As the proud first Serk Titanium dealer in Western Europe and happy owner of a beautiful Serk A30, I can only speak highly of Serk Titanium. Communication with Shannon has always been smooth and very friendly. As for the bike I ride myself... well, it's hard to describe the feeling, but in 27 years, I've ridden many different materials and brands, and I can honestly say that this bike provides me with the absolute best riding experience. Additionally, I'm a big fan of the aesthetics with the round tubes and the option to add color to the splendid material of titanium, which already has an amazing appearance on its own. I use the A30 as a criterium racer, gravel racer, and commuter, and I don't see any reason to purchase another bike... although I do have a track bike, but that might be a step too far for the A30 ;-)
Have been riding a SERK for over five years. Love to ride it. Great bike with top quality. More than just a bike they've built a great adventure culture around the brand.
We should talk more about people behind the brands. Shannon is one of the top guys I've ever met in the cycling industry, if we had more people like him, all the experience with cycling would be even better! Thanks Shannon and thanks Joe for the video! Always good to watch.
After riding my custom fit A30 with disc brakes for one year, just received the A10 with rim brakes. Very pure and customized to be a light as possible. Love the details of the bike and the dedication of the whole Serk team.
@@michaellee7046 Wanted something to remember my time in Beijing/China. Titanium vs Carbon is like mentioned in the Video by Shannon. Both are great materials to ride. I like most the „smoothness“ how titanium rides.
Don't know, it was designed by a company from Canada. They warrantied the first frame but that one broke after 5 months. They then closed up the shop. Everti bicycles.@@ChinaCycling
I've been around for a long time, and riding just as long. The thought popped into my mind when this video started: 50 years ago I watched TV and suffered though commercials, then with DVR I was able to record programs and FFWD through the commercials. Then I stopped watching any TV years ago and now watch a lot of TH-cam (Premium to avoid commercials). I find it fascinating how companies (large and small) have adapted to a population which will do almost anything to avoid the standard commercial formats. Adapted so well that now companies invest their time and marketing to produce long form marketing infomercials, some fo which are actually pretty good. When you actually get down to it, most of the cycling review and info channels are just the new form of marketing. I'm okay with that, as long as they are interesting and honest. Now.... Back to the video/commercial.
Haha. Most of the content we consume these days is designed to market in some way or another. I personally don't think its a bad thing as nobody is forcing you to watch it. If you wanna listen to some guy talking about his brand because it's interesting; thats cool. If that makes you want to buy their frame, its probably because you agreed with the points he made when talking about his product. I think thats less "marketing" and more "match-making" - helping you find your perfect (2 wheeled) partner.
18:41 I remember my professor in either a history or economics class mentioned that, that Japanese products were regarded as low quality as Chinese products are now, but that that's changing.
Another great video! Titanium is an very interesting material... the A10 is also very interesting, especially the geometry fits perfect in size L. If the price wasn't so high, I would buy it straight away
I'd love to ride bikes in China with its absolutely insane biking infrastructure. Too bad I live in Canada where biking sucks. T_T I'm really deliberating buying a Serk A30 right now.
We have a similar brand here in the UK, called Sonder. I've got their gravel bike called the Camino. Truth be told, it looks a lot like the A21 featured here. Perhaps made by the same factory?
I think the first question is do you really need custom? Then the second question is, if so, how much help do you need? I think maybe SERK can offer more help with the design process than your average factory. If you already know exactly what you want, down to tube thicknesses and everything, then maybe just get a factory. Although, I haven't looked at Waltly prices in about 3 years, so I'm not sure what the cost difference would be!
Simple - it's too expensive. Carbon forks you can pump out of a mold, whereas a Ti fork of any repute would cost twice what a carbon one does and weigh 1/3rd more. Nobody wants that.
If titanium is so good in vibration dampening, why is it very common to see a carbon fork on titanium bikes? What about fixing cracks in a titanium bike frame that also could happen?
Can't give away all their secrets, but if you listen to Shannon talking about how he thinks China will be at the forefront of manufacturing, you'll know they're looking to future developments.
I own 2 GUB M8 mips helmets($80USD on aliexpress), really like the first one, bought a 2nd one for my riding partner. I owned Giro and Bell Mips helmets previously. The skinny Mips strap on my $150CDN Bell Formula helmet snapped at 6 months. Local bike store where I bought from couldn't replace the strap, had to trash the whole helmet. The GUB helmet is more round, while the Giro/Bell shells were more oval (long front to back). With Giro/Bell, the gap at the front was big enough to stick my fingers up in front of my forehead. Not a problem with the GUB helmet, fits very nicely all around. GUB helmet is ~270g.
