the three companies who they don’t work with. 😂

@tonyBobb5209 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant Brilliant content! This is what the cycling community have been after. This episode is a nice fit after the previous episode talking about the bike industry, with the costs for the latest bikes being out of reach for many people. I'd like to know if Ollie managed to do any cycling while overseas? Would be rude not too. Well done GCN this has been a great watch, throughly enjoyed. Makes me want to take a trip to Taiwan myself.

@ehuremovic526 8 месяцев назад

Did you miss the video where he did the Taiwan KOM challenge?

@tonyBobb5209 8 месяцев назад

@@ehuremovic526 clearly I did. Thanks for giving me the heads up. Will check it out. Thank you.

@KenSmith-bv4si 8 месяцев назад

At 67 years old, Im happy to say all my joints, ie hips knees, are all OEM.

@PhilOsGarage 8 месяцев назад

I’m 45, and mine aren’t 😂

@balbontinsergio 8 месяцев назад

LONG time GCN fan & also a U.S. attorney specializing in international trade. (First Asian factory I "visited" making bike stuff.) EXCELLENT video blending my hobby with work. Kudos guys on showing the world the behind the scenes!

@deepspoke2201 8 месяцев назад

Sourced pedals from Wellgo for an OEM brand in 1998; great company and glad to see they’re still around. Was also surprised on my 1st visit to see multiple OEM brands supported by single contract manufacturers.

@robertmcfadyen9156 8 месяцев назад

With the number of bicycles with their pedals , production must be 12 - 16 times higher than described .

@mlee6050 8 месяцев назад

Sorry Wellgo ... I often keep or give those away since I go with a Shimano or crank brothers one

@trek520rider2 8 месяцев назад

@@mlee6050 And you know all Shimano and Crank Brothers are not made by Wellgo how?

@mlee6050 8 месяцев назад

@@trek520rider2 I was just on about the ones that actually got wellgo written on it

@DougBateson 8 месяцев назад

One of the most interesting and informative videos I've seen in a long time.

@edromero7985 8 месяцев назад

For my mechanical engineering final project I visited Medici bike frames........it was a very great insight to practical manufacturing for those who had never seen it

@ojtibi9906 8 месяцев назад

"Let's go, 'group of cyclists'!" is a good one, that made me chuckle! 😅

@oliverbridgewood3929 8 месяцев назад

😉

@user-nt8dy4xw9r 7 месяцев назад

What a fascinating watch! This video is an eye-opener to the industry, not just a product. Thank you GCN!

@chirpy999 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic film, love seeing Robots and the machines that make our kit, thanks Ollie and GCN.

@questionmark6971 8 месяцев назад

Velo saddles and Wellgo pedals have been on my bikes for years.

@Jayneflakes 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating as always. Thanks Oli & GCN.

@Shadowboost 8 месяцев назад

Very cool to see the Wellgo factory. I'll happily buy Made in Taiwan bike parts.

@Ale_BR 8 месяцев назад

Great video! Super interesting. Thank you GCN and Ollie. It’s amazing to see has been developed over time in that region and it has become the main reason the whole industry is dependent on their factories. Even nowadays when labor costs are no longer competitive.

@jackcisco33 8 месяцев назад

Well done! We need more of these manufacturing videos! So cool and interesting to watch

@cb6866 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Dr O and crew...interesting process . Love the robotics !

@raginganarchist 8 месяцев назад

A massive THANK YOU to all the Chinese and Taiwanese workers for working hard to bring us quality bike parts at a reasonable cost.

@zukzworld 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful video, well done Dr. B! ❤️✌🏾

@jonathanzappala 8 месяцев назад

More please. I love seeing the business of cycling.

@michaelw7438 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating Ollie, many thanks for this insight.

@motionstudio77 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tour 👍🏻👍🏻

@yevhen82 3 месяца назад

Thanks for that video! From childhood till now I love those affordable yet well built products both Velo and Wellgo manufacture. Wanted to see how it’s done and you’ve delivered from Taiwan exactly what I wanted, guys!

@bugeyesprite119 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Thanks, Ollie!

@guyyanez6949 8 месяцев назад

Please more videos like this one Olie! Wow, great stuff!

