How Bike Handlebars Are Made

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Back in 2011 we got to see the inner workings of Spank's handlebar manufacturing process. Luckily we also took a full camera team and were able to make this video to show you guys how it was made.
We'll check back soon and see if the process has changed...
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  • @MikeBifulco
    @MikeBifulco7 жыл бұрын

    A very human, and totally not robotic sounding narrator @___@

  • @jakp8777

    @jakp8777

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mike Bifulco I was thinking the same thing, does this guy even breathe?

  • @aleclevy-obrien4376

    @aleclevy-obrien4376

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mike Bifulco I think they were going after the voice of the original how it's made show

  • @benjaminmckinney9453

    @benjaminmckinney9453

    7 жыл бұрын

    oh, this is definitely a human--just has a good sound editor (I used to be one)

  • @rickmartin976

    @rickmartin976

    7 жыл бұрын

    You used to be a human?

  • @benjaminmckinney9453

    @benjaminmckinney9453

    7 жыл бұрын

    Y E S T H A T I S E X A C T L Y W H A T I M E A N T

  • @bigarnd
    @bigarnd7 жыл бұрын

    Insane how the most simple part of a bike is so intensely engineered.

  • @bigarnd

    @bigarnd

    7 жыл бұрын

    dakadar lol true, though... if 'not breaking' was the only qualification then we would be solid reinforced steel bars... it's all the considerations I was pointing out... like damping etc! 😎

  • @andrewdo5261

    @andrewdo5261

    7 жыл бұрын

    bigarnd Its not the most simple part of a bike.It determines what postition you ride in and how you feel comfortable in that postition.Its the easiest to make the bars!

  • @CanIHasThisName

    @CanIHasThisName

    7 жыл бұрын

    People have taken bikes for granted. So much that many even consider them primitive tools that have nothing to do with modern technology. But modern bikes, especially mountain bikes, are a significant display of human engineering. And that goes for each and every part, from spokes to electronic shifting.

  • @FalcoBikes

    @FalcoBikes

    2 жыл бұрын

    The average westerner has a pretty skewed view of the world... If people did not care about lightness and strength of a handlebar or looks, we'd be using 5lb steel pipes that cost $0.2 rather than a 0.5lb alloy pipe that costs 250 times more. In fact many crappy $20 bikes are being ridden around the world. So a triple butted Spank alloy "simple part" is almost like space technology to them.

  • @lukecate
    @lukecate2 жыл бұрын

    seems like this video skipped the butting step(s) that produce the differing diameters of the bars (which would be interesting to see), as well as the application of colored dye to the anodized surface.

  • @BisdremisKostas
    @BisdremisKostas7 жыл бұрын

    By the way , a big "thanks" to all those people that help us have a pleasant ride with their work.

  • @lilwillie428
    @lilwillie4287 жыл бұрын

    Those were some pretty Dekuls

  • @migatron1

    @migatron1

    7 жыл бұрын

    purdy!

  • @MartinTeerly
    @MartinTeerly4 жыл бұрын

    Spank is rather new company for me. I never had any of their product. I got a set of wheels from them and I'm very happy and now I'm thinking about handlebars. It looks like this company knows how to make bike parts 💪🏻

  • @Derkenblosh2
    @Derkenblosh26 жыл бұрын

    Love it! keep up the good work PB !

  • @jtieo84
    @jtieo846 жыл бұрын

    wow extremely informative.. definitely having more of an appreciation after having watched this

  • @billhalt8811
    @billhalt88116 жыл бұрын

    Learn something new every day.

  • @adriangabba
    @adriangabba7 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I never thought it would be that complex with so many QA points. I wont complain about the price of a handle bar ever again.

  • @mrfrogg46able
    @mrfrogg46able6 жыл бұрын

    excellent vid i love stuff like this

  • @muertect8586
    @muertect85864 жыл бұрын

    Thanks it helped me to understand the process

  • @respectablebogan3276
    @respectablebogan32767 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Interesting thx guys

  • @burningtheangel
    @burningtheangel7 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. MOOOOAR!!!

  • @LukasEkers
    @LukasEkers4 жыл бұрын

    2:38 Thats a micrometer but okay, 4:03 now that is a hardness tester.

  • @bobdixon3048
    @bobdixon30486 жыл бұрын

    The guy at 5:02 has a can of beer on the work bench

  • @carlito5011

    @carlito5011

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's my kind of dude right there. Lol

  • @chrisz.9974
    @chrisz.99747 жыл бұрын

    They didn't show how to get the thicker and thinner thickness.

  • @Metal-Possum

    @Metal-Possum

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's the most important part! I already knew how to bent something, the thicker part is what I was most curious out.

  • @RideAlongside

    @RideAlongside

    3 жыл бұрын

    They mentioned that they go through more than once if various inner wall diameters are desired.

