ENVE Recalls Road 2.0 Disc 1.25″ Tapered Forks due to breaking hazard (UPDATED)

Bad taste here….. makes me wonder if Enve purchased catalog designs and states components are designed in the us….. that would bring huge margins. I would like to think that’s totally out of the question but….

(deleted) sake, I’ve just had a set of these custom painted at a great expense. Wonder if they will refund me the paint costs…

@kpp you also voided your warranty.

@frippolini
ADK is one of several trusted fork vendors used by most large manufacturers. I will say here that none of the big brands make their own forks. Giant, specialized, cannondale, felt, trek, canyon…..you name the brand, and I can guarantee you they use a fork maker. As JH points out this is far from meaning all of these (or Enves) forks are ‘catalog’ or open models, it just means the manufacturers go to fork building experts with a design and weight / strength criteria and then forks are delivered with the customers’ name on them.

This recall, as with any recall is unfortunate, but in the end is a sign of regular testing, which is good, and keeps you all safe.

Why people pay the prices they do for Enve products is beyond me, but indeed here is a perfect example of how and why marketing works…if you ever wondered.

To finish, ADK produces quality products and is a trusted vendor in the bike biz. I suppose that if you are into bikes enough that you are still reading here, you most likely have had or currently have an ADK fork on your bike.

Why is a $250 enve handlebar better than a $100 race face handlebar? Because they said so (deleted)!

Due to the recall I no longer enve my dentist’s custom bike.

Ok Doug, I got it now. Here’s some boutique for you. The first iterations of Colnago’s Star carbon forks were a massive fail, the epoxy that held the drop outs in was weak and they would uncork wile riding, or just hanging on a hook. No official recall either. People were hurt, property was damaged and Colnago turned their backs on a lot of long time customers by not even granting warranty claims. Alpha Q was the ENVE of forks in the 90’s – early 2000’s and there’s some horror stories out there, handled the same as Colnago and True Temper had no choice but to shut the fork division down. Different story with the Zipp 88 front hub recall last year, that was handled much like the Colnago affair, but they did eventually issue a recall when people started showing up in the hospital 5 years after they knew their product was a hazard and hurting people. Last I checked nobody was hurt because of the ENVE defect which only affected 600 units, that’s a drop in the bucket considering how many of their forks they’ve sold.

Caveat emptor.

FYI. Average Vietnamese laborer working 10 hours x 6 days a week is about 200-300 usd a month

Well they removed their “Seal” of made in USA from their site which used to be on the bottom of their homepage. That’s good!! BUT, I have learned from a good source that they makes parts in both Vietnam and China.

Never heard Enve say what they did was wrong and the ironic pet is they keep referring to Bike Rumor’s interview in 2012 as proof that they were not hiding anything. Too bad the author of that article didn’t call them out on this issue at that time and Bike Rumor reader had to hel get it done!!!!

Enve Parts are made along with Specialized and Santa Cruz parts.

So the answer to my own question is my Road Stem, seatpost and handlebars were made in Vietnam or China depending on their serial number.