Giant Frame Building Expertise

At Giant, we consider the frame to be the most important part of the bicycle – sure components are important too, but the frame is the ‘heart and soul’ of the bike. We invest heavily in creating our own alloy tubing and carry out all of the manipulation of this tubing in our factories, in order to control exactly the kind of ride we want from every one of our frames.

Hand Made:
There is a common misconception when it comes to bicycle frame manufacturing. Many still believe that when a frame comes from a large factory, that it is not “hand-made”.
However, all quality aluminium frames have to be TIG-welded, a process which requires a hands-on building technique. Because Giant produces more TIG-welded bicycles than any other company and because we’ve been doing so for longer, our frames are unmatched in terms of workmanship, quality and finish. So much so that many of the world’s top brands still use Giant’s facilities to manufacture their frames.
If a frame carries the Giant name, then it’s been built in one of the Giant factories.

Giant Advanced Manufacturing Techniques:
Giant incorporates several advanced manufacturing techniques in our production that have been developed through intensive engineering and real world testing. Like our aluminium tubing production, we can make parts and a variety of specific tubing shapes in our own factories, thereby keeping a much tighter control on quality and cost.

Formed, Integrated Gussets:
Traditionally, to add extra strength to a critical stress area such as a head tube junction, manufacturers had to weld extra alloy plates (called gussets) on to the area. This process does add strength, but it also adds weight.
Giant has perfected a technique that allows us to form the required strengthening gusset, into the tube itself. We place the tube into a jig and then force a specially molded ‘die’ into the end of the tube, forming the gusset shape. The process is computer-controlled for exceptional tolerance and consistency.
By using formed, integrated gussets we can produce frames that are lighter, stronger and require less unsightly welding at tube junctions.