Trek Factory Tour - From Rolls Of Carbon Fiber To Complete Bikes In Waterloo, Wisconsin

[@leehargreaves7473]

Mine Trek Domane has a sticker on it "made in Taiwan", which I guess is another town in Wisconsin.

[@akkasoothy]

hahahaha

[@graysonadams2485]

Lee Hargreaves as a Wisconsin resident I can confirm Taiwan is indeed a town

[@Kupkaik]

It is! XD I live here

[@lanelon9435]

my 2012 madone has " designed in waterloo wisconsin " displayed on the chain stay . Where it was actually made is not stated but I would bet Taiwan and maybe on giant street . Regardless, I am very happy with my bike .

[@happydays8171]

lane lon --> My 2011 Madone frame was made in WI by the engineers, great one of a kind bike w/lots of soul. My Trek dealer said that program doesn't exist anymore.

[@johngrossbohlin7582]

Cool... From the video it looks like the barn build bikes included the 850... Trek's first Rough Terrain bicycle. I got one when they first hit the catalog in 1983 and I still have it! There were no bicycle trails back then... I've had a lot of adventures with that bike including a 3,140 mile self-supported bicycle trip with front and rear panniers mounted on it. I still ride the bike and did so just 2 days ago. I've had a lot of bicycles over the years (have 5 now) and it is safe to say I've had my greatest adventures to date on a Trek 850 and a Trek 520.

[@ryanjofre]

My older best friend bought an 870 in the 80s with a special speckled paint job! He was hit by a car a month after he bought it. Trek only had 850s. So he bought an 850. Those 850s and 870s where lugged and butted works of craftsmanship completely MADE in the 🇺🇸!!! He said the 870 was absolutely better but the 850 is/was great. He still has the 850 in his garage. R.I.P. USA manufacturing 😤😤😤

[@davepratt9909]

For all those who asked below, the Lance Section of the museum is located in the Nurse's office by the first aid kit with all the other medical supplies.

[@ryanjofre]

Lmao

[@ranger1959ful]

My wife and I toured the Trek factory back in 2014. We thorougly enjoyed the tour. We'll be going back in spring of 2018.

[@ACihan]

The bike at the end was a beauty.

[@arnelcaballero7607]

Nice tour. So Super so beautiful bike. Wishing wishing someday have one. In my dreams. hehehe. thank you TREK

[@scootosan]

Enjoy your new Steed. Hopefully you stopped around in the area to sample the our local Grub and Brews....Cheers

[@gilbertferguson1685]

My Marlin 8 has a made in Cambodia sticker on it. Lots of bikes in Cambodia. Very nice bike.

[@Givi_and_Wolf]

I rolled on Belarusian Smart, Russian Stels and German Cube. Now I have a Trek 920. I caught my beast. Just sit down and try. Trek immediately became my body. It is necessary to try. I could not choose the frame size from 3 sizes and 5 different Cube models, but when I was not trying on the Trek I drove 10 miles until I realized that I was already going. He's just like legs. You go, you go - it's just as simple, steady and familiar. It can not fall if you do not fall standing on his feet.

[@craigwoodgate7120]

I have the trek domane SL5 and what a bile it is it’s such a great bile for comfort and just all round bike

[@numbaoneg101]

awesome video. love the color on the bike Tom

[@ivanyallop4716]

Excellent video Tom. So that's where my Trek 1.2 alpha came from.

[@happydays8171]

ivan yallop --> Doubt it, your 1.2 alpha is a rebranded Huffy.

[@kona6812]

It chanced a little bit when I visited it 22 years ago. I am jealous of your Project One Bike, even the colour scheme is fine.

[@MrBrwnchknbrwncow]

those white walls on the dirt jumper....sick!!!

[@aDotFromTheFuture]

What about the barn, Tom? What about the barn?!

[@TheMadman457]

Yes, the barn. Where was it?

[@robbchastain3036]

We demand a follow-up piece titled Back to the Barn. C'mon, man, you can't get our hopes up like that and then ride off on your shiny new bike without a trip to the barn.

[@GenStarscream]

It is a quotation from somewhere?

[@nicholasmenegon9037]

#barnorbust

[@VideoNOLA]

BarnOne™ Bikes

[@smshdchrb]

Nice work on the Project One Madone design!

