ENVE Factory Tour: How they make & test Rims, Wheels, Frames & More!

"We are more than riders… We are risk-takers, engineers, and innovators, driven by our love of cycling. We are a dynamic collection of skilled individuals that create the world’s best carbon fiber products. Partnering with the prominent frame builders of our time and the world’s best athletes, we combine industry-leading technology with world-class athlete feedback to provide our customers with the ultimate in lightness, stiffness, and durability. Born from a desire for a better ride, we strive to deliver our consumers products without compromise." - ENVE, Made in the USA
Without a shadow of a doubt, ENVE Composites are one of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon fibre components such as rims, complete wheelsets, cockpit parts, and more recently, frames. All of that long-standing expertise is headquartered in a modern facility in ENVE's world headquarters, located in Ogden, Utah, a little north of Salt Lake City. A truly beautiful area for more than just skiing!
In this video, Jake Pantone, VP of Product & Consumer Experience, takes the Gravel Cyclist audience along for a comprehensive tour of the inside workings of ENVE. From base materials to rim construction, finishing, wheel building, frame building, paint, and extensive testing, this tour covers just about all of the operations under the roof of ENVE HQ.
ENVE Composites - bit.ly/3nRujch
Links of Interest:
ENVE Grodeo & Builder Round-Up - bit.ly/3yaNthT
ENVE Custom Road / Allroad Bikes - wp.me/p4V4se-bRe
ENVE AG25 Foundation Gravel Wheelset Review - wp.me/p4V4se-c7X
ENVE Composites G23 Wheelset Review - wp.me/p4V4se-6Ay
ENVE Composites G27 650b Wheelset Review - wp.me/p4V4se-7d3
BERD Spokes / ENVE G23 Carbon Gravel Wheelset Review - wp.me/p4V4se-8I4
The Hookless Bead Rim: How It Works & Who They're For - wp.me/p4V4se-8C2
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[@joachimrayos4337]

As a mechanical engineer, I'm geeking out. As an ENVE customer, this validates my complete trust in their products. Thanks for taking us in for a look!

[@donaldlewis1836]

Very cool, thanks for doing this!. You convinced me to put Enve rims on my next road bike! American built!

[@GravelCyclist]

Nice, good luck with the build!

[@akay4500]

This blew my mind. I wasn’t aware of their size, under one roof! Very impressive! 🤘

[@rsrnsrwds]

Very impressive! Busy facility. Glad it's here in the USA. May have to get some ENVE wheels!

[@awesomexistence]

Impressive. The most comprehensive factory process tour of bicycle wheels construction I’ve seen. Well done 👍

[@GravelCyclist]

Thank you Alan. Jake deserves a ton of credit for the tour, and his extensive knowledge of all things ENVE.

[@rickdeckard7926]

Great tour. Thanks.

[@rickbeckner9906]

Really impressive! I can see why they charge so much for their wheels!

[@Ray-ks1xp]

Awesome video 👌

[@MrGrenadeMcBoom]

I've got a set of their G23 rims. Best wheels I've ever had. Great video.

[@PaulBeiser]

JOM, this was very cool, and exceptionally well done! THANKS so much. No idea how complicated the manufacturing of carbon rims were, this really showed that.

[@roadglide]

The risk is far too great to not, be complex.

[@Stealthgate007]

Well, if that isn't one of bicycling's best exclusive behind the scenes, I don't know what is. Congratulations on your score!!

[@GravelCyclist]

Thank you!

[@NomadFilmmaker305]

Cool! Thank you!

[@robp3431]

WOW, what a top-notch and beautiful facility !!!!

[@calmenda]

Great tour. I love their wheels.

[@timguter7827]

Great video. Very informative. Thanks

[@GravelCyclist]

Thanks Tim, it was fantastic having Jake tour me through the facility, he understands every facet of the process.

[@robertgt1858]

Super interesting!

[@mancello]

Excellent tour. Looking forward to the video on those complete bikes.

[@JigilJigil]

Nice facility.

[@Vam1500]

They use the same Silca Hirobel frame clamp for their frames in the stands as I do!

[@SnowShackboy]

Did I see that right, do they get their carbon fiber from Mitsubishi?

[@alexandra4334]

Is that Carbon fiber sheets from Mitsubishi that I see?

[@raffel66]

Nice video. Are you running also over inflate test to see how much they stand for ? Zipp can go over 300 psi before it explode - What is normally enve range ? This could be interesting for all people that has the rim tape leaking for example. Thanks

[@GravelCyclist]

Hello, you need to ask ENVE this question, this video is not presented by ENVE. Thank you.

[@hardmtnbiker]

I’ve been seriously considering buying the ENVE M640 rims. I don’t own carbon rims yet and always felt that they were to stiff for my hardtail Mtn bikes. Now that I have been going with wider rims, I’ve come to conclusion that wider rims with high volume tires pretty much negate the overly stiff rim feel.

[@roadglide]

Great tour JOM. Nice job. Thank you. How much training do each of these Team Members get before being allowed to even touch any part of the build process and inspection process? Carbon lay up, paint and final wheel build? There is a tremendous amount of faith put into bicycle component manufacturing for your safety and why you defer to credible makers and shouldn’t cheapen out on garbage. Peace.

[@GravelCyclist]

Good question about team members, but one I cannot really answer. I do understand many of the people involved with the carbon layup process that I could not film, have a decade or two of experience between them. Thanks as always for your kind words and encouragement.

[@laxplaysu91]

Does Enve make their handlebars, stems and seatpost in this factory or are those made in Asia?

[@GravelCyclist]

I believe those are all made in-house, there was a components manufacturing area I was not allowed to record.

[@roadeyerob]

Love these wheels. Now I see why they cost so much.

[@dticalman1]

Makes me want one now

[@drewsenthused6079]

I could bond with one of those frames.

[@stevenlevitz8895]

Does Neil Shirley make a cameo here?

[@GravelCyclist]

He makes a very brief cameo :)

[@nicolasalvarez4980]

Carbon fiber Mitsubishi🤔🤔🤔

[@isaacvaldez1959]

How can I work here seriously 😅

[@GravelCyclist]

Visit ENVE.com - then visit the Careers link at the bottom of the page. Good luck!

[@LCRedemption]

Better than Canyon

[@GravelCyclist]

Agreed.

[@WowRixter]

So much of their stuff is also made in China, which surprised and disappointed me