6th Element Bikes - Transcend 10

geezerjpnz - You are incorrect. Shayne Coomber is not a Physics Major (he has no degrees) and he is not certified as a CNC machinist nor a composites laminator.

Hi Groupie, you seem to have either too much time on your hands or possibly you know Shayne Coomber. Please dont use this platform to.attack people. As I said, if you have an issue contact him/them directly.

Groupie, This was a direct reply from the company owner. cant get much factual than that I guess!!?? Feel free to reach out directly if you want, all your questions can be answered.

You probably shouldn't guess. Don't need to reach out. Maybe you should ask the company owner again.

Better check your facts geezerjpnz: by our founder who is a composites laminator, CNC machinist and Physics major. Really?????

YISHUN Carbon Composite, present on Alibaba and reputed for producing the DaBomb Bunker Buster and various copies of major brands designs (Scott Spark, Specialized StumpJumper...)
https://www.yishunbike.com/mtb-frames_c16

I would double check if it passed test standards tho

So this is a Chinese frame?

All (ish) bikes are produced in China, but here yes the Design is Chinese.

You need to be careful with Chinese direct sales as sometimes they don't follow our standards.
It's safer to buy direct from a manufacturer already producing for major EU/US brands as they are aware with tests and regulations.
The weight is also a good indicator of how good the design is, sometimes it passes tests but with a much heavier weight compared to common bikes. Meaning overall design and carbon layup are not optimized.

hi qblambda 6th element is a bike company that has been making carbon frames since 1990. The first frame was designed and built at the Australian National university by our founder who is a composites laminator, CNC machinist and Physics major. We do contract out to factories in China, but also in Taiwan and all our bikes and components are constructed exclusively with Japanese Toray pre-preg. Most of our bikes are our own exclusive design, designed in house and then contracted out for mould construction and layup. The first and subsequently every 20th plug out of every mould is destruction tested, with the plug tested chosen at random from a production batch. Sometimes we use open moulds as well. In many cases this is because the product we want is already in existence and it is far more cost effective to utilise an existing mould than to create one from scratch ourselves, especially when the frame in question is for a market segment which we do not expect a high volume of sales. In these cases exactly the same standards are followed and the same destruction testing protocols. Over the coming weeks we will upload the rest of our product range and you will be able to see many of our unique and exclusive designs. Thank you for your comment, and yes our factories that we contract to do manufacture for major EU/US brands as well. We understand how many westerners are ‘Chinesephobic’ and yes there are many ‘cheap’ products of questionable quality that have come from China in the past, but that is a thing of the past. We have been exceedingly happy with the product from our contracted factories and they are constantly retooling and upgrading their equipment at a rate that few if any bicycle companies could keep up with. Keep it rubber side down!

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