I was thinking more of the manhours it would take to weld them and put them together.
From raw tubes and a box of finished components, the total labour cost for a Chinese factory assembled bicycle would be of the order of $10
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From raw tubes and a box of finished components, the total labour cost for a Chinese factory assembled bicycle would be of the order of $10