Watch This Before You Buy Carbon Wheels in 2024! - Lún Performance Factory Tour

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Is ''made in china'' still a bad thing in 2024? I will show what's important before you buy a carbon wheelset from china, or any other ''wester'' brand. The carbon fiber industry is developing and the biggest brands actually outsource their manufacturing to China (amongst other countries). Watch this documentary about Lún Performance where I went to Xiamen China to discover how their wheels are made from raw fiber to a fully assembled and Quality controlled wheelset! Lún Performance is leading the technology with their flagship MEGA wheelset and is ahead of the competition with their HALO spoke design.

Watch part 1 of this docu about Winspace, the main brand. Taking you along the head office, their handlebar factory and frame factory where we will show the carbon layup of the latest flagship frame, the Agile. 👉    • The Best CARBON Bikes Made in CHINA? ...  

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0:00 Intro
0:50 What to expect
1:18 My relation with Winspace & Lún Performance
1:44 The engineer about MEGA wheelset
3:29 The RIM and SPOKE manufacturing
4:05 Step 1, raw fiber to Carbon ''Pre-preg''
7:14 Step 2, cutting the carbon
7:44 Step 3, (SECRET) Layup Filament winding
9:24 Step 4, Curing the carbon in the oven
10:12 Difference Between Brands?
11:30 Step 5, Drilling, Sanding, Finishing
12:54 Step 6, Painting
14:48 Step 7, Logo Decals
16:37 Carbon spoke production
19:18 Step 8, Quality Control
20:43 Wheel assembly
22:36 Quality Control of finished wheel
23:35 R&D Lab (Top Secret)
27:02 The extra R&D test facility
28:15 We DESTROYED a Wheel!?
30:04 The key behind a high quality wheel. (the

All Comments (21)
  • Amazing video! GCN can go hide with their factory tours, this is WAY BETTER MADE!!! Good job!
  • I love the variety in your content. It keeps me coming back for more. Well done!
  • @ilgour
    Massive video. Very interesting good job
  • I’ve had a set of hyper 50mm wheels, by far the best wheels I’ve ever ridden…ever.
  • wow just came across this video. thanks for sharing. over the years ive bought 3 different winspace wheels and they are great!
  • What a great insight into the manufacturing process. Brilliantly presented and feels honest and informative. Genuinely has increased winspace as a presence in my mind when considering parts/frames in the future - would probably have never said that before watching. Great effort and wlll done by Winspace to give so much access and explanation. great video.
  • Very informative! Really enjoy your videos. Loving my SLC 2.0 with Hyper 33s, which I bought at the end of last year after watching your build and adventures in Haute Route 2022.
  • Nice video. I sent my two cracked Berk carbon saddles to a factory in China for repair. I thought the saddles couldn’t be repaired, but my friend suggested trying it since it would be free if they couldn’t fix them. They sent them back three weeks later. They look good and are strong enough for me to sit on for more than a year. I can trust Chinese carbon factories. They do a great job. But in mass product, They need focus on QC. That's most important.
  • Hello Jasper, thanks for the beautiful content you have been able to share with us and above all, considering how much Winspace and Lun guys invest in their design, production, development of wheels, say a big thank you to them for the opportunity they gave you and us. As a enthusiast cyclist first and as a composite engineer as second I have loved to see their facility and see how much they are constantly raising the bar and catching up with European and American factories. Sooner, if not already now, they will be ahead and leading the path
  • @blimey5348
    Very good content Jasper! Many in the west still look at Chinese products like 2 decades ago. However, china moves so fast in tech that it’s hard for anyone living outside china to comprehend. Their top tier products are as competitive as any global brands or better. I have ran many Chinese wheels as well as western brands. And I have stuck to a couple of Chinese brands for their reliability for all my bikes
  • @mortlow6688
    Great ! I wanna see more China factory tours....
  • @nochancecw
    I think this video will help remove bias from people and help people see china has many high end manufacturers processes. Really great stuff.
  • @pierrex3226
    Very nice. Especially the innovation around hub and spoke technology. Years ahead of roval, princeton and the likes