Guide

Twin Six designs its bikes in Minneapolis; frames are built in Asia, then assembled and shipped from the brand’s Minneapolis warehouse.

X-LAB road bikes are produced by XDS (XDS Carbon Tech) in China; XLAB (no hyphen) is a U.S. accessories brand that does not manufacture bikes.

99 Bikes is owned by Pedal Group, with Flight Centre holding 47% of Pedal Group alongside the Turner family and employee shareholders.

Voodoo mountain bikes are designed by Voodoo Cycles, sold in the UK by Halfords, and built by established Asian manufacturing partners.

Viking is a British heritage brand owned by Hero Cycles; Insync Bikes designs in Manchester and most production comes from Asian partner factories.

Viathon bikes are a Walmart-owned brand with frames engineered by Kevin Quan Studios and produced by contract factories in Asia.

REI’s Co-op Cycles are designed by REI and produced by established overseas OEM factories; the company doesn’t publish one single maker.

Sonder bikes are designed and hand-built to order by Alpkit’s Sonder team in the UK, with frames from trusted partners and wheels built in-house.

Mullet bikes are built by brands like Santa Cruz, Trek, Giant, Canyon, and others across trail, enduro, downhill, and e-MTB lines.

REI Co-op Cycles designs its mountain bikes and contracts overseas manufacturers; the company doesn’t publicly name specific factories.