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Re: Typical decent Al Bicycle diamond frame costs $8 to make in Taiwan

Dan <banquo_li...@yahoo.com>

"Luke" <lucasirag...@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:051220051933154076%lucasiragusa@rogers.com...

> This from Sheldon Brown's Bentride Podcast (@ 8:50). No wonder
> manufacturing is a declining sector in North America! This can't be the
> total cost of production (stock and labor); does the figure apply to
> labor cost only?

> The mp3 file is available for d/l at Sheldon's website
> (http://sheldonbrown.com/podcasts/).

> Luke

Keep in mind that the exchange rate for the Yuan is artificially low.