Tuna-Flapjack

@naptime: But will pay 600 notes for an ebike battery...

@barp: https://youtube.com/shorts/CUb8oOoU0Bk?si=wICcr3uzhWNR_lPs

i thought about it some more and used ChatGPT for a breakdown when manufacturing bikes in the UK. I think £1000 is well priced for what is a artsian frame. Raw materials: - Reynolds 631 steel tubing: £65 - Steel for dropouts + seat clamp + gussets + cable tabs: £35 - TIG welding consumables (rods, argon gas, tungsten wear, abrasives): £22 - Powder coat (media blast, prep, curing): £55 - Packaging (box, foam, wrapping, tape): £12 Workshop overhead per frame: - Electricity share (lights, machines, welder, extraction): £18 - Equipment amortisation (welder, jig, grinders, notchers, maintenance): £80 - Workshop overhead share (rent, insurance, heating, waste disposal, extraction system): £120 - Design/R&D amortisation (prototyping, testing, failed frames, CAD time): £50 - Branding (headbadge, decals, custom bits): £18 Labour (internal actual cost, not bike shop retail bill-out rate): - 8 hours fabrication @ £28/hr: £224 Total estimated internal cost to manufacture: £834

My guess is that the going rate to cover everything would be circa £60p/h here in UK. Could you make one in 16hrs?

Some more infomation on previous doughnuts https://www.pinkbike.com/news/18-bikes-launches-updated-no9-hardtail.html

@birdsandtrees: Snap