Originally Posted by
gurk700
I saw receipts from a major bike manufacturer who gets their frames made in taiwan (like most other companies). Won't name names.
It was something like $600 for a top end model they sell for $4000+.
Materials aren't the only cost of doing business.
Transportation and warehousing, legal and government compliance, marketing, R&D, computers/IT, rent, payroll, keeping the lights on and the toilets flushing in the office, coffee service for the break room....
All these need to be layered on top of the alleged $600 frame cost.
-Tim-