@davidwashbrook9885 8 месяцев назад

A Pinnacle mountain bike I bought over a decade ago had a Velo saddle on it and it's still the most comfortable saddle I've ever ridden.

@lefousuisse 7 месяцев назад

A huge thanks to all actors who permitted to see the serious work, i hope that video will confirm how serious are Taiwan and other Asia's productors ^^ Sorry for my english he's not perfect! Thanks GCN Tech :-) (personnal quote, i like the passion of your presentator!)

@johnerdam961 8 месяцев назад

Really, really interesting Video! More of that would be very welcome

@jacob-webber-outdoors 8 месяцев назад

That's quite interesting! Very cool!

@garyjones6519 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant and very interesting. Thank you @gcn

@PrzemyslawSliwinski 8 месяцев назад

Next stop: mid-tier group-set factories (Malasia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam)?

@markbooth6745 8 месяцев назад

Good video, I use wellgo pedals. Very good too.🔥🔥🔥😃👍

@johnstrac 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting, thanks.

@jeffreylee5770 8 месяцев назад

Hi Ollie, Thanks for exploring some of the bike component manufacturing in Taiwan. If you can hire a translator and talk with more everyday people in the bike industry, and just people at the night market or the fish market, that would be fun. Food in Taiwan is a lot better than in a lot of the rest of the world : )

@craigstephenmcdonald9915 8 месяцев назад

I love this stuff, more please😊

@iansingleton 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating! No wonder China wants to get it's hands on Taiwan! It's like the whole country is one massive manufacturing workshop! Wellgo pedals are great. All my flat MTB pedals are and have been Wellgo. They've never let me down, they last ages, took a huge bashing and I've never had to service them! Exactly what you want from a product. Thanks GCN & Oli great film, more like this please! 👍

@cjohnson3836 8 месяцев назад

China's desire of Taiwan are primarily cultural and secondarily due to how maritime control is distributed via maritime law and the geopolitical implications of the S.China Sea and particularly with Japanese trade routing. Taiwan punches up economically but its a blip compared to China. And Taiwan's most important production isn't something China could take through conquest anyways as its dependent upon European inputs (and there's contingencies to demolish chip fab factories in the event of an invasion)

@MaximRecoil 25 дней назад

"Wellgo pedals are great." I wouldn't say that. I bought some B102 pedals a few years ago and the bearings might as well have been adjusted by a monkey; way too tight and they'd barely spin. I had to adjust them myself but guess what? There was no keyed washer in there, nor even a groove in the spindles to accommodate one, which makes it next to impossible to perfectly adjust them. If you're not familiar with how loose bearing pedals are supposed to be made, read Sheldon Brown's article about it. The keyed washer is assumed to be there because it's a necessity, due to the cone and jam nut being stacked on top of each other down in a hole where it's impossible to get two wrenches on them at the same time. The keyed washer prevents the cone from tightening while you tighten the jam nut against it with a socket. After a few hours of dicking around with them I got them pretty close to perfect so that they spin great, but the jam nuts still aren't tightened against the cone as much as they should be, which means they'll probably get out of adjustment in short order. Fortunately I don't ride the bike they are on very often. I bought my first pair of Wellgo pedals in 1997 and those at least spun smoothly and freely as is, but those aren't perfect either, because there's always been a little bit of play in the bearings, which means the cones should have been tightened slightly more at the factory. There's a precise point when adjusting bearings that there's no play yet they still spin smoothly and freely, and Wellgo apparently can't find it.

@cup_and_cone 8 месяцев назад

Great video, I could see this being a whole series! Let's get other big Taiwan component OEMs like TH (Tien Hsin), Joy Industrial, SR Suntour, etc, on here too!

@natillano 8 месяцев назад

Ultra cool. What a tour

@jonathanbenn2241 8 месяцев назад

Have used Wello MTB flats for several years. Great value and durable.

@stevendembo2389 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating!

@ak19910716 8 месяцев назад

As a bike loving mechanical engineer this is just the best video content I can hope for

@TheArto50 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting video👌.

@chriscole4149 8 месяцев назад

Very good! Very cool!

