Meet The Suppliers
W: http://www.merlin-engineering.co.uk
Merlin Engineering (Bolton) Ltd is a Bolton-based precision engineering company serving a wide range of industry sectors including Packaging, Medical, Printing, High End Cycle Manufacture, Industrial Door, Rail Industry and Commercial Vehicle markets. We enjoy an enviable reputation for high quality production at competitive prices.
W: http://www.wnt.de/en-en
25 years of Service² experience in machining.
Our unique sales and service approach provides you with everything from a single source: on-site technical support, professional service, and rapid logistics. Long-term cooperation with renowned international manufacturers to ensure high quality standards and maximum delivery capability.
Such co-operation was also the beginning of our long-standing membership of PLANSEE TIZIT, an innovative carbide manufacturer. Since 2002, WNT has been part of the CERATIZIT group, formed by the merger of PLANSEE TIZIT with Luxembourg based CERAMETAL. Since then, WNT has developed into a sales organization for cutting tools in 14 major Western and Eastern European markets.
Renthal has been at the pinnacle of motocross racing for 35 years and with 153 World Titles and 132 US championships are regarded as the leading handlebar and chainwheel manufacturer in the world.
Renthal products are designed, developed and manufactured at our facilities in Manchester, England. A purchaser of Renthal products can therefore be assured that it has been manufactured by a company run by engineers with an obsession for engineering excellence and quality. This has been recognised by Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and KTM with the fitment of Renthal handlebars as original equipment to their motocross models.
The same passion and expertise has been used to create our new range of cycle products. Our goal is to use the highest quality materials, engineering and craftsmanship to provide you parts that are extremely lightweight and durable.
A fraction of a second, a few grams, a couple of millimetres. It all counts.
Welcome to the winning world of Renthal
W: www.whrowe.com
Established in 1932, W.H.Rowe has acquired a reputation for being one of the most reliable volume producers of high quality aluminium castings in the UK today. A complete manufacturing service is offered to all sectors of the engineering industry. The company has been on the Quayside road site Southampton, continuously since 1932. The foundry relocated to the Bond Street site approximately one kilometre away in 1983.
W: http://www.sram.com
SRAM: Tweak. Refine. Tweak. Refine. Leap Ahead.
Incremental enhancements. Perpetual improvements. Revolutionary Innovation. When advancements are continuously made to every attribute of every component, the result is overall performance that is simply second to none. And to real cycling enthusiasts, there is nothing more gratifying then achieving the ultimate ride. And the best part is we just keep making it better.
This is what SRAM is all about. Sure, a casual rider will appreciate solid performance, reliability, dependability and all the standard qualities one would expect. But it's the riders who live and breathe bicycles who love us most because bicycles are what we love, too. In fact, they're our only love.
Narrow minded yet forward thinking.
Bike components are all we do - which is why we do them so mind-bendingly well. SRAM Corporation began with the goal of creating the absolute best shifting system and changed the cycling world forever with the introduction of Grip Shift. To support the innovation, we invested in Sachs Bicycle Company and built a state of the art manufacturing facility in Schweinfurt Germany. We had the vision and desire to expand our presence in the industry so we found the best suspension company, RockShox, joined forces with them, creating huge excitement in the global cycling community. Not content to stop there, we knew expanding our line with the best brakes, bottom brackets and cranksets would fine-tune the ride even more. So we teamed up with Avid and Truvativ.
Now that we have achieved total drive train nirvana, we will continue to seek and deploy technological and engineering advancements, as we compulsively refine and redefine the pinnacle of the ultimate ride.
W: http://www.hopetech.com
HOPE, as a company has now worked at the leading edge of engineering technology since 1989. Ian Weatherill and Simon Sharp, 2 Rolls Royce aerospace engineers decided that the brakes on their newly discovered mountain bikes weren't up to scratch when compared to the motorbikes they were used to riding. A mechanical brake was produced and a hub to attach it to, and that, as they say, is where the story started.
Now, 22 years on, we employ 85 people (several of whom started out at the beginning and a huge 90% who live within 2 miles of the factory) to run over 50 CNC machines, 24 hours a day. The whole range of components are produced in house. The design team use their extensive knowledge and skills on the latest computer aided design software to create drawings, 3D printed models and prototypes that are then turned into the finished parts.
Everything is made in the Barnoldswick Factory (with the exception of electonics in the lights, rubber seals, pad material, hose and bearings) right down to the connectors, shims, pawls, and other small parts that go into making the finished piece.
W: http://www.solidworks.com
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. offers complete 3D software tools that let you create, simulate, publish, and manage your data. SolidWorks products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost-effectively. The SolidWorks focus on ease-of-use allows more engineers, designers and other technology professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life.
W: www.sdgcomponents.com
Inspired in the early ‘90s by the Huntington Beach, Calif., action sports scene and the speed defies gravity mantra, SDG COMPONENTS has emerged as a leader in the global bicycle saddle market. From its inception, the Company had sought to shatter stereotypes by creating the industry’s first Kevlar saddle covers, followed up with complete Kevlar-covered saddles. More recently the Company completely revolutionized the seat-to-post connection with the coveted I-Beam Technology. The Company isn’t resting on its time-tested, race-proven heritage, and today, with new ownership and laser-beam, bike-only focus, SDG COMPONENTS continues to keep the industry on high-alert, with new concepts launching into the marketplace every year. With distributors in 30 countries worldwide, the Company is distinctly woven into the tapestry of the bicycle industry.