Is serk a sino Austria brand? Even this video talking about China doesn't have a Chinese version. For a brand , either you be very local ,or you leave Chinese market , both okay because cost matters. But not in between.......
As the proud first Serk Titanium dealer in Western Europe and happy owner of a beautiful Serk A30, I can only speak highly of Serk Titanium. Communication with Shannon has always been smooth and very friendly. As for the bike I ride myself... well, it's hard to describe the feeling, but in 27 years, I've ridden many different materials and brands, and I can honestly say that this bike provides me with the absolute best riding experience. Additionally, I'm a big fan of the aesthetics with the round tubes and the option to add color to the splendid material of titanium, which already has an amazing appearance on its own. I use the A30 as a criterium racer, gravel racer, and commuter, and I don't see any reason to purchase another bike... although I do have a track bike, but that might be a step too far for the A30 ;-)
Have been riding a SERK for over five years. Love to ride it. Great bike with top quality. More than just a bike they've built a great adventure culture around the brand.
We should talk more about people behind the brands. Shannon is one of the top guys I've ever met in the cycling industry, if we had more people like him, all the experience with cycling would be even better! Thanks Shannon and thanks Joe for the video! Always good to watch.
You're one of the top guys too.
After riding my custom fit A30 with disc brakes for one year, just received the A10 with rim brakes. Very pure and customized to be a light as possible. Love the details of the bike and the dedication of the whole Serk team.
What made you want to switch? How does it compare to carbon?
Was yours the white A10 with Schmolke and Tune components? Very tasteful bike.
@@ChinaCycling Yes. Thank you 🤩Took a while to get all bits and pieces together 🙈
@@michaellee7046 Wanted something to remember my time in Beijing/China. Titanium vs Carbon is like mentioned in the Video by Shannon. Both are great materials to ride. I like most the „smoothness“ how titanium rides.
I enjoyed this interview, the beautifully made bikes, and the riding potential in China. Very inspiring.
Glad you enjoyed it! They're great guys (and gals) at SERK.
Proud to own a Serk and to own the KOM on that road up to Everest 😎
That's the most Alpha comment of the day. Hahaha. You win sir!
Happy you got the bike from me! Means I contributed to this KOM a bit!
Great story and philosophy. Would love to ride over there. Thanks for sharing. Viva gli architetti e viva il titanio!
Glad you enjoyed it!
loving my A21 - best bike I had so far.
This more of the content I want to see in this channel. 👍🏽
More to come!
I second that. Great interview and content!
A very sympathetic guy talking about very interesting things.
My experience with Chinese Ti frames is 2 broken frames with no warranty replacements.
Which factory?
Don't know, it was designed by a company from Canada. They warrantied the first frame but that one broke after 5 months. They then closed up the shop. Everti bicycles.@@ChinaCycling
This is the first chinese bike channel I found and I glad YT show me this.
This video is out just in time for the seri x-mas ride tomorrow. Good interview and good community around the brand.
For real, most SERK owners I've met have all been awesome people.
I've been around for a long time, and riding just as long.
The thought popped into my mind when this video started: 50 years ago I watched TV and suffered though commercials, then with DVR I was able to record programs and FFWD through the commercials. Then I stopped watching any TV years ago and now watch a lot of TH-cam (Premium to avoid commercials). I find it fascinating how companies (large and small) have adapted to a population which will do almost anything to avoid the standard commercial formats. Adapted so well that now companies invest their time and marketing to produce long form marketing infomercials, some fo which are actually pretty good. When you actually get down to it, most of the cycling review and info channels are just the new form of marketing. I'm okay with that, as long as they are interesting and honest.
Now.... Back to the video/commercial.
Haha. Most of the content we consume these days is designed to market in some way or another. I personally don't think its a bad thing as nobody is forcing you to watch it. If you wanna listen to some guy talking about his brand because it's interesting; thats cool. If that makes you want to buy their frame, its probably because you agreed with the points he made when talking about his product. I think thats less "marketing" and more "match-making" - helping you find your perfect (2 wheeled) partner.
18:41 I remember my professor in either a history or economics class mentioned that, that Japanese products were regarded as low quality as Chinese products are now, but that that's changing.
