Handmade - Morewood Bikes

by Lance Tueller
Sep 7, 2011

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We are really proud to introduce "handmade" a short film by Gary Perkins, edited by Kat Millar. Filmed on location at our factory in Pietermaritzburg South Africa, we hope that it will give you some insight into the heart of Morewood. Enjoy. Regards, The Morewood Crew.
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49 Comments

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flag idrinkpabst (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:31)
 Vital and Pinkbike are posting a lot of the same articles lately....
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flag brule Mod Plus (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:45)
 Lots of great content getting created in the biking world and we all share it. Lots of our own great content getting created in house too.
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flag frdh (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:48)
 awesome video. love my morewood
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flag ManuelMTB (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:04)
 @idrinkpabst thanks for pointing that out!!! I didn't know about that VitalMTB site. It looks great too. Hopefully there, at Vital, there would not be the bunch of nationalistic retards that are becoming a bit of a pest in here. Migrating for a while till the pest guys fumigate this place... Smile Cheers!
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flag idrinkpabst (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:18)
 @ ManuelMTB haha - I didn't mean to start "El Revolucion de Vital". One might say that you are "crossing the border" into Vital territory. Whoops, that might have been 'nationalistic'?
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flag ManuelMTB (Sep 7, 2011 at 17:57)
 Yep, I am a "wet back" man! Wink
Pinkbike is a great place, great content & info about MTB. BUT, the community has got a few members that are spoiling the whole thing by taking their national pride a bit too seriously. After some bad experiences recently with one of these...-whatever you want to call them- members, I start looking at different comments like this at PB in past threads. It seems to me that it is becoming more & more common recently. Bloody hell! it is an international MTB site isn't it?! The world is too complicated out there already as to bring our patriotic bs in here too!! I think it should not be allowed by the editors/moderators (this rediculous false patriotism shown by some "members". It is sad...very sad, IMHO. Anyway, got to go mate, cause I have a few borders to cross, get my back wet & more importantly, get my bike & stuff ready for tomorrow's awesome ride in the jungle here...Cheerios to all in PB! Smile Bye bye...
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flag mountguitars (Sep 7, 2011 at 22:12)
 hey, i like pinkbike and vitalmtb too. i also check bikeradar and bikerumor as well for new stuff. doesn't hurt to check every site related to our beloved sport/hobby or whatever you call it. in the end, we all win.
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flag goxbigxorxgoxhome (Sep 7, 2011 at 23:00)
 i wish i could listen to music at my job^^
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flag supafli (Sep 8, 2011 at 6:54)
 VOD!!
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flag razorbiker18 (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:42)
 Wow! I just want this company to be more successful "even tho they are", cause I now know how much hard work they put in on every frame, just *frame* they sell complete too so after the hard work on frame they still have to put all the parts! man!! that's dedication there! PROPS a lot!! Smile
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flag gnarbar (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:01)
 Thanks to everyone at Morewood Bikes for making such an awesome, solid product. Cannot say enough good things about my Makulu, an amazing bike, solidly made, performs amazingly well, and simple/excellent design and perfect execution for the task in hand. Good luck for the future guys.
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flag brule Mod Plus (Sep 7, 2011 at 22:39)
 Rode a Kalula last year and just worked so well for me and my riding style (or lack of depending on who you ask). Great bikes and this was cool to see some of what happens to create them.
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flag IrishTom (Sep 8, 2011 at 14:34)
 Cool video guys, but that song was in Life Cycles, think you would have been better not using a tune that was in such a big bike movie, plenty of tunes out there....like this one for instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug0y1ZhdHT0&feature=player_embedded#
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flag OTehNoes (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:44)
 Very cool indeed! The music and filming style reminded me of Life Cycles a bit!
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flag BenMx702 (Sep 8, 2011 at 16:16)
 I love my 2011 Makulu! Best DH bike I have ridden so far....which is a lot! Rear end is alive and dialed! eats up the chatter and brake bumps! Turns faster, smoother and lower! Did I mention that this bike is really FAST! Came off of a Cove Shocker to the Morewood Makulu. Best transition I have ever made. Thank you Lance Tueller!
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flag DownhillDustin (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:29)
 sick bike, nice to see hand made
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flag swearmouth (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:49)
 Love my Makulu so much, easily the best DH bike I've ever ridden
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flag tracky-dax (Sep 8, 2011 at 3:47)
