Aero-space levels of precision costs more than consumers at retail are willing to pay.
now if 100K$+ a bike is in your price range, then the number of out of tolerance discards goes up accordingly.
then the made but discarded stuff is part of the cost passed on to the end user.
that is the economics of rocket science.
Last edited by fietsbob; 02-19-13 at 10:02 PM.