  • @workshopninjathe1st
    @workshopninjathe1st3 жыл бұрын

    Solid handlebar - this video makes me even more confident to send them...

  • @el_gappuccino
    @el_gappuccino7 жыл бұрын

    DEKULS

  • @bicyclist2

    @bicyclist2

    7 жыл бұрын

    I noticed that too.

  • @Obankenobi

    @Obankenobi

    6 жыл бұрын

    BUTT-TING

  • @bradcomis1066

    @bradcomis1066

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dee-kals is just the American pronunciation. I think most of the Commonwealth countries also pronounce it deck-al.

  • @sonnydale8383

    @sonnydale8383

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bradcomis1066 no they don't, everyone in the UK says dee-cals

  • @bradcomis1066

    @bradcomis1066

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sonnydale8383 Dang. I think you're right. Dek-als is a Canadian only thing. 🤷‍♂️

  • @freemancarl
    @freemancarl5 жыл бұрын

    *Now that's a presentation.*

  • @dimensionsofearth
    @dimensionsofearth7 жыл бұрын

    So sick!

  • @Penguin_of_Death
    @Penguin_of_Death7 жыл бұрын

    2:40 - that's not a handheld hardness tester, it's a micrometer

  • @simonhuang4610

    @simonhuang4610

    2 ай бұрын

    you definitly wrong, i think

  • @JimEckhardt
    @JimEckhardt4 жыл бұрын

    So much effort for a handlebar. Wow.

  • @jimmelroxas99999
    @jimmelroxas999995 жыл бұрын

    nice cool buetiful handle bars

  • @eikcam
    @eikcam7 жыл бұрын

    That was pretty good.

  • @msuuzzal
    @msuuzzal3 жыл бұрын

    Good job Bro

  • @martinj9647
    @martinj96476 жыл бұрын

    I thought deckles was some sort of special anodized sealing compound or something until I realized he was somehow destroyi the word decals 😅

  • @MrMichall777ll
    @MrMichall777ll7 жыл бұрын

    I dd not knew that process is so complicated!

  • @j3di3
    @j3di37 жыл бұрын

    very interesting!

  • @pvillaluna1
    @pvillaluna16 жыл бұрын

    Now I want Spank handlebars

  • @reddaB
    @reddaB7 жыл бұрын

    That was cool

  • @RobertAmine
    @RobertAmine7 жыл бұрын

    cool to see

  • @TimoKrausMedia
    @TimoKrausMedia6 жыл бұрын

    Great Video but whats up with carbon bars?

  • @Spookyshoes
    @Spookyshoes7 жыл бұрын

    Impressive.

  • @michelevitarelli
    @michelevitarelli7 жыл бұрын

    is titanium really not conductive?

  • @musamor75
    @musamor757 жыл бұрын

    Very informative documentary. Thank you for posting.

  • @GG-cn6es
    @GG-cn6es6 жыл бұрын

    2:32 who else hears that fire beat?

  • @florianw3066
    @florianw30667 жыл бұрын

    the sauce will never die

  • @earthlife3431
    @earthlife34316 жыл бұрын

    Now I know why handle bars are so expensive even though its look like simple tube. Thank you!

  • @carlito5011

    @carlito5011

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yup, because the machines that form them are like a million bucks a pop, right?

  • @ride-time
    @ride-time7 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how they managed to get Stephen Hawking for the voice over? Didn't realise he was into bikes.

  • @hidad5601

    @hidad5601

    7 жыл бұрын

    Old mate hawking is into everything with two main wheels

  • @chrisgizmunt927
    @chrisgizmunt9277 жыл бұрын

    Hydration during buffing, courtesy of Sapporo at 5:03. Friday build?

  • @cup_and_cone
    @cup_and_cone7 жыл бұрын

    Decals... "Deckels"... lol

  • @claritean

    @claritean

    7 жыл бұрын

    seems like its unclear how english shouldbe pronnounced ?

  • @musamor75

    @musamor75

    7 жыл бұрын

    Roman Lukáč " shouldbe " you say ? Then how exactly should it be written ? Correctly I presume. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

  • @kechikexplore3518
    @kechikexplore35184 жыл бұрын

    I love blue

  • @gicking3898
    @gicking38985 жыл бұрын

    Very informative video. Had no idea a $10 handlebar had so much work and machinery involved. Offhand, I'd say the factory was in Taiwan, due to the type of Chinese writing present on some of the machines.

  • @FalcoBikes

    @FalcoBikes

    2 жыл бұрын

    The average Spank alloy handlebar sells for US$42 to US$120.

  • @Endisupertramp
    @Endisupertramp5 жыл бұрын

    Workers just casually strolling next to acid tanks, no respirator or anything.

