Originally Posted by
dalava
I just can't get over the fact they can produce a lighter bike for that kind of money, disc brake and cruiser bars and street wheels and tires and all. Under 18 lbs is what what I would expect. But I guess those who buy this bike aren't weight weenies. The badge and all that supple leather matter more.
How many frames do you think that these guys are pumping out? Do you know how much molds cost? If they were doing Trek numbers, sure, the cost of individual frames would be less as they amortize the cost of the molds and tooling over larger numbers, but that's not going to happen here; exclusivity has a real price, here - it's not
just cachet.