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

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/).

Luke

I'm hijacking this thread over to alt.am-b.
It's not exactly shocking considering what you can purchase a Walmart
bike for, but still....

/s