Where is my bike (frame-set) made?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 1:47 pm
<disclaimer> Here is a list of where I think many modern carbon fiber bikes are made in 2019. This list is not definative, exact, neccessarily correct or exhaustive. This is knowledge that comes from a secondary source in China that works in the industry and has done multiple factory visits. Some manufacturers make bikes across multiple factories, so some models will be made in one place, others elsewhere, dependent on price or carbon fibre type or other frame material, and things often change, what was true last year may not be true this year. Sometimes factories or OEMs might be known in one name in English, and another in Chinese confusing matters. Or one factory might be called one thing and wholly or jointly owned by some bigger entity.
If you know something that's wrong, or incomplete (for example Cannondale) excellent! Enlighten me/us with evidence or personal first-hand direct knowledge, we are all here to learn. This thread is just for fun, education and entertainment, not a game of 'who's right on the internet' with knives drawn
. If you don't like this thread, and think it's stupid, usless or in another way uninteresting then kindly close the thread without commenting and go elsewhere.</disclaimer>
Pardus bikes Taian, Shandong Province, China. Some models of Cervelo, Scott, Factor, BMC, Argon 18.
Giant manufacturing, Kunshan near Shanghai, China - Most carbon fiber Giant Bicycles.
ZGL bicycles, Lianyunguang, Jiangsu Province, China - Some Colnago except C64.
Dingpeng bicycles, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China - Bianchi, Pinarello - make raw frames and sent to Italy for paint and final assembly. Cube, Kuota, Fuji and others painted onsite and often sent to Taiwan for final assembly. Maybe some models of Canyon.
Xinkai, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China - Specialized possibly Merida too, possibly sent to Taiwan for paint and assembly.
Battle Bikes, Tianjin, China - Low-end Specialized bikes.
Look bikes - Tunisia
Some takeaway thoughts. The location of manufacture geographically doesn't neccessarily mean an indication of overall quality. The country of Manufacturer marked on a bike can often legally just refer to the country of paint and/or assembly. The country of origin of the manufacturer HQ is no guarantee that a bikes frameset was designed in or by a national of that country.
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If you know something that's wrong, or incomplete (for example Cannondale) excellent! Enlighten me/us with evidence or personal first-hand direct knowledge, we are all here to learn. This thread is just for fun, education and entertainment, not a game of 'who's right on the internet' with knives drawn
. If you don't like this thread, and think it's stupid, usless or in another way uninteresting then kindly close the thread without commenting and go elsewhere.</disclaimer> Pardus bikes Taian, Shandong Province, China. Some models of Cervelo, Scott, Factor, BMC, Argon 18.
Giant manufacturing, Kunshan near Shanghai, China - Most carbon fiber Giant Bicycles.
ZGL bicycles, Lianyunguang, Jiangsu Province, China - Some Colnago except C64.
Dingpeng bicycles, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China - Bianchi, Pinarello - make raw frames and sent to Italy for paint and final assembly. Cube, Kuota, Fuji and others painted onsite and often sent to Taiwan for final assembly. Maybe some models of Canyon.
Xinkai, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China - Specialized possibly Merida too, possibly sent to Taiwan for paint and assembly.
Battle Bikes, Tianjin, China - Low-end Specialized bikes.
Look bikes - Tunisia
Some takeaway thoughts. The location of manufacture geographically doesn't neccessarily mean an indication of overall quality. The country of Manufacturer marked on a bike can often legally just refer to the country of paint and/or assembly. The country of origin of the manufacturer HQ is no guarantee that a bikes frameset was designed in or by a national of that country.
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