Originally Posted by
UltimateSL7
I don’t have enough posts to post picture at this point but just the way that the dropout areas are moulded on these canyon forks, they look really cheap quality. Something that you might find on eBay/Aliexpress forks.
Upload some photos to your album and we can snag them.
https://www.bikeforums.net/g/user/560043
Where Are Canyon Bikes Made?
Canyon bike frames are initially manufactured at facilities in Taiwan. Once the frames are completed, they are then shipped to Canyon’s headquarters in Koblenz, Germany, to be fully assembled and then tested for quality.
This process allows Canyon to avoid the high costs of manufacturing their products in Europe while still maintaining firm control of the whole process.
https://www.bikelockwiki.com/where-are-bikes-made/
I'm not surprised that they're apparently using Taiwan as at least part of their manufacturing.
It may be that younger, smaller companies have growing pains, especially when importing from China or Taiwan.
Ideally they would have a jig that they would test 100% of the forks/frames for alignment. But that would mean an extra step, likely automated.