During my trip to Pisgah National Forest in Brevard, North Carolina over the weekend, I made a stop by Cane Creek Cycling Components to snap a few pictures and have lunch with friends. Located in Fletcher, NC, Cane Creek Cycling Components manufacturers everything from their famous headsets to the world renowned Cane Creek Double Barrel rear coil shock. Malcolm Hadley took me on the 5 dollar tour of the facilities and allowed me to photograph some of the cool things going on at Cane Creek. For those of you that don’t already know, Cane Creek Cycling Components have been behind a lot of the cutting edge technology in cycling. Cane Creek is the originator of the threadless headset and…as of today…they still hold the patent on that design.

As Malcolm showed me around the facilities, it was amazing to see how much attention is paid to quality. Every part is checked and rechecked to make sure that the rider gets exactly what they are supposed to be purchasing. Everything from the Thudbuster to headsets to the Cane Creek Double Barrel (CCDB), go through extensive testing and quality control before it ever hits your hands, and eventually the trail on your bike. With production in-house on the shocks, headsets and posts, Cane Creek is able to diagnose and troubleshoot everything quickly and easily. It also allows the Cane Creek engineers to design and innovate at a faster rate. I saw some of what is on the books for 2010 and it is going to be an exciting couple of seasons for Cane Creek.

In these pictures, you are going to see…for the first time ever…the actually Ohlins shocks that Ohlins uses for their race teams. Many people do not know this…but Ohlins has actually contracted Cane Creek to produce these units for them because of their superior focus on quality control and performance.

A huge thank you goes out to Jim, Gary and Malcolm for letting me come mess around in their shop for awhile. Now onto the photo tour!