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I have realized that a lot of my life is sourced/purchased from less ethical sources, either due to environmental or humanitarian regions. I have been inspired by recent news articles that have shown bikes made from components only manufactured in the EU, and wondering if anyone else has seen or done the same with a North American build. Some of the parts are easier to source with many options (like frames or wheels) and others are available for older tech (like Paul components for mechanical disc brakes), but I want to find parts to make (in theory) a 'modern' mountain bike from only North America.
To get us started:
Frames: many boutique manufacturers available like Chromag, Reeb, Guerilla Gravity etc. Some Devinci frames.
Forks: Cane Creek, MRP
Shocks: Cane Creek, MRP
Headsets: Cane Creek, Wolf Tooth, Chris King
Stems: 9point8, Thomson, WeAreOne, Industry9
Handlebars: Enve, Thomson, WeAreOne
Brakes:
Rotors:
Grips: Sensus, ESI, RevGrips, ODI
Shifter:
Derailleur:
Cassette:
Chain:
Cranks: Raceface Next SL are mostly made in Canada, Cane Creek eeWings, White Industries
BB: Wheels Mfg, Chris King
Chainrings: Wolftooth, Blackspire
Chainguide/Bashring: Blackspire, MRP
Pedals: Yoshimura
Rims: Enve, We Are One.
Hubs: Industry9. Onyx, Chris King
Spokes: Wheelsmith
Tires:
Tire Inserts: Cushcore
Sealant: Stan's
Frame Protection: RideWrap
Cables:
Hydraulic Lines:
Gearbox: Gates Drive belts
Bike Racks: Saris, OneUp USA, North Shore Racks
Edit: found a pretty great Instagram page for inspiration, if anyone else is curious: https://www.instagram.com/north.american.bike.project/
To get us started:
Frames: many boutique manufacturers available like Chromag, Reeb, Guerilla Gravity etc. Some Devinci frames.
Forks: Cane Creek, MRP
Shocks: Cane Creek, MRP
Headsets: Cane Creek, Wolf Tooth, Chris King
Stems: 9point8, Thomson, WeAreOne, Industry9
Handlebars: Enve, Thomson, WeAreOne
Brakes:
Rotors:
Grips: Sensus, ESI, RevGrips, ODI
Shifter:
Derailleur:
Cassette:
Chain:
Cranks: Raceface Next SL are mostly made in Canada, Cane Creek eeWings, White Industries
BB: Wheels Mfg, Chris King
Chainrings: Wolftooth, Blackspire
Chainguide/Bashring: Blackspire, MRP
Pedals: Yoshimura
Rims: Enve, We Are One.
Hubs: Industry9. Onyx, Chris King
Spokes: Wheelsmith
Tires:
Tire Inserts: Cushcore
Sealant: Stan's
Frame Protection: RideWrap
Cables:
Hydraulic Lines:
Gearbox: Gates Drive belts
Bike Racks: Saris, OneUp USA, North Shore Racks
Edit: found a pretty great Instagram page for inspiration, if anyone else is curious: https://www.instagram.com/north.american.bike.project/
White Industries for chainrings, hubs, headset, BB
So I'm currently riding this;
Frame: Xprezo Adhoc
Shock:Elka Stage 5
Fork:Mrp Stage
Wheels: We are one rim lace to Onyx hub
Dropper:9.8
Alternately, anyone else remember the old White Industries derailleur that used two cables?
Rims: the I9 rims that WR1 makes for them (labeled as I9 though)
Pedals, stems: I miss Twenty6
https://www.oldglorymtb.com/mountain-bike-parts-made-in-america/
Like others have pointed out it seems like Drivetrain/Brakes/Tires are going to be the biggest challenge. Perhaps the folks at Box could hook you up with some in house engineering one offs?
Unclear on WR1 stems, I thought it was desinged by 77desinz, but made in kamloops?
I think craig at Avalanche is still building shocks (woodie, etc.) on and off, not sure. Mostly just upgrades. worthy of the list all the same
https://predatorcycling.com/collections/components/products/the-major-r…
We love what you're doing & would be honored to be included on such a rad ride!
We're a small brand run by a group of riders only making only bike tires (continental, maxxis, michelin, etc make tires for everything). The cost to setup a factory in the US would be astronomical (like $25,000,000 or more) and tires would have to be 100x what they are now to even begin to regain the costs.
For me, the important thing would be having the product manufactured in North America. It seems like that would be an impossible build since some parts are just not made here.
I don't want to start a debate over it, but I would assume if something is made in Canada/USA/Mexico, there would be more stringent environmental and social restrictions for manufacturing and it would reduce overall shipping if the item is made close to home. That's not to say that manufacturing in another country is automatically bad, or doing it here is automatically good, but it makes the whole process easier to decipher. It's very difficult to find what any company is doing for their employees and the environment regardless of region, but knowing it's manufactured here would be a small bonus.
On a related note, why does no one list where their apparel is manufactured? I was trying to find a similar list of clothes, shoes, etc. and most companies don't put that info online even though it goes on the garment tags. I think that is a losing battle too since I could not find any shoes that are made here that aren't bespoke custom carbon shoes.
Shoes in particular I think are sort of like good swaged handlebars. No one has invested in the tooling and manufacturing for crazy molded soles with multiple rubber compounds etc. We have work boots, hippie shoes, and new sneakers that look like they're from the '80s on lock tho. just rout out some pockets in some Redwings and screw some cleats in there. boom, done.
I started this Instagram account several months after the European Bike Project guy started his account, and he helped me get going. We talk and send things to each other regularly.
Some of the info that folks shared here is inaccurate or only partly true. A challenge with this topic is that brands often don't share details of where things are made, and they often have some products made overseas even if other products of theirs are made in-house or locally. So whenever someone here suggests a brand, you will usually have to check for the specific product from that brand that interests you to know if it's made in North America. This often involves contacting brands directly to find out (I've done a lot of this and continue to do it).
If yall would like, I can put together a spreadsheet with all the bike brands that I know have things made in North America. I can include comments per brand about details of where things are manufactured. It can be a Google Spreadsheet where anyone can leave comments to suggest additional brands or details, and I can fact check. I would very much welcome suggestions; I don't pretend to know everything there is to know about bike stuff made in North America. So let me know if this sort of spreadsheet would help.
By the way, the list in this thread's first post is a great start.
Trp is also in Ogden but everything comes from Taiwan.
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