com, the same factory but we see a Giant frame, Bontrager rims destined for Trek bikes and a Scott box. All three photos come from a factory tour by Canadian. Its not alone, look closely at the pictures below Many brands, one factory. Either way this means one company in Guangdong province is making the high end bike for several brands. That means Carlos Sastre on his Cervlo, Cadel Evans on his Ridley and Bernhard Kohl on his Specialized Kohl was since rumbled for doping. If like me you dont speak Mandarin, that quote says our production monopolised the top three places of the 2. Heres a quote that youve probably never read 2. Did these guys make your bike Ten Tech branches out to other firms and subsidiaries, for example Donguan Taihe is a supplier of composite materials, carbon to you and me. For example Cervlo and Scott have used a company called Ten Tech Composites to manufacture their frames. Taking the quote above we can see how the OEM in Asia works to the specification of a more well known brand. IQ article, indeed the whole collection of Vertical Limit pieces explain in detail how the industry works. It could be tubesets a raw, unpainted, frame a commercially ready frameset, boxed in after market packaging a commercially ready complete bicycle, boxed in after market packaging. Depending on the clients requirements, finished product can mean different things. The excellent Cycling IQ blog explains the process, known as the OEM Original Equipment Manufacturers OEMs are responsible for taking a bicycle brands unique design and fabricating it into a finished product. Instead your Cannondale, Cervlo, Giant, Scott and Specialized was probably not made by these companies but by a factory in China or Taiwan belonging to a completely different firm. Once upon a time an artisan would build a frame in their workshop and stick their name on the downtube, a practice that still goes on today but only in a niche of the racing bike market. Tour de France podium all used bikes produced in the same factory Yes, the design and decals might have varied but there was only one manufacturer behind all three riders. Did you know the three cyclists on the 2.
0 kommentar(er)
