Allied Cycle Works Factory Tour! USA-Made Carbon Bicycles - Rogers, Arkansas

[@robbchastain3036]

Thanks for this true factory tour, not a hop-scotchy glance at this and that and then fill in the blanks. And mad respect to Allied for making a good thing happen with that Guru gear. And a big thanks, too, for showing everyone that carbon frames can be manufactured here in the States. And no knock on frames being made in faraway lands--one has to respect that giants like Giant seized the opportunity--but it saddens me that my Northern California peoples aren't doing this, too, plus our friends in Wisconsin and elsewhere. And location matters, whether the origin is here or elsewhere. Back in '85, I happily and specifically built up an Italian bike--bought a Colnago frame and those sweet Campy components. And my bike before that--crunched in a crit crash--was a French-made Peugeot. And now, seeing this effort by Allied, I could see riding one of their carbon gravel bikes, for sure. Tho' at age 61, I'm not sure I'm fast enough anymore to warrant one. But it is still fun to dream and recall punishing those losers behind me with a solo ride to the line. And I grin and it was all fun, winning and losing and riding and just showing off and taking the dare over a drop or jump.

[@selder03]

So happy to see more companies bringing manufacturing back to the USA.

[@erich8258]

It was great to see the manufacturing process in such detail. By doing their our manufacturing, Allied potentially has a huge advantage not only in speed of prototyping, but also in quality control. Hopefully other American brands will follow their lead.

[@bijouxmusic]

Man it’s awesome to see a bike made in America. I don’t mind paying top dollar for that. Good candidate for my next bike!!!!

[@X_Squared_X]

Geez....You just totally made me appreciate my Alfa 10x more! This is amazing! No wonder it's the nicest bike I've ever ridden. Thank you!

[@SIvers-or2ke]

Now THAT was worth the watch. What a fantastic video mate. Much appreciated.... I’m a “smidge” more confident with Carbon now. Cheers

[@roadglide]

Absolutely amazing! It is serious business producing safe bicycles, which will be expected to safely carry it’s user for many miles and an indefinite amount of miles. The cost of business is staggering with quality sourced raw materials, conducive payroll to keep high work ethic and competent team members expected to carry-out the finite tasks to render a finished product. Not withstanding is the high cost of insurance liability for building performance oriented light weight bicycle products. This contributes in a big way to the reason we pay the prices for these beauties. Allied is one of those very special companies. Team members, all, must come to work ensuring there no compromises in quality and craftsmanship. The customer puts their life in their hands when trusting their products when going WFO blasting down epic mountain tops, paved, gravel or otherwise. Excellent tour JOM.

[@prestachuck2867]

Wow! Those guys are keeping NO secrets! Awesome and beautiful frames!

[@patrickmcdonnell4427]

I own an Allroad and love it. Ride a group ride fast in a pace line on road; switch the wheelset and it’s a gravel bike bombing down single track. The bike is light and high quality. Paint job is superb.

[@GravelCyclist]

I reviewed that bad-ass bike a couple of years ago. To date, it still remains as the lightest and possibly fastest (in my mind) bike I have reviewed for the gravelly road less traveled.

[@JimAdventures...]

Carbon fiber bikes made in the USA - now that’s the name of the game!

[@23gt17]

Just ordered an Allied Echo and watching this and other tour videos of their factory is one big reason I decided to pull the trigger. Great to see a company returning manufacturing to our shores and because they make their frames in-house and assemble the bikes as well there too before shipping to the customer they have a great advantage in that the customer can get to select paint and components instead of just being tied to a few different pre-made builds like most companies. It gets kinda frustrating after a while to see a bike that you'd like to have but it's only available in 1x when you want it in 2x or it's only in one or two colors that you don't like so Allied's order process feels refreshing.

[@GravelCyclist]

Yes to all of this.

[@JibbaJabber]

Hi Jom. When I first started watching this vid I assumed the bikes would be alloy and I'd be shown a load of welding. Wow! Didn't expect in house carbon bikes. And then being shown the beginning to end process by such a knowledgeable guy Will - seems like he's done every job!?! As for the end result - I'm drooling, esp those colours. All in all, being shown around the "house" made for a great tour and a great product. Better start saving☺ 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👍

[@johnbeltran4988]

Really nice video. I'm an architect working on their new factory and head quarters and all the information on this tour was really helpful for me. The building and new factory will look awesome. Thanks for sharing great work!!