 they need to make a morewood ndiza again im trying to bye one cause they are soooo sick but they are discontinued and are know where to be seen grrr
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flag Eyon (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:42)
 2:35 MONOBROW
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flag b4life (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:36)
 Interesting how such well these incredible bikes come together, and the dedication, effort and time has to be put into these bikes to make them perfect
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flag chyu (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:13)
 Aren't all bike frames are handmade? The difference is made by who?american, chinese , etc
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flag b4life (Sep 7, 2011 at 17:05)
 Not all, visit the trek factory or giant and they have machines which are connected to their computers and controlled by the employers designing the bikes that way...instead of pushing a machine against the frame to design certain bolt points or nut rings etc they physically grab a smaller machine and do it themselves. Did you see the yellow greasy liquid, and their hands running through it as well as labelling.
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flag bradwalton Plus (Sep 8, 2011 at 6:36)
 All bike frames are handmade! Frame components like BB shells, headtubes, and shock mounts are made by CNC machines at any mass-production bike factory. Hand-milling would be too labor-intensive to make money, as well as varying in accuracy. If you want a truly handmade bicycle, you'll have to stick to a small-scale manufacturer. They are out there, but most of them work with steel rather than aluminum, and you'll find that they are usually a one-man show. That, my friend, is truly handmade. Great video though!
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flag b4life (Sep 8, 2011 at 12:25)
 I guess you learn something new everyday ^
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flag wyatt118 (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:11)
 This reminds me of the Lynskey Performance shop that I took a tour of, it's really cool how much actually goes into the design of a bike hahaha.
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flag bikerguy222 (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:12)
 Hahaha?
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flag manboobs (Sep 8, 2011 at 4:03)
 makes me wanna buy a morewood
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flag Hendri (Sep 8, 2011 at 0:15)
 proudly South African!!!!!!!!! Wink
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flag jaycubzz (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:41)
 I love the glitch mob it needs to be on more vids for sure
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flag thegb1212 (Sep 7, 2011 at 17:13)
 here's an edit i made almost a year ago with the same song: http://www.pinkbike.com/video/168000/
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flag mtbrider106 (Sep 7, 2011 at 21:34)
 I'm a machinist with alot of knowledge who wants to build a bike and turn this industry upside down?
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flag Hendri (Sep 8, 2011 at 2:06)
 MAKHULU MANJANI!!!! (MEANING BIG SHIT!!!)
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flag sanjosedre (Sep 8, 2011 at 13:39)
 Was Morewood at EuroBike? Any updates to the line?
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flag tracky-dax (Sep 8, 2011 at 3:47)
 they need to make a morewood ndiza again im trying to bye one cause they are soooo sick but they are discontinued and are know where to be seen grrr
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flag dirtydroog (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:11)
 lekker
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flag MTB-RnD (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:21)
 Lekker bru
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flag dirtydroog (Sep 7, 2011 at 17:04)
 yaw, for sure boet
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flag AlpineSlayer (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:46)
 Really cool vid, its so awesome to see what goes into making high end bike frames. Does anyone know who does the song in the vid? it sounds like the Glitch Mob?
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flag frdh (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:48)
 says in the vid.
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flag slandrews (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:37)
 whats the yellow liquid they use to pour on all the machines??
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flag elliot-graham (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:39)
 It's a lubricant I believe both to cool down the drills, wash away the little particles of metal and reduce wear on the drill
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flag david-hill (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:25)
 nail. head.
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flag irlenborna (Sep 7, 2011 at 16:19)
 Morewood bikes are frikin amazing!
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flag NORTHSHORETYLER (Sep 7, 2011 at 18:34)
 really cool vid, kinda makes me want one now
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flag rodrigoneni (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:29)
 Excellent video!
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flag pokalface (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:59)
 they are good producer
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flag jakeaylward (Sep 8, 2011 at 0:05)
 nice monobrow sol.....
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flag ustemuf Plus (Sep 7, 2011 at 15:34)
 This is my favorite Morewood related video: http://www.pinkbike.com/video/95363/
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