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

Sheldon Brown <captb...@sheldonbrown.com>

Luke wrote:
> 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/).

Actually I think the labor cost is insignificant...I'm pretty sure these
frames are built by robots...

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