[@GravelCyclist]

Hi John, I didn't realize they were working on a new factory and HQ, glad to hear they're doing very well in that regard. Good luck with the planning!

[@billoneill6114]

Wow. That was interesting and cool! Thanks Jom and Will!

[@GravelCyclist]

Thanks Bill, and especially to Will. He really knows all of the ins-and-outs of the Allied operation.

[@dantefichera8787]

Can't wait to get my ABLE. Cool that you have a video on how they are made.

[@GravelCyclist]

You are going to LOVE that bike. I had the opportunity to ride the purple beauty for about 170kms. Primo, and one of the best 1x specific bikes available.

[@Jace_Roams]

Great video! I love these types of videos. It's always awesome to get a little look behind the scenes. More of these if you're ABLE to! haha.. had to.

[@Boglehill]

Fascinating process to see! So much work involved.

[@DaneKromer]

Thanks JOM and big thanks to Allied. Very interesting and informative. Hope they didn’t give any secrets away!

[@GravelCyclist]

Hi Dane... the good stuff has been kept secret :)

[@supergumbie7]

an in-depth look at manufacturing process helps to justify the cost of bikes, nowadays at least. great video, thanks

[@pauldc779]

Fantastic video that guy really knows his stuff and a great presenter as well. Beautiful bikes. Thanks JOM 👍

[@oskarpichardo577]

Nice! I'm definitely buying from you guys , great design, the colors are awesome, no to mention is made in the USA , thank you guys!!

[@jamaani]

This is one cool video. Thank you so much and thanks to the allied team. The host was thorough and informative. I have done a similar tour at Trek and this is well done. Fascinating to see where the awesome machines come from. 🙏🏾👊🏾

[@Whafe]

Another great video Jom, insightful and thought provoking at the same time.

[@blnokc6793]

Truly amazing what all has transpired bicycle wise in NW Arkansas.

[@bcm1013]

Great video Jom. I was down in Bentonville this past weekend for both MTB riding and several gravel rides (Sad that Big Sugar was cancelled.) Very cool to know that Allied is down there making some great looking bikes. Plenty of great routes in NWA to test those bikes out.

[@astro61362]

This is an awesome documentary! Very interesting and educational.

[@Liplip40]

That’s a lot of info to remember ! Nice tour

[@Mr_RichardH]

Excellent video, Jom. And great of Allied to gives us a warts-and-all tour. Great skill on show.

[@rsrnsrwds]

Fantastic tour!

[@srcycle1]

Great job Will!! 🤘

[@RadioSnivins]

Comprehensive af. Kudos to you. Extra kudos to Allied Cycle Works. Also, funkiest chainstays I've ever seen.

[@GravelCyclist]

Thank you :) FYI, those chainstays are not a new idea...

[@snappyone]

The chainstay design is good for using drive belts instead of chains. They don't use belts though, and the design is ugly imo.

[@rocklynroll2311]

I am very impressed!

[@ambertguez]

This is why I have two Allied bikes. :)

[@JibbaJabber]

I can see that's a smart choice👍🤘

[@ambertguez]

@@JibbaJabber 👍🏼

[@beechnutmanor4034]

Awesome video...very interesting to learn about how a bike is made...American Made!

[@GravelCyclist]

Thank you, I too love seeing American based manufacturing.

[@obliviondio]

When your a big name then you can outsource your business because you know your fans are loyal

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

I miss trek being made in America. I have a 1997 mountain track 26er that was made in America. Now I have my trek marlin 5 29er. Good bike but I wish it was manufactured here in America again. I love buying frames and build my own bikes.

[@robp3431]

Excellent !!!

[@jean-frederickjacques6780]

Nice video series. Great to see an American company designing, creating, and building carbon bikes and frame. I'm looking at an Allied Able and a Lynskey Pro GR. Apples and oranges I know but I've see some of your other vids/reviews. Any thoughts on the difference between the two?

