[kbainter]

Hey,

I wanted to share some recent videos with you that I did for Get A Grip Cycles out of Chicago. We toured the factories of Serotta, Parlee, and Seven and created a video of each. Check 'em out....

Seven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ySnoQ88EU

Parlee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AnlUprKs0

Serotta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIXD5O-zQw

 

[jlwdm]

Thanks for posting the tours.

Jeff

 

[tsutaoka]

cool videos!

 

[orange_julius]

It is really nice to watch bikes get built. Here's a video from Cyfac:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9x2PjozPus

 

[kbainter]

Thanks for the comments! The Cyfac is similar to the Parlee cycles in the sense that they build the joints by hand... With Parlee, we couldn't really show how they did certain things due to trade secrets. I loved both Serotta & Parlee's carbon bikes (I have a serotta one), but they were soooo different. I would be interested to know if two Parlee bikes, made exactly the same (even though there is a person creating the joints), would ride exactly the same. I know a Serotta would due to the CNC process being 100% the same. Just an interesting thought...

 

[orange_julius]

Thanks for the comments! The Cyfac is similar to the Parlee cycles in the sense that they build the joints by hand... With Parlee, we couldn't really show how they did certain things due to trade secrets. I loved both Serotta & Parlee's carbon bikes (I have a serotta one), but they were soooo different. I would be interested to know if two Parlee bikes, made exactly the same (even though there is a person creating the joints), would ride exactly the same. I know a Serotta would due to the CNC process being 100% the same. Just an interesting thought...

It should not be very hard to make two frames to ride identically. The carbon tubes are all standardized, and so are the resin, wraps, etc. It's just a matter of cutting them identically and putting them together identically.

Changing the number of layers or composition of layers can make a huge difference (this is why the higher-end stuff like Cyfac and Parlee can be really tuned), but otherwise they can be controlled very tightly.

 

[kbainter]

It should not be very hard to make two frames to ride identically. The carbon tubes are all standardized, and so are the resin, wraps, etc. It's just a matter of cutting them identically and putting them together identically.

Changing the number of layers or composition of layers can make a huge difference (this is why the higher-end stuff like Cyfac and Parlee can be really tuned), but otherwise they can be controlled very tightly.

Exactly.... "identically", man making things by hand identically is very difficult....