Our Monocoque Carbon NanoTech Sportive Road and K~Foil Time Trial framesets and our Alu-Carbon Sportive framesets are manufactured by ADK Composite technology of Taiwan. http://adktec.myweb.hinet.net/index2.html. The majority of the worlds carbon frames are now produced in Taiwan as many cyclists know. But there's far more to it than that! Our frames are manufactured from Toray T700 high modulus carbon and are available with either 3K or 12K top carbon finish layers.
ADK are one of the worlds leading frame manufacturers and currently produce frames for not only small independent marques like Kinetic-One and Bottecchia but also supply frames for the top-of-the-range bikes produced by big brands such as Orbea and Felt.
We work with ADK on the design side through our partnership with Riva Sports Industries in London. Riva has an unassailable pedigree in their field. Established in 1960, Riva have been working with the specialist Taiwanese carbon bike frame industry, and in particular with ADK, since the industry began!
ADK’s origins lie at the very heart of the development of carbon technology. The company that is ADK today, formally constituted in 2004 and has it roots planted as far back as 1988 at the Taiwan Industry Research Institute.
ADK's founders, Kenneth Yen and Alex Chen, have been at the cutting edge of carbon manufacture and design since the eighties and founded ADK to meet the specific needs of the bicycle industry. ADK have built a leading edge company with over 1200 employees.
ADK is widely regarded as having the best quality management systems in the industry and as a direct consequence of this the most high performing and safe to use frames - hence their near exponential growth. ADK framesets conform to all required European safety standards including the new EU regulations. CEN NORM RACING 14781