[@jellyfishsalad5926]

Really interesting video. Thanks! shame about the audio quality due to the background noise but still really enjoyed it!

[@jcsrst]

That was super interesting!

[@datAero]

Will they upgrade to injection molding a la Time in France, weave their own carbon etc, to control every aspect of the carbon or is it too expensive ? I'm sure they have higher tolerances and QC but in the end they get delivered carbon sheets like every other factory. This would be a great opportunity to further differenciate themselves from the rest.

[@PeterSdrolias]

Great video!!! I love how these bikes are made with TLC. At the end of the day I want to make sure that my hard earned dollars are well spent. I wonder how the bikes that are made overseas for lots of $$$ compare. Hmmm

[@patrickparisienne1917]

Great video!

[@BlueJayGer]

Awesome tour. I'd work there

[@israeladams6439]

very cool, thx jom!..

[@jerryanker2289]

Awesome video. Is it possible to get a gravel bike with a front derailer?

[@craiglewis6821]

Great video! I better understand why carbon frames are more expensive. A lot of hand work!!

[@felixjackson2670]

Great to see. Hope they continue to do really well. Thanks.

[@tacticalceo685]

Great video jom very informative Nice to see how their bikes are made and it’s a nice looking bike thanks for the video .

[@fernandosalazar100]

excelent !!!!!

[@DaveCM]

This video also demonstrates why a quality carbon frame is so expensive. It is very labor intensive and you want good people working on them.

[@ramonsanabria1472]

Awesome video ! Never seen anything like it ! Important to see what goes in to making a fine bike ! No outsourcing as far as I can see , is that right ?

[@GravelCyclist]

Hello Ramon. As far as I'm aware, everything is done in-house.

[@ramonsanabria1472]

@@GravelCyclist Case closed then !

[@JogBird]

hmmm.. he said that they are using unidirectional carbon fiber... but, if you look at the cutting diagram, the same part (cut out) are oriented (rotated) in random directions... shouldnt the same part always be oriented the same way so that the fibers always run the same direction?

[@edrcozonoking]

not necessarily. you may want to run pieces that lay over each other at 90 or 45 degrees from each other.

[@pahouseholder]

That was a curious statement. You might watch that part again. He mentions why they cut that at different angles. If I recall correctly it was basically two reasons: to cut down on waste, but most importantly, as Tenatious_E says here, to get the fibers running the right ways to exploit the qualities of the carbon they want for the five part of the bike.

[@edrcozonoking]

he keeps saying "our organic product". What does that mean?

[@GravelCyclist]

It isn't that difficult to figure out.

[@jeffreyastjohn]

Just that they developed it themselves, versus through an acquisition.

[@fernfloyd]

Great video but too many ads, man.

[@GravelCyclist]

Dude, KZbin places the ads. I don't have much control and they help keep the site going. It isn't free to drive to Arkansas from Florida.

[@JibbaJabber]

@@GravelCyclist Lol👍

[@BioStuff415]

nice...

[@theantichrome9842]

I live an hour or so away from this factory. I'll have to finagle a test ride someday...I never see any Allied bikes around here.

[@pahouseholder]

Someday I'll own an Allied bike. Someday.

[@GravelCyclist]

Allied offers financing :)

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

👍

[@paul.steckler]

Laws, sausage, and carbon-frame bicycles.

[@pahouseholder]

Name three things no one know how they're made. ;-)

[@DouglasKubler]

Oh my ears, my ears!! The noise of manufacturing was too much to stand.

[@GravelCyclist]

We can mail you some earplugs :)

[@DouglasKubler]

@@GravelCyclist That won't be necessary. I found watching on a PC with low quality speakers suppresses the worst impact of the noise. I did notice that at least 5 of the employees in that area wore headphones. :-)

[@GravelCyclist]

For sure, ear protection required! My microphone filters can only do so much!

[@braggland8451]

SUBPAR BIKES AND EVEN WORSE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

[@andyelliott3]

Never heard of this company until I saw this video so I went on their website. $5,800 for an Ultegra mechanical build??? Did they mean to write 2,800?