@dalem1140 8 месяцев назад

Excellent vid👌

@scottwaddell298 8 месяцев назад

I live in Taiwan...get to the mountains... Some of the best in the world for cycling

@salh5578 8 месяцев назад

I love these behind the scenes videos, thanks Ollie. Maybe not as glamorous as a trip to Taiwan, but how about West Brom'.... where Brooks saddles are made. Less high tech, but really high quality, hand made British craftsmanship. Some of the machines still in use, date back nearly a hundred years. Having had the privilege of taking a school group round, it is fascinating for a bike geek, and I find my modified B17 is super comfy.

@cjohnson3836 8 месяцев назад

How its Made and Brooks' own channels have done this already

@dthornew 8 месяцев назад

The „Brian Cox“ of the next generation! Good job.

@aaronedgeart 8 месяцев назад

Super cool.

@mitchpaliga4851 8 месяцев назад

My first "SPD's" were Nashbar Wellgos, still have a pair.

@PhilOsGarage 8 месяцев назад

I suspect the entry level shimano ones are well go, too.

@cup_and_cone 8 месяцев назад

Nashbar branded Wellgo pedals I bought in the 90's were my first clipless pedals... Those were the days.

@WilliamOwyong 8 месяцев назад

As a heavy rider, I for one am grateful they test their seats at 125kg 😅

@reinholdachleitner2069 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video,I think my knock off Spezialized Power saddle is made by Velo.Super comfortable by the way.

@Ebikersplace 8 месяцев назад

Great video, more of this please, what about the Brooks factory 👍

@zbigniewgawel4796 8 месяцев назад

few months ago I bought a pair of wellgo C237 pedals, very well made, light and good looking pedals

@StoccTube 8 месяцев назад

“Aren’t machines brilliant”. “Bearings and lasers too… brilliant” 😂

@matskelton9589 8 месяцев назад

Top quality infomercial 👌

@ERKNEES2 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video

@steveherring8494 8 месяцев назад

as a industrial designer that was very interesting .

@krishnansrinivasan830 8 месяцев назад

Awesome :)

@hazembata 8 месяцев назад

Very cool.

@VerthNeel 8 месяцев назад

Very nice

@ghowell13 8 месяцев назад

Wellgo makes the OEM pedals for a fair few BMX brands. GT, Mongoose, I believe SE. I'm more familiar with the older brands than the "newer" ones, although my daughter and I both ride/ race current model BMX bikes. I'm an old head at heart, so I always look at the old brands when their new models come out. But I recognized quite a few of those pedal bodies. As a matter of fact, the multi color one was an Odyssey brand pedal. They are a separate "parts" brand.

@MaximRecoil 25 дней назад

"Wellgo makes the OEM pedals for a fair few BMX brands. GT, Mongoose, I believe SE." Maybe some, but not all. The stock pedals on my 1984 Mongoose Californian were SR P-468. SR is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures its own stuff in Japan, or at least they did back then. The stock stem was also SR (MS-422), made in Japan. The frame and fork were made in Taiwan though; 1984 being the first year that all of Mongoose's frames/forks were made in Taiwan. They started making some of them there in 1983, and before that they were all made in California.

@ghowell13 25 дней назад

@MaximRecoil I was referring to the plastic pedals more than anything, and on the latter 80s BMX bikes, mainly. I'm pretty sure that Wellgo made the plastic pedals for GT, Dyno, from the 80 to currently. The SE bikes currently, and the Mongoose bikes , from the 90s Wal- Goose era to currently. I am also fairly well versed in the old school/ mid school bikes, so well met! Although I mat have oversimplified my original answer. I only vaguely remember an SR plastic pedal, to the point I'm doubtful there was one. And if there was, I wonder if they actually made it in-house? I seem to vaguely remeber a friend of mine having an 86 DiamondBack with white SR pedals on it, but the could also have been painted metal. At 50, my mind does that occasionally... I still have the 3 I originally owned in the mid/ late 80s, as well as the 4 others I bought from my friends when they would rather have money for a car. And another 14 besides those in my collection currently. And only 1 road bike and 2 mountain bikes🤣 Shimano was emerging then (Shimano pedals are still highly sought after, and command a premium). SR/ Sakae was certainty a heavy hitter in OEM equipment brands for Mongoose, as well as a few others. My Californian has the 468s on it, and a set of s f e Supers that I bought that bike with, that look exactly like the SRs. I have an NOS set of SR MP-470s in the box. I always liked the MKS Grafite-Xs, too. Back then, I was lucky to have the bikes I scrounged and saved for 2nd and 3rd hand, I never had the MKS pedals. I had the Wellgo knockoffs🤣 But, I still have them, so they couldn't be so bad(?) Few of the guys in the bike groups give me hell about it, but it's fun. Anyway, at that time (80s through the 90s, Wellgo would have been on the lower end models of the bike brands that I mentioned, and also a lot of the department store bikes. Still are, honestly. But it's nice to see some of the old brands are still in business. Take care!

