Making the Best Bikes in America with Drew Medlock of Allied Cycle Works

Show Notes

(0:36) Introducing Drew Medlock

(2:09) A Taste of What Allied Cycle Works Is All About

(5:23) Making Bikes in the USA vs. Asia

(8:24) What Brought Allied Cycle Works to Bentonville

(14:40) Why Bentonville?

(16:47) How Businesses Can Capitalize on Bentonville

(17:55) What’s Next for Allied Cycle Works?

(18:45) Why USA-Made?

(19:57) Superpowers and Closing Thoughts

Links

James Bell 

Drew Medlock

Allied Cycle Works

Allied Cycle Works Factory Videos

Quotes

“We had the vision to bring high-tech frame manufacturing processes back into the United States…Brands didn’t really have the in-house knowledge [to build carbon fiber frames] in the United States…So our goal was to bring that back.” Drew Medlock, (2:28)

“Northwest Arkansas has been really great because there’s a good manufacturing base here from the poultry industry and people who are good at working with their hands and are easy to train here locally.” Drew Medlock, (6:33)

“I just see so much opportunity still left here. I think there’s so much good momentum and positive momentum about really growing the outdoor industry as a whole and growing our community…It’s cool to be somewhere where there’s a blue sky in terms of what’s possible” Drew Medlock, (14:40) 

“[Northwest Arkansas] is a place that is growing. There’s lots of development, we can see more diversity coming into the area, and it feels like a place where you can have this access to the outdoors and be a part of it but also build a sustainable business climate for your employees.” Drew Medlock, (17:34)