Originally Posted by
BrooklynMachine
The cheapest POS fixed wheel you could possibly build would be about 40 dollars in parts alone, and even with slave labor builds you have to ship the wheel to the US. Then the quality of the parts would be so poor that you would lose money in returns for defective parts if not lawsuits.
True for the common person, but I'm assuming the OP meant a manufacturer in which case I seriously doubt something like a Mavic/Formula wheel costs $40 worth of materials. Wholesale and economy of scales and all that jazz. