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09-07-12 | 09:41 PM

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Bob Dopolina

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Originally Posted by milkbaby

Thank you for sharing your insights, bdop! Very cool to get an inside look...

But isn't the price of these upcoming aluminum frames due to charging what the market will bear? I thought aluminum frame construction was now pretty cheap?

Rising material, labour and energy costs are a factor as well as a still weakened US dollar. The US Dollar is still down about 10% to the Taiwan Dollar from a few years ago.

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