  • @batbawls
    @batbawls7 жыл бұрын

    5:02 Sapporo beer!?

  • @alexgramatakos4308
    @alexgramatakos43087 жыл бұрын

    yea

  • @Simo-qg6jb
    @Simo-qg6jb7 жыл бұрын

    Steel handlebars For Real mans !

  • @earthstick
    @earthstick2 жыл бұрын

    I really want someone to make a simple bullhorn bar that is wide - 52 cm (that's wide for a bull horn). A flat bar with a round section, 22.2 mm outer diameter, 19-20 mm internal diameter, 25.4mm or 31.8mm clamp area, 150 mm long horn extensions that are at 90^ to the flat bar, with a large radius bend. The aim is to put a Rohloff twist shifter on the flat section of the bar and bar end brake levers in the ends of the bar.

  • @AkashAkash-ns7fj
    @AkashAkash-ns7fj2 жыл бұрын

    Added all company factory equipment brands in India🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @jonathanmcarthur4004
    @jonathanmcarthur40046 жыл бұрын

    good video. I really liked the 'How its Made' theme but could you not get the original voice guy?

  • @FreeLander5280
    @FreeLander52806 жыл бұрын

    Well that rules out my Home Depot diy bars

  • @markkligerman6861
    @markkligerman68616 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see someone turn this into a song.

  • @WilliamMorrow-dl9nh
    @WilliamMorrow-dl9nh10 ай бұрын

    It went together easily in less than an hour. kzread.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Make sure the front fork is forward or the pedals will hit the front tire. Tires are both a little soft so it needs air before I ride it. The rear wheel didn't come with a clamp regular bolts hold it on. The front had the clamp. No scratches out of box. Rims are a little off with a slight wobble. They could have spent more time with the spoke tool fixing the run out. So far out of the box I'm happy with it. I did replace the pedals with a nice aftermarket set. After riding it a bit my A$$ is a bit sore so I ordered another seat. Overall I'm nearly 60 and didn't ride a bike in 30 years. I like my new 29" Schwinn. It will be used for casual rides with my friend.

  • @charlesjo4435
    @charlesjo44353 жыл бұрын

    Spank spike Hb 🤟👍👍👍

  • @unicambd9078
    @unicambd90782 жыл бұрын

    I need the machine

  • @leaftye
    @leaftye6 жыл бұрын

    Standing too close to that bender. It looks like the red tape marks the area off limits during operation. Some cnc benders have a mat that halts the machine if someone stands on it while it's running.

  • @MrKfq269
    @MrKfq2694 жыл бұрын

    One of the 70,000 factories that left America for foriegn shores all thanks to NAFTA.

  • @BradBuege
    @BradBuege7 жыл бұрын

    Good lord guys, great content and I am grateful for it, but that narration was off. The robot voice would be forgivable if it wasn't like one continuous run on sentence for 6 minutes, way too fast to hear what's going on or really comprehend it.

  • @4091740
    @40917407 жыл бұрын

    No wonder the good ones cost so much!!

  • @jrnbautista82
    @jrnbautista827 жыл бұрын

    How to discreetly inhale and exhale continuously while speaking.

  • @GravityBunk

    @GravityBunk

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stop smoking

  • @Be4tJumper
    @Be4tJumper7 жыл бұрын

    back in 2011.... Why is it only being uploaded now? cool video though

  • @sp00n

    @sp00n

    7 жыл бұрын

    Probably rediscovered in /Projects/2011/visits/Taiwan/new new 2 (2)/new (with voiceover)/project.avi

  • @drbigmix7752
    @drbigmix77527 жыл бұрын

    My bar was born here

  • @SeatTimeClips
    @SeatTimeClips7 жыл бұрын

    That voiceover...

  • @adamsifford6228
    @adamsifford6228 Жыл бұрын

    Bmx bars are harder than straight bars fo jumpers and Mt bikes.

  • @alinz2005
    @alinz20057 жыл бұрын

    Aaand this is why you don't buy bars off aliexpress

  • @Mekhanic1
    @Mekhanic17 жыл бұрын

    What about heat treating?

  • @sos8747

    @sos8747

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mekhanic1 its not a sword

  • @TheyForcedMyHandLE

    @TheyForcedMyHandLE

    Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering that too. They anneal to allow for working and I take it that the subsequent cold working is enough to get the properties they're looking for.

  • @MakexItxJustxEasy
    @MakexItxJustxEasy6 жыл бұрын

    LOOK LIKE FROM TAIWAN

  • @jackfairclough9269
    @jackfairclough92697 жыл бұрын

    Annealing, Butting and mandrel rod.....

  • @mitskoala0380

    @mitskoala0380

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jack Fairclough i see what you did there ... Lol

  • @rodrigobava4811
    @rodrigobava48116 жыл бұрын

    RODRIGO NAHUEL

  • @vencibushy
    @vencibushy7 жыл бұрын

    12 volt current? Really?