@MaximRecoil 25 дней назад

@@ghowell13 "At 50, my mind does that occasionally..." We're about the same age then. I'll be 50 in several months (class of '93). "Shimano was emerging then (Shimano pedals are still highly sought after, and command a premium)." Yeah; there are a few pairs of NOS first-generation Shimano DX pedals on eBay right now and the asking prices range from $1,043 to $1,850, which is utterly absurd. I ordered a new pair of MKS BM-7 pedals for my Mongoose. They reissued them in 2012 and are still making them. They even improved them slightly over the originals by using an aluminum dust cap instead of a plastic one. They are still made in Japan and they still have a great finish. The amazing thing is the price; around $30, which is what cheap Wellgo "bear trap" pedals sell for, which are knockoffs of the much nicer original bear trap pedals: Suntour XC (which were designed by Suntour and manufactured by MKS). MKS has been the best pedal manufacturer for decades in my opinion. I have two pairs of Wellgos and I'm not impressed with the way they adjusted the bearings on either of them. The ones I bought in 1997 at least spun smoothly and freely, but they had slight play in them. The cones should have been tightened a hair more before they locked it in place with the jam nut. The ones I bought a few years ago might as well have been adjusted by a monkey. The cones were way too tight; they would barely spin. When I opened them up to fix them I discovered that not only was there no keyed washer between the jam nut and the cone, but there wasn't even a groove in the spindle to accommodate one. That makes it next to impossible to adjust the bearings perfectly, because without a keyed washer, there's no good way to tighten the jam nut without also tightening the cone (since they are down in a hole you can't get a wrench/socket on both of them at the same time). After about an hour of frig-farting around with them I got them close enough, by jamming a screwdriver in there to mostly keep the cone from tightening as I tightened the jam nut. They aren't perfect though, and the jam nut isn't as tight against the cone as it should be.

@ghowell13 25 дней назад

@MaximRecoil hate to hear the poor quality on those mid school Wellgos. But that's nice to know about the MKS pedals, I'll look into them. I could use a set for an 83 GT race bike I have that I still race occasionally. I had a set of Odyssey triple traps on it, and about the 2nd or 3rd race out, I bashed the left pedal in and did everything but send myself through the infield. Thankfully, I didn't wreck the 3 piece Sugino cranks I had just gotten a new square taper Shimano Dura Ace BB for, lol. MKS is still making the Graphite-X, or were. They can be found if you like those. That DX pedal price is insanity. Although, though the bike groups on Facebook, They were still 5-700 dollars for really good/ excellent condition ones. I only have one set of them, and I need to strip the awful gold anno (what's left of it, anyway) off, and give them a light polish. Those centercaps are the devil to find, too, although apparently someone in Australia is 3D printing them. If you're on Facebook, check out Old School BMX Life. There's also a Mid and New School Life pages. Based in the UK, but good groups. Can find parts much cheaper than eBay or BMX Museum dot com.

@nazarethzuanare1062 5 месяцев назад

Maravilloso

@willshaughnessy8515 8 месяцев назад

spent 3 months in Yangmigshan ,,outside of Taipei great little cycling hub,, bike shops on every corner,. Ollie you must ride in Yangmingshan.. National Park\.. ask the local bike club or rapha shop folk about Buddhas Hand ride.. up the mountain,..down to the sea .. as many times as you have fingers.. final run a spalsh in the sea., head into Taipei for a good curry.. my friend Danny's place Spice Shop..in Taipei.. Have fun in TW. the hot springs in Yangmingshan too are delightful after a long ride..

