6 Chinese Bike Brands You NEED To Take Seriously!

We're seeing more Chinese bike brands trying to tempt us away from more familiar and popular bike brands and will this change our buying habits now and into the future? I look at some of the Chinese bike brands you need to take seriously

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00:00 Intro
1:56 Elves
3:24 Yoeleo
4:38 Squarespace sponsor
5:33 Winspace
6:33 Seka
7:48 ICAN
8:59 Serk
9:58 Is your net bike Chinese brand?

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[paulford]

I’m a Brit living in China for the past 6 years. I know the owner of SEKA (nice guy) and my local bike shop is a distributor. I’m not on commission (😂) and don’t own one but I do know that they’re manufactured in a factory that also produces frames for bikes in the pro peloton and he claims to the same standard. They are nice looking bikes!

[jtk]

It would be great to have you build and review an ICAN bike. Set it with up 105 mechanical, mid range wheels, common sense alloy parts, and see how it compares with the popular brands.

[MrBillboeing]

I have 2 SEKA’s one EXCEED and one AFIELD. Both have over 10k km on the clock and they are flawless. I needed some spare parts reached out to SEKA and they shipped them from China to Korea to me. Just good service! I can recommend

[neilpassingham]

I bought an ICAN Gravel X frame last year, unfortunately I bought a frame that was a size too big, however I was so impressed with the build that I ordered another frame in a smaller size. A couple of weeks after ordering the second frame a box arrived with a pair of 40mm Aero road wheels, I contacted ICAN and they told me they were a gift to me, the frame arrived a week or so after. The gravel bike is now fitting me perfectly, I sold the old frame almost immediately it was stripped and the wheels are on my Trek Emonda.

[bboyprolific]

You should buy as a project. Great video my friend.

[gaza]

The more big brands charge silly prices the more of a foothold these will gain. The same with the groupsets

[davidnicholson]

I've heard very good things about Winspace and Yeoleo. The Winspace T1550 is widely used by various crit teams here in the US and is apparently very well made, reliable and rides well. I've heard many questionable things about Elves and I would personally avoid. I have experience with ICAN which is OK but definitely cheaply made. One other Chinese brand worth mentioning is Farsports. Farsports only makes wheels (right now) but I think they are some of the best wheels you can buy. Farsports has introduced one frame recently and others are coming. Light Bicycle also makes great wheels.

[jef]

I bought a winspace frame a couple of years ago after having done a lot of research online and then a friend built it up with Ultegra for me. Outstanding bike so i bought a gravel frame from Yoeleo from china earlier in the year which again a friend built it up with sram for me. The quality from the Chinese brands is there and the cost saving is enough for me to purchase them.

[smp-seanmilesproductions]

I’m building a Ican triaero. I took in this challenge after buying a used Cannondale. I’ve only been riding for two months and love it. I wanted to buy a new racing road bike. But what wanted the prices around outrageous. So I found Ican. I’m almost done building my bike.

[novicar]

Chinese national team uses Pardus Spark EVO. Bike with full Shimano Ultegra Di2 is sub 5000 USD at a dealer where I live. Frame set for Spark RS (lower grade frame) is sub 1000 USD.

[meibing]

Have had my Yoeleo R12 for a year and a half now. Rides really well. Ultegra Di2. 32mm tires up from 28mm for added comfort. Custom paint is excellent. Had an issue with the rear wheel (not the frame) during assembly, so they had to send a spare part. Also, the head screw started coming a little loose after a few months, but there was an easy fix to that (can't remember what) - thanks to youtubers for sharing their solutions! Press-fit BB - not a sound and zero play. Just works!

[branthayenga]

I'd like it if you reviewed a Ti frame from Waltly. They are custom Ti frames for around $1000 US.

[ryanS]

I have ICAN carbon wheels on my gravel bike. They’re great. Very solid wheels. Have completed some big rides on them.

[treyquattro]

I tend to agree. As you rightly point out, all the expensive "Western" brands are made in China anyway. I already decided my next wheel set will be Winspace or Far Sports, e.g., and I can see me buying a direct-to-consumer Chinese frame too.

[Sertao]

Yes I would like to see the build on triaero A22 frame that you talked about at 8:54 in the video .

[PeakTorque]

The UCI sticker doesn't mean anything when it comes to safety or QC. It just means the tubes fit in their designated outline. The Elves phallus has groundbreaking aerodynamics that has even puzzled Red Bull F1. Rectangular tubes 😂

[alistair]

The more silly bike prices become the more money the Chinese will make.

[niklaskristensson]

Great video, David! Please test more "chinese" frames/bikes. 90 percent of the cykling community dont need ultra stiff frames anyway so why pay triplewise...❤

[garyHKJ]

Hi David, thanks for the review on Chinese bike brands. It helps a lot of cyclist on a budget. Me myself having a Winspace Hyper wheels for 3 years now and it's really VFM. Had no complains for the performance and durablility. David, if you could be have the time, there's a new Chinese bike brand name HYGGE MODEL S. It would be great if you chould review this bike too. Has always. Thanks David Authur. Great work you have here.

[kinghenry]

I bought a Yoeleo R11 and built it with an electric 105. Using my existing wheels, the total cost is under $3, 000. It might not be as great as a $17, 000 top tier bike, but I am sure that it is top enough for most people.