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

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Jake Pantone of ENVE, & a wall of rims!

“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

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Rim storage before assembly

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!

ENVE Factory Tour Video

ENVE Composites

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.

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Making your own molds results in excess aluminium!
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Rolls of carbon stored in a huge freezer
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Jake demonstrates the properties of carbon fibre
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Sheets of carbon are prepared for cutting

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Automated cutter prepares a wheel kit
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ENVE’s spoke holes are molded into the rim
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A robot sands every rim to remove flash
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Final quality inspection
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Wheelset lacing
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Wheel builds & decals happen here
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An ENVE All-Road Frame being prepped for a customer
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ENVE’s paint shop
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ENVE one-piece handlebars in the paint shop
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Custom paint for an ENVE All-Road
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Some sweet ENVE staff bikes!
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The bike of ENVE Marketing Manager, Neil Shirley
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Rim Impact Testing
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Heavy-duty frame testing

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