@feedbackzaloop 8 месяцев назад

That OEM talk made me wonder, how many tiers deep can you go with bikes. Example, Corratec bikes with ZZYZX wheels, which have Formula hubs, which have NBK (of that I am not exactly sure) bearings. Then, aerospace guys will go nuts from Ollie calling steel alloy and alu metal😉

@PhilOsGarage 8 месяцев назад

I suspect it confuses many, but steel is an alloy, but aluminium isn’t. Many people think alloy means aluminium, but it’s simply a metal made of more than one material, steel being an alloy of iron and carbon (also other elements such as chromium and molybdenum) pure aluminium is an element, but it’s usually an alloy of aluminium, silicon and other metals, hence aluminium alloy.

@feedbackzaloop 8 месяцев назад

@@PhilOsGarage it is confusing indeed, to think that general absolute truths are applicable to narrow professional areas... Those are just colloquialisms. As aluminium alloys became frequent in aviation while pure aluminium was never used, engineers omited the "aluminium" part.

@glenni249 8 месяцев назад

@@PhilOsGaragealuminium is an alloy in most applications. A quick google says that aluminium 6061 is common in bikes, which is an alloy with silicon and magnesium.

@troycollett8540 8 месяцев назад

I have wellgo pedals and they are awesome

@robertmcfadyen9156 8 месяцев назад

The MG 1 pedals often have bearing failures , therefore need to replace those bearings however . Axial strikes damage them sometimes .

@jonasvieth 8 месяцев назад

Taiwan quality standards are probably that high because they are not calculating g with 10m/s² 😉

@badannyrey4296 7 месяцев назад

Interesante manufacturas de un proceso nuy impresiónante

@ollieelgie 8 месяцев назад

"Let's go... 'group of cyclists' " You simply can't love Ollie!

@xkeigo 8 месяцев назад

welldone, 8:56 Giant label on the wall....

@GokkunGuru 8 месяцев назад

Taiwan is number 1 in the bike components manufacturing industry. Hands down!

@chaosflower4892 8 месяцев назад

I'm old enough to remember when Taiwan started its inroads into cycling (BMX). The best bike stuff was British, American or Japanese back in the 80's and it was pricey e.g. Shimano, Dia-Compe, Sugino, Kashimax, IRC etc. Then suddenly we had decent copies made by Victor Pedal, Viscount, Cheng Shin (now Maxxis) etc.. and then came Giant. Victor possibly produced the first Shimano DX pedal copy. Viscount made great copies of Kashimax saddles. And even well into the 2000's Giant had a copy of the Hope C2 disc brake.. but by then Giant and others were also innovating and investing massively.

@ghowell13 8 месяцев назад

I made comment similar to yours. I didn't say it, but I kinda cringed when Ollie mentioned the bit about children's bikes.😂 I still ride a child's bike, or what people think of as one. I still ride BMX, race occasionally, and have loads of my 80s freestyle bikes and parts. I remember the "Asian invasion " as well. It brought the cycling sport down out of the stratospheric cost. It's a shame it's back there again, with little relief.

@christopheroliver148 8 месяцев назад

How could you forget our buddies in Vicenza in your list of sources of the best? When I started riding, Tullio Campagnolo was still alive, and if you raced, chances are you were on parts made by his company. At the time, DuraAce looked like a slightly prettier version of 600, and Shimano was far from the dominant player in high end cycling it is today. Of course the best derailleurs then came from SunTour not Campagnolo.

@chaosflower4892 8 месяцев назад

@@ghowell13 plenty of grownups still enjoying BMX's even just for nostalgia and fun.. we must be brothers from another mother.. your playlist.. wiki wiki wiki wiki now check this out! Just remembered I bought a layback UK made Renthal seatpost for £5 in 1983 so there were some goodies that were cheapish..

@chaosflower4892 8 месяцев назад

@@christopheroliver148 not so much forgetting.. but I was reminiscing from a BMX standpoint.. Italians werent really making BMX stuff.. back then roadbikes werent my thing (still arent!)..

@ghowell13 8 месяцев назад

@@chaosflower4892 belei e it or not, Campagnolo made a few BMX parts. Bianchi was making whole BMX bikes.

