Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The full exclusive tour of the TIME Bicycles factory in Slovakia. These bikes are crafted into existence in the EU by the only brand to use a recipe of high tech fibres woven together, and made into carbon fibre bicycle frames via Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) and lost wax processes. This video shows the complete process of how the new Time Scylon model is made.
We show you:
00:00 Intro - Welcome to Bratislava
00:37 - Braiding Room - where 15 different fibres are woven into tubes.
07:25 - Wax Moulding - where the internal wax moulds are made, melted out & recycled
11:13 - Threading Room - where the woven tubes are layed over the wax moulds
17:47 - Resin Room - where the completed frame is set in resin
23:24 - The bottom bracket
26:14 - Dropout room - How cigars of preprg are smashed into moulded dropouts
27:12 - Alignment room - gluing together and aligning all the frame parts
28:08 - Painting - Preparation, clear coat and paint
29:30 - Quality Control Process
32:23 - Reflections on our visit
Learn more about commissioning a custom built Time bike with us here:
mapdec.com/pages/custom-bike-builds
Thanks to @TheTimeSport , Tony, Dieter, Merek and everyone at the Factory for making us feel so welcome and allow us to film your work.
The full exclusive tour of the TIME Bicycles factory in Slovakia. These bikes are crafted into existence in the EU by the only brand to use a recipe of high tech fibres woven together, and made into carbon fibre bicycle frames via Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) and lost wax processes. This video shows the complete process of how the new Time Scylon model is made.
We show you:
00:00 Intro - Welcome to Bratislava
00:37 - Braiding Room - where 15 different fibres are woven into tubes.
07:25 - Wax Moulding - where the internal wax moulds are made, melted out & recycled
11:13 - Threading Room - where the woven tubes are layed over the wax moulds
17:47 - Resin Room - where the completed frame is set in resin
23:24 - The bottom bracket
26:14 - Dropout room - How cigars of preprg are smashed into moulded dropouts
27:12 - Alignment room - gluing together and aligning all the frame parts
28:08 - Painting - Preparation, clear coat and paint
29:30 - Quality Control Process
32:23 - Reflections on our visit
Learn more about commissioning a custom built Time bike with us here:
mapdec.com/pages/custom-bike-builds
Thanks to @TheTimeSport , Tony, Dieter, Merek and everyone at the Factory for making us feel so welcome and allow us to film your work.
