actual cost to build a $14,000 bike
01-16-23, 04:31 PM
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Given all the hoopla I decided to look into recumbent bikes, I kept coming up with these. How you you get anywhere on one?
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01-16-23, 04:38 PM
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They're exactly the same, and you're a genius for not falling for Big Cycling's nefarious scheme.
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I don't feel like participating in this thread.
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We know he hates road bikes and thinks people who ride them are stupid and he has preached the 'bent gospel for years here. Many/most of his posts are negative in one way or another. This thread is farming for more negativity so he can tell us the error of our ways.
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01-16-23, 05:21 PM
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Unfortunately, that screen shot truncated the thread titles:
Actual cost to build a $14,000 bike ... on my planet.
So much resistance to change ... is my life philosophy.
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So much resistance to change ... is my life philosophy.
The most underrated thing about bents and trikes ... is you're close to the ground when you fall over.
Is it really a conundrum ... why I annoy so many people?
When will they ever learn ... not to fall for my troll threads?
So what will be the "newest" thing in gearing ... derailleurs?
Time to diversify ... I'm going to troll a new sub forum.
It just doesn't make any sense ... how can everyone else on the planet disagree with me?
Bike mileage ... and why people who don't ride bents are stupid.
A couple of things I don't understand ... about getting along with other people.
Tubes losing air tip ... like me, fill them with hot air.
You know you are slowing down ... when I catch up with you.
A little good news ... my internet service is being disconnected tomorrow.
Be nice ... or you'll end up like me.
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01-16-23, 05:50 PM
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This is what I love about bf: people can just pull things out of their asses, providing zero evidence, and try to pass it off as fact.
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Why not pick a specific example of a $14K bike in which the vendor (Trek, Specialized, Giant, Scott, whomever) lists the individual components.
Then look up the price of each component or group-set, and write it down.
Then add up the prices of each of the individual items.
If the frame is available separately, you can add that in. Otherwise you will have to guestimate. (Maybe start with $4K for a very high-end carbon frame.) Add in that price.
Now add it a few hundred bucks for assembly.
Finally, don't forget the import taxes that agent orange imposed.
Then look up the price of each component or group-set, and write it down.
Then add up the prices of each of the individual items.
If the frame is available separately, you can add that in. Otherwise you will have to guestimate. (Maybe start with $4K for a very high-end carbon frame.) Add in that price.
Now add it a few hundred bucks for assembly.
Finally, don't forget the import taxes that agent orange imposed.
What is the production cost differences between bikes that cost 2, 5, 10 or 14k retail?
Not much.
Engineering, tooling, testing a new mid level vs top bike - not much difference there either.
I think that is the OP's point.
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That would get you retail prices - not the production costs.
What is the production cost differences between bikes that cost 2, 5, 10 or 14k retail?
Not much.
Engineering, tooling, testing a new mid level vs top bike - not much difference there either.
I think that is the OP's point.
What is the production cost differences between bikes that cost 2, 5, 10 or 14k retail?
Not much.
Engineering, tooling, testing a new mid level vs top bike - not much difference there either.
I think that is the OP's point.
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https://www.cstsales.com/uni_carbon_fabric.html
Does this explain thousands of dollars of difference in price?
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Here's a site where you can compare the cost of ordinary and high modulus CF.
https://www.cstsales.com/uni_carbon_fabric.html
Does this explain thousands of dollars of difference in price?
https://www.cstsales.com/uni_carbon_fabric.html
Does this explain thousands of dollars of difference in price?
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