On my cycle ride to La Roche Posay guess what I saw

[z0mb13e]

Good question..

I suspect even with the all import costs it would still work out cheaper to import from China. The problem is not just the cost of the actual frame, it's the cost of designing it and all the operating and running costs of the business.

Granted there are a lot of things to consider but for arguments sake, given a manufacturer who currently has their bike manufactured in China, already has a frame design a build run of 1000 units and is just looking at the cost of switching production to the UK is there really that much of a price difference? I mean they or a company representative would have to go to China every so often to check on quality and or new designs, changes etc otherwise the lead times would be very long.

The minor additions to make it a post bike would not cost much, front and rear robust carriers and a roll-on stand.

It would be tougher to compete with a hub motor model, given the choice of low cost models already available (£320 to £1000).
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I've never seen a roll-on stand before I don't think - neat idea.

And yes off the shelf hub bikes would be difficult to compete with.

 

[banbury frank]

Hi

Has anyone found the price for the 10 AH bike

in France if it is 1200 to 1500 euros WOW

Get on the ferry pick up you wine and beer and your new Ebike

DELARACE P. FUN CYCLES
47 BD GAMBETTA
62100 CALAIS

If you speak french can somebody call and inquire for us all price



Frank

 

[flecc]

Or contact Sophie Nenner who runs the Velo Electro e-bike store in Paris, she speaks English.

Contact details on the left of this webpage
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[morphix]

That technique doesn't work for my server software :-( Must be because it's using PHP pages to display the images.

http://gallery.amorphix.net/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3927&g2_serialNumber=2

 

[Biged]

That made me wonder what it would actually cost to have a frame design made in China vs the UK. Would the cost of shipping and import duty off-set the cost of higher wages in the UK?

Raleigh (which is local) stopped making frames years ago, it was much cheaper to buy ready made frames from China than to make there own.
Raleigh is just an assembly plant now...... sad really

 

[PennyFarthing]

Oiseaux

You are very lucky. So are the French Posties!