  • @rearviewmirror95

    @rearviewmirror95

    6 жыл бұрын

    I dont buy it either. And titanium is still conductive...

  • @w.m.aslam-author
    @w.m.aslam-author6 жыл бұрын

    I'll never look at my handlebars in the same way again.

  • @johnwatkins3901
    @johnwatkins39016 жыл бұрын

    Should learn how to say decal

  • @franta5832
    @franta58327 жыл бұрын

    They did not show how the bulge in the clamp area is made.

  • @pbillings808

    @pbillings808

    5 жыл бұрын

    The rest was butted to a smaller diameter, leaving the clamp area alone.

  • @drbigmix7752
    @drbigmix77527 жыл бұрын

    Why is everyone wearing a rugby shirt?

  • @domecrack
    @domecrack10 ай бұрын

    Deckels.

  • @Trottinet-work
    @Trottinet-work6 жыл бұрын

    Would love a normal human voice

  • @gatecrashermonkeyhardstylz4378
    @gatecrashermonkeyhardstylz43787 жыл бұрын

    epic fail on the use of the micrometers....

  • @My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter
    @My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter7 жыл бұрын

    2:57-2:58??? Really?

  • @KL00100
    @KL001007 жыл бұрын

    So we can't make them here? Oh that's right a nickels worth of material and a dollar worth of labor for a sale price $100 or more.

  • @CanIHasThisName

    @CanIHasThisName

    7 жыл бұрын

    R&D costs money. Building a factory costs money. Running a factory costs money every day. Material that didn't make it to the store still cost money. Transporting the product all the way to the store costs money. In between all of that, every employee expects to get paid and every party needs to make a profit. If it really was as simple as giving a bit of material to a guy, him working on it for a bit and abrakadabra, a customer has it in his hand after it's done, yeah, you might have a point.

  • @GrimYak

    @GrimYak

    6 жыл бұрын

    K Lor make what where? Check what bike companies are us based. Top 2 Giant and Merida are in taiwan. This is one industry that you do not lead

  • @wowfubar
    @wowfubar7 жыл бұрын

    good to see China working!

  • @GTChucker86

    @GTChucker86

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's Taiwan

  • @beabiker1757
    @beabiker17576 жыл бұрын

    The guy at 5:30 is barefoot... There is no way that would be legal in the states. Gotta love China.

  • @Sacapuntas69

    @Sacapuntas69

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dude, that is rubber boots he is wearing!

  • @keirfarnum6811
    @keirfarnum68113 жыл бұрын

    Why can no one pronounce “dee-cals” (decals) correctly anymore? It’s not “deck-uhls”.

  • @JoUtan01
    @JoUtan017 жыл бұрын

    So this is what Chinese Child labour Sweat Shop Factory looks like... Boycott !..lol

  • @migatron1
    @migatron17 жыл бұрын

    Cool video, Annoying commentary voice!!!

  • @Mister_NO.
    @Mister_NO.6 жыл бұрын

    Somehow i doubt this is how every single one of them is produced. This is probably one of the few factories in the world where so much QA work and measuring takes place. I can bet my life that in the 99.9% of the "factories" there are only 2-3 people working, the whole process is automatized and it takes less than a couple of hours for the whole batch of them to be ready for shipping.

  • @FamousAndYouKnowIt
    @FamousAndYouKnowIt7 жыл бұрын

    Gee, Chinese sweatshops are looking pretty nice these days. I'll bet this vide wasn't staged at all.

  • @NiceTryBill

    @NiceTryBill

    7 жыл бұрын

    this is bike industry, so the factories are most likely in Taiwan. now, these factories aren't worker owned socialist Utopias, but these factories are well regarded as having better wages and workers rights than, say, a foxconn circa 2009. safer factories make better products and reduce downtime, which is hugely important considering the volume of clients these massive factories serve.

  • @WaterFallingDown

    @WaterFallingDown

    7 жыл бұрын

    yap, its Taiwan. Traditional Characters.

  • @florihupf
    @florihupf5 жыл бұрын

    That audio is unbearable

  • @EatBuildRideRepair
    @EatBuildRideRepair7 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how many of these steps are skipped during the making of a chinese quality handlebar, which sells 10-25 usd on ebay :( Some people risks their lifes, because can't afford a little bit more money of such an important part like handlebar.

  • @claritean
    @claritean7 жыл бұрын

    Give us these videos to understand what are we paying for please, now i wont complain anymore.

  • @bobsbushcraft8061
    @bobsbushcraft80617 жыл бұрын

    Haha butts

  • @avinashnarasimhan
    @avinashnarasimhan3 ай бұрын

    Disappointing!!

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