| Re: Rumors?
I rather doubt that an increase in metal prices would noticeably affect the
price of a bicycle. Steel is sold by the ton and I checked the price for
carbon steel and it goes at less then $300 per ton. Now that isn't cromolley
but a bike frame weighs what? 4 lbs? So you have about $.60 in the price of
steel in a bike. Even if the price of steel goes up 10 fold, that is only
going to add about $6 to the price of the bike.
If the price of bikes goes up, it will be other things that are acting then the
price of metals.
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