[@vernefits1953]

Real flame 🔥 super cool paint job

[@sekonic1973]

What a treat, to be ale to see the inside of the Trek factory. I am amazed you guys had so much access to the Trek factory. I'm not sure if I missed it or maybe GCN has never done a walk through the Campagnolo factory but I would be delighted to see that video.

[@Orgakoyd]

What about the Lance section? I was looking forward to it...

[@theotheroneb1548]

lol when my team was there our guide called he who shall not be named

[@Orgakoyd]

ninjaman 1312 Well, he needs no introduction.

[@chasevineland1508]

That’s in the “doping liars” section. 🤭

[@happydays8171]

Really, Trek has an EPO section? I'll have to see that. Is it narrated by Oprah?

[@Raptors0524]

Lance didn’t do anything different then any other rider. The notion he is this terrible athlete or person is crazy. I do admit what he did was wrong.

[@barczvlog8034]

Hello Sir Tom, Good day...what a nice bike ever...i wish i have that brand of bike someday. More power to your Channel.

[@AnupMenon7]

Thats the first time I've literally exclaimed out loud at a youtube video- the unveling of your bike Tom, sweeeet!

[@tonyparkin3379]

The main trek plant is in the east and is shared with specialized and pinnacle etc

[@happydays8171]

Tony Parkin --> It's called Giant.

[@papagodzilla5465]

what a classy job to be a bike frame crafter. thanks for the video

[@conferivers6932]

you know she was like.. oh camera i have got to look busy lol 7:27

[@Phaidrus]

Tom, your bike is gorgeous!

[@astonguto6158]

that is a great looking bike.......epic stuff....well done mate. we guys from kenya absolutely enjoyed the look and design

[@alifoosh]

The look of pure joy at 10:57

[@Vrfthee34466]

This is awesome! Just got a Speed Concept earlier this year and it's been great!

[@kathy9878]

just bought my first trek 7.2. love it!

[@floderNYC]

Would be nice to have a disclaimer that this is only a fraction of the bikes TREK builds. Most of their bikes are actually built by GIANT in China and Taiwan.

[@douglaspate9314]

Project One mate! Says it all

[@happydays8171]

All they do is design, don't manufacture anything, that's contracted out to lowest bidder.

[@mammutit]

and thank god for that. Minium wage workers in the USA dont produce any better products than minium wage workers in asia. In fact I think the asians do a better job. as long as the manufacturing methods and standards are set by someone with a clue its all good

[@CyberdyneSystemsSkynet]

@@mammutit It's complicated. Taiwan and Japan, yes (but as you say, if you watch the PinkBike videos, the Taiwanese shops are full of American and Japanese engineers to make sure it gets done right). China, India, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, no. Malaysia, depends on the product. Just having had to deal with that having worked for a company that had manufacturing plants and machine shops in China and Wisconsin, we could tell which batches were from the Chinese shop on sight, and the US made parts were already pretty bad (but the US shop has 5 machinists and the Chinese shop had 50, the company is trying to outsource but can't find Chinese machinists who can make the parts to spec). Other than that, just comparing Japanese to Taiwanese Hondas, or Japanese to Malaysian, Chinese, or Philippine Shimano or Seiko parts there is a very obvious difference in fit and finish as well as precision. On the flip side, most HD parts are made in China, only assembly is done in the US, and the Chinese parts are better than the US parts, but HD never really made reliable motorcycles with a good F&F in the first place.

[@ginoasci]

Florian Kneidl: You’re shitting me. I’m so sick of China.

[@tonyh4513]

Wow what a gorgeous bike.

[@robbchastain3036]

All of those bikes are beautiful and I dig that Trek accommodates their customers' frame-paint schemes, but that bike with fiber pipes in chrome lugs would be very cool as a daily driver. I'm thinking about how I'd want it painted--maybe metal-flake blue like my Sting-Ray back in the Sixties :)

[@AtakanCOBAN54]

This is absolutely amazing. Trek number one.

[@shifty277]

Great job lasti really enjoyed this factory tour

[@deidden]

Lovely bike, Lasty. Enjoy!

[@donjagoe9028]

Lasty has really gotten good on camera--and clearly enjoying it. Nice tour!

[@agentyup7604]

Love my new Madone - Working at that facility would be my dream job!

