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Well, aluminium and steel price sky rocketed last year, so I guess that explains a bit of this. It s down again now, but if they stocked at high price, they still need to pass the cost (not sure if other bikes have seen similar inflation).
But now clearly, as lazy as I am, the OTP is harder to justify economically: I bought in initially cause a reduced-price GBP250 new Langster was a pain if stollen, but less of a pain than a painstakingly assembled machine; at GBP450, the laziness is harder to justify.