Another great video! Titanium is an very interesting material... the A10 is also very interesting, especially the geometry fits perfect in size L. If the price wasn't so high, I would buy it straight away
Yeah, as always, wish everything could be cheaper.
Can still get rim brakes and the guy is actually onto what I think people want too imo
Wow. Good intro footage. Looks like epic terrain.
Cheers
So many takeaways from this story! Can't wait to ride my Serk
it has arrived and I am over the sky.
Wow! Fantastic, thank you!
I'd love to ride bikes in China with its absolutely insane biking infrastructure. Too bad I live in Canada where biking sucks. T_T
I'm really deliberating buying a Serk A30 right now.
I still need to do my 2yr / X,000km review of the SERK. Solid bike.
Just a silly question, where is that road at 0:30 ...it looks amazing. Thanks
We have a similar brand here in the UK, called Sonder. I've got their gravel bike called the Camino. Truth be told, it looks a lot like the A21 featured here. Perhaps made by the same factory?
Titanium bikes look mainly the same. Need to checkout the details.
So Joe, Serk vs Waltly vs Xacd for a custom frame 🤔
I think the first question is do you really need custom? Then the second question is, if so, how much help do you need? I think maybe SERK can offer more help with the design process than your average factory. If you already know exactly what you want, down to tube thicknesses and everything, then maybe just get a factory. Although, I haven't looked at Waltly prices in about 3 years, so I'm not sure what the cost difference would be!
Anyone know what that beautiful crankset is shown at 4:23?
Would be nice to scale and feature on ecommerce shops like 京东，淘宝， and Aliexpress.
Amazing frames, love it.
Super interesting!
Love the look of Ti, hope to get one one day, but always wondered....as a carbon hater, why no Ti forks?
I think Ti takes the bigger bumps better... good question.
Simple - it's too expensive. Carbon forks you can pump out of a mold, whereas a Ti fork of any repute would cost twice what a carbon one does and weigh 1/3rd more. Nobody wants that.
Excellent
If titanium is so good in vibration dampening, why is it very common to see a carbon fork on titanium bikes? What about fixing cracks in a titanium bike frame that also could happen?
Amazing! 👌
never mentioned price ,have you a dealer in Ireland.
I'm not sure I can come at AUD4380 for a Chinese made titanium frame. Then again that's how much Curve wants so I guess the market has spoken 🧐
Any plans on future developments? Like 3D printing or Carbon ISP?
Can't give away all their secrets, but if you listen to Shannon talking about how he thinks China will be at the forefront of manufacturing, you'll know they're looking to future developments.
Who makes their frames? 😮obviously not in their Beijing office / assembly workshop.
A factory near Beijing
That forest ride looks like it could be in the yarra ranges
Can you make a review on chinese bike helmets? Do they offer MIPS?
Usually good helmets, good quality, questionable branding. PMT have very good technology in their helmets.
I own 2 GUB M8 mips helmets($80USD on aliexpress), really like the first one, bought a 2nd one for my riding partner. I owned Giro and Bell Mips helmets previously. The skinny Mips strap on my $150CDN Bell Formula helmet snapped at 6 months. Local bike store where I bought from couldn't replace the strap, had to trash the whole helmet. The GUB helmet is more round, while the Giro/Bell shells were more oval (long front to back). With Giro/Bell, the gap at the front was big enough to stick my fingers up in front of my forehead. Not a problem with the GUB helmet, fits very nicely all around. GUB helmet is ~270g.
@@lichang4110 I like to see the Chinese release their version of the Bontrager Wavecel helmet which is better than the MIPS.
Interesting Brand 😎👍
Where is this twisty road in China in the video please ?
Tibet
Is serk a sino Austria brand? Even this video talking about China doesn't have a Chinese version. For a brand , either you be very local ,or you leave Chinese market , both okay because cost matters. But not in between.......
I think my 2024 could involve an A10 build.
They're stunning bikes.
Ever since i saw your SERK vid, i've been interested in getting one. @@ChinaCycling
riding without a helmet.. GENIUS!
GR9 Titanium light weight bikes are cheaper than you think they are.
It's not all titanium. The forks are carbon.
Maybe i'm boring. But a roadbike influencer without a helmet is the worst thing
bla bla bla ....! the price ! its what we want to known.
Helmet alert.
no helmet
Yeah, don't do what I do. I was just heading around the block, but always wear a helmet kids!