Originally Posted by
sdmc530
Ifs funny you ask this. I was talking to a friend of mine who was a mech at a large bike shop chain. I asked him if a person had good connections and showed him the pictures I asked him too the money to be had assuming all the shimano parts are legit.
My friend said $1000 or maybe more assuming he got $2500 for it. Said the frame and fake wheels with decals you could potential source for $1000 and the ultegra group and others. $1500 or so.
Seems like a lot of work for but if your not working and have the connections I guess why not if you can make some cash.
The problem is, these fakes might be made by the factory that makes the real thing. I can't imagine someone making these one off in their basement. Most bike companies don't make the frames themselves... they farm it out to China. It's quite possible that that factory is making them with cheaper materials, but the same molds. I know that China is making and selling exact copies of Weber IDF carbs without the Weber name on them. The QC is night and day different.