Originally Posted by
danielmramos
Jeff is exactly right. If TW-Bents can offer their quality products at good prices, then the rest of the manufacturers should be able to as well. Recumbent designs can be simpler and less expensive to make than upright bikes. Heck if people can buy a really high quality top of the line folding upright bike for $500, then they should be able to do so for a recumbent. Seriously, look at some recumbent frames. They are so much simpler and less labour intensive to produce that it makes you wonder what is going on.
Economies of scale, probably. The more of an item you produce, the less expensive each individual item tends to be. I'm guessing that most 'bent models aren't produced in large enough quantities for EoS to come into effect.