[@SteveBell1967]

Well done.

[@craiggreen4388]

Great vid Lasty, nice bike too.

[@Evilc47]

Madone, Domane, Emonda, Same 6 letters. What's next, Meando? A badly handling touring bike. New range of 3 bikes that must be possessed. Dameon, Omen DA (Dura Ace only) and Daemon. How about a biodegradable bike called the Made On, followed by the date of manufacture. Totally disappears after 5 years.

[@moshecattanbikes]

lol

[@JS-tb9hu]

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[@romiarkan450]

Probably one of their models would be called Damn EO someday

[@slimjimmypage]

Or the one made without alcohol "No Mead."

[@alannkevin]

Lol meando

[@ricksnyder6318]

Beautiful bike Tom! Enjoy!

[@alfriedrich]

Very nice looking bike!

[@bicycleandrccars568]

Wow wow wow that bike looks so nice

[@MatthewWalker_93_]

wow. great video. great info. thanks so much!

[@razvanyke]

OMG this bike is so sick .. that red and black version looks sooooo good. Jealous ! :D

[@erg0101]

As a huge Trek fan, this video is amazing. I know it's 6 years old but still cool to see. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@livibam]

great job on the paint Tom.

[@TheMadman457]

I wish I could have a madone. those bikes look so amazing.

[@superstrada6847]

Super great show! I just ordered a TREK Emonda and I'm glad I did. Tom, u are the man!

[@lesp4332]

The best looking Malone I've seen yet. Well done

[@Givi_and_Wolf]

For six years I was like a sick child. It was as if I looked out the window like other children playing with the ball but could not go with them. They invited me, but I pretended that it was more interesting for me to draw. This pain Smart Matrix. But these guys from Trek cured me. They got my legs back. I don't just play with everyone. Now the guys rolling the ball under my windows, watching on TV as I score! Want to score? Buy Trek!

[@samhamfast]

Congrats Tom on the new bike!

[@rd2783]

Beautiful bike you spec'd

[@ovidiugligor9288]

I'm so jealous right now!! And awesome paint job! I love it!

[@altern8ive]

i wouldn't get so jealous, most likely only a loan bike until GCN feature some other brand for the crew to use agree on the paint tho !

[@ovidiugligor9288]

+altern8ive plus it has SRAM eTap on it!!

[@altern8ive]

that.. i hadn't noticed ! :)

[@mathewyee4800]

AWESOME SETUP FROM TREK BICYCLES FACTORY.

[@repairdrive]

Cool looking bike.

[@stefancameron]

Well done, Tom! Well presented, and nice ProjectONE too!

[@thyneshgunaselan4043]

Great video, enjoyed it. Wish you all made more videos on the bike productions.

[@guymorris6596]

I have a Trek Hilo time trial bike with a Mavic CXP clincher wheelset for training and a Spinergy Rev-X carbon fiber racing wheelset with new Vittoria Juniores tubular tires. I haven't been able to install these new tires yet because I'm having to remove old glue residue from and clean the wheel bed of the carbon wheels first. I got this package deal, from a friend who owns a bike shop, for one hundred hurt me with love dollars. I scored big time. It's a 56 cm frame but I'm going to have to get a stem riser and longer shift/brake cables so I can raise the handlebar height. I'm having to do that to get the right aero position. I've had this bike up to 42 mph on a flat road for a short distance in a crosswind.

[@guymorris6596]

I bought the new tires myself recently, well after having bought this yellow Trek Hilo.

[@whitestar0284]

That is one lovely looking bike

[@TheCtbasser]

I like the brick red highlights.

[@ulascakir]

Tom, you are the best GCN presenter...

[@joshhoad4879]

At 0:28 is that Matt in the reflection of the window :)😂

[@andruandu7632]

Looks good have not used it yet

[@CAIrondad]

Oh my gosh!!!! You're killing me!! I want a new bike too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May I take the next tour????

[@jorgecalderon9678]

Nice one Lasty

[@fightingamaish1017]

That is a very nice Souvenir from Wisconsin. Better than a Brett Favre bobble-head.

[@TheLuap1981]

nice paint job.

[@GQ08]

Tom, can you do a special "presenter's bike" episode on your new madone!?

[@forrest225]

I bet one is coming.