@christianndasilva1843 8 месяцев назад

Minute 3:34 that's definitely a Bontrager Aeolus RSL saddle

@marivelalarconveliz2172 7 месяцев назад

Excelente

@PeakTorque 8 месяцев назад

What brands can we spot? I'll start. 7:11 prologo

@leissp1 8 месяцев назад

Nice subtle name drops Olie

@PoulHansenDK 8 месяцев назад

I wanted to see how they attach the frame to the saddle! You have to go back Ollie! ;-)

@robertmcfadyen9156 8 месяцев назад

The middle section of the rails the lady had in the plastic trough at 6:00 approximately are cambered slightly when pressed and de - cambered in another press when fitted to take up nose and two rear sockets slack . Only modest pressure is used . This is how Selle Italia do it .

@aihsanasl 8 месяцев назад

Did you cycled to Taiwan to show us this factory 😱 I can't believe you 😜

@robertmcfadyen9156 8 месяцев назад

Went by airline .

@JudithSaNo-pm7fu 6 месяцев назад

Genial 👌👍

@ianmacdonald487 8 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed this video. How about visits to hub manufacturers? I'm actually very curious to know who makes all the coaster brake hubs which are all the same design inside. Who owns the patent on that design? I can't find any answers from Google.

@jorgeluismendeztantalean-ps3vi 5 месяцев назад

Muy bueno

@Pav_1983 8 месяцев назад

Group of cyclist = Peleton. Nice one Ollie ;-) 6:37 Prologo Scratch?

@chrism5433 8 месяцев назад

well years ago , auto parts made in Asia didnt have the hardning process down , being poor prouducts , today they got it mostley down . taiwan has done a great job on there tools for mechanics ,ive tried and tested .cheers

@PhilOsGarage 8 месяцев назад

Many years ago. For probably the last 40 years that hasn’t necessarily been true.

@pulser955 8 месяцев назад

I find it really insulting that at this point we are still acting like it’s a big secret that most bike “manufacturers” are really just marketing companies that don’t make anything. It would be refreshing if we could just stop pretending and just embrace the actual manufacturing going on.

@robertmcfadyen9156 8 месяцев назад

Trek makes very little product . Many of their bicycles are made by XDS in Vietnam as of April 2021 .

@pulser955 8 месяцев назад

@@robertmcfadyen9156 Back when I worked in a shop the only thing Trek made I house was the high end OCLV frames. When I built bikes my boss would make me take the made in China labels off the frames. I haven’t worked in a shop in a long time or kept up with where they make stuff anymore. I do own 2 treks but because I like the bikes and the warranty.

@garysalisbury8949 7 месяцев назад

I recently picked up a 70s Peugeot. Literally everything on that bike is made in France.

@JanneRasanen2 8 месяцев назад

I have heard of Wellgo, I have flat pedals from them. Finland.

@MaximRecoil 25 дней назад

12:10 - Where did you get the wild notion that no one's heard of Wellgo? They've been around for ages. I bought a new pair of Wellgo "bear trap" type BMX pedals (LU-393) in 1997, which I still have, and they'd already been around for a long time back then too (since at least the early 1980s). I don't know how anyone who's into bicycles could not have heard of them. If you're in the market for pedals you're almost certainly going to come across some Wellgo ones during your search.

@graham2954 8 месяцев назад

It's mad the amount of bike places around Taichung.

@mattqueen8748 8 месяцев назад

Can you tour the Shimano and Sram factories???

@chrisridesbicycles 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting. Not as nice working conditions as in Europe! There were times in the early 90s when all the parts of the bike came with the names of the OEM on it. My first real MTB had Wellgo pedals and a Velo saddle. I‘m sure my current saddle also came out of this factory since Prologo is a branch of Velo.

@RAP4EVERMRC96 8 месяцев назад

Taiwan is such an interesting country. I think I need to go there once at least.

@Membrillo81 8 месяцев назад

Bring your road bike. Trust me.

@RAP4EVERMRC96 8 месяцев назад

@@Membrillo81 yh a friend of mine who was born there said you can cycle around the whole island.

@mlee6050 8 месяцев назад

I wish sometimes we knew what brands go by them so know if pick best stuff and hope support these people still or just know the brands so might pick some parts made by wellgo