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>> This from Sheldon Brown's Bentride Podcast (@ 8:50). No wonder >> The mp3 file is available for d/l at Sheldon's website > Actually I think the labor cost is insignificant...I'm pretty sure these Sheldon Brown wrote: I recall one bicycle shop owner claiming that AL frames were actually
> Luke wrote:
>> 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?
>> (http://sheldonbrown.com/podcasts/).
> frames are built by robots...
welded by hand, while steel frames were welded robotically. I don't
believe that this is the case though.