[@happydays8171]

I don't think he speaks Chinese to talk to the people making his Madone.

[@liambarber9036]

A very special surprise for us Tom? I read the title.

[@gongchaikalasin9862]

Great VDO. I like Trek bike.

[@richardshane2080]

Awesome manufacturing process Great job Trek! Thank you Trek Employees, you make a difference !

[@gravel-demi-sel]

Very very very nice Madone

[@SelbyPav]

were there any memorabilia/bikes etc related to tour de france for the year 1999-2005 on the display?

[@aaronpaterson7582]

Madone is the best!! Great video

[@infidelgastro]

What a souvenir, I'm jealous.

[@br0b0tz]

That is a great looking bike! Congrats Tom!

[@promerci]

Me gustaría trabajar allí. Poseo una Trek 6500. Es preciosa

[@michaelganshirt8795]

Very nice looking paint scheme. I don't think I'd be able to decide. I would labor over such a decision.

[@JasLeGoff]

Nice bike Tom, good job👍👏

[@JAM76ER]

What size tires are that beautiful piece of art!!

[@smoore4130]

Fan of all bikes.

[@geraldl5221]

Huge fan of Trek. Was unsure of what bike to get, have a multitude in mind and when I test rode the Trek 520 I knew I had to have it. They make beautiful bikes.

[@freddiesudolsky6221]

Almost got a hart attack when the door just missed the bike 11:00

[@NickolasRed]

pretty nice souvenir

[@laul2091]

I think Only project one made in Wisonsin my speed concept is made in taiwan I visited the factory doing field work in 2010 they have Lance Armstrong bikes and 7 yellow jersey on display that time

[@demetriusvianasilva3811]

TREK ES LA MEJOR MARCA DEL MONDO.

[@markboyer4566]

Lasty your the man! As they say in the US of A.

[@jamesruss309]

Sweet Bike!!! Tom

[@fivzzzz]

4:36 a lazy guided machine? Is that why it takes so much time for frames to be made?

[@allanonabike]

That Lasty smile will haunt my dreams for nights to come...

[@tangyorange6509]

I live in romeoville Illinois, About 3 hours away!

[@mrjack8849]

I want to see a tour of the bike factories in Asia that makes frames for every brand then sticks different logos on it. I’ve always heard from shops that nearly all of the lower end bikes for most manufacturers, including trek, are made that way. My 08 Trek 1.5 was made in Asia. I’m assuming the Trek road bikes, even lower ones, are specific to Trek, and not a carbon copy of other brands, just with different decals.

[@KingpinRonin]

Seeing as you're in Wisconsin, are you going to tour the myriad of other bike companies that are located there? There are a quite a few headquartered in that region. Also, you might want to ride the Elroy-Sparta trail near there with your fancy new bike. ;)

[@CatWith-AHat]

A lot has changed since this video, a new tour video next year once some internal things are sorted would be good.

[@KaidFN]

you should visit Specialized factory too in Morgan Hill CA.

[@blengravers]

Very cool technology. Would like to see the molds that form the carbon. Very cool machining. Nice to see the ladies touch on production. Tom, the UCI called for a tech inspection :)

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

I would love to work there or see the plant.

[@JCSerhawl]

I work at a Trek store and have helped customers make some Project One Bikes. That Madone there is quite a pretty penny: $10~12k

[@kevinalexander8419]

Wonder what Discount he got though?

[@razcohen5590]

Well seeing how gcn are sponsored by trek i am very sure he didn't pay full price.

[@JoseAGomezM]

+RC 1986 this 12 min ad is worth way, way more than the price of the bike

[@razcohen5590]

+Jose A. Gomez obviously. I was only responding to the person who said that this bike is 10-12K dollars. I am sure that for Tom Last it was a lot less if it was paid for at all. That is the point of being sponsored. I have absolutely no problem with that if it means that i don't have to pay to watch GCN...,

[@andystone5487]

Ive a whole bunch of questions re the project one I bought the 6.2 (5 years ago) fory 40th birthday.... 2 weeks ago I was hit by a car and the bikes a complete wreck. (I am pretty good considering) I just don't know what colour to go for. The frame was team green (not available anymore) with pink bottle cages, cables and Ck hubs.... I will truly miss that bike 😭