Intense Goes Carbon - Seb Kemp Talks to Jeff Steber

The funny thing about every bike company moving to carbon was that few years ago there was a serious carbon shortage due its use in aerospace and other hi-tech applications. Are they making fewer planes and weapons of mass destruction? Maybe more carbon bikes is a good thing.

Then Intense sourced the most reputable and respected carbon manufacturing company in China to make their frames.

You mean Giant/Hodaka?

Did Seb actually get to ride the Carbine.
Enough talk, how did it ride?

i read recently that BMW is building a large manufacturing plant in wa. state to produce carbon fibre car parts. With the new cafe rules i see a lot car company's moving to CF in an attempt to drop weight in their cars. Those plants will produce parts that will be cost effective as opposed to the military and aerospace industries. Hopefully we will see some of that efficiency trickle down to bicycle companies. Further i think the US is going to capitalize on its currency devaluation and is preparing to impose harsh trade sanctions on the Chinese high tech industries in an effort to revitalize the American economy. my 2ents

here's a thought. my understanding is that many bike companies have the same overseas companies make their carbon frames. if that's the case they are tacitly (albeit unintentionally) banding together to help make such manufacturing facilities viable overseas… so why not establish some kind of domestic manufacturing cooperative in the US, a joint venture between a bunch of smaller companies to keep their individual investment low while ensuring enough work and resources to support a domestic carbon manufacturing operation ?

ppl dont work for a 1$/day or less in the western world? with aluminium u needed still a specialist welder, laying carbon into molds is something everyone can do -[HTML_REMOVED] profit!