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Originally Posted by sdubfid
Roughly 30-50% of that cost goes right to the store. A large portion of it is all made in china. Look at the boxes they come in, it will say "designed" in Canada or USA. There is nothing fancy about them to warrant the price other than profit margins.
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So? Can't afford it, get lost.
Sure Companies like Trek and Specialized, use overseas manufacturing, but these are companies who OWN their own facilities out there, they are not simply contracting the lowest bidder to built their gear.
And also Trek's high end shit is still manufactured on this side of the pond.
In any case though if for some stupid reason you don't trust the "overpriced" shit from overseas that you see all the pros rocking at triple the capacity you would ever ride, and you want USA or even local gear you are in luck, cause you live in the fucking CENTER of the mountain biking universe.
Companies like Knolly, and Cove along with MANY others build their shit right here in Vancouver.
On top of that companies like Transition and Guerilla Gravity build bikes in the USA.
This sport is for pleasure and as such, they can charge whatever the fuck they want, and most people will continue to pay it because its so much fun.
To say they don't warrant the price is pretty ignorant considering how many people are willing to fork out the price, you know what the wait is for some new carbon bikes? I had to wait 6 months for my Carbon rear Triangle for my Devinci Wilson.
EDIT: Also for anyone wondering, for a full kit devinci wilson, BRAND NEW were talking $6.5k all in...
This is a world cup level DH sled, the exact rig you will see FMB riders rocking.
Sure you can spend a bit more for other stuff but in general your looking at about 5-7k for a bike like this.
Also you can buy used for like $2500, and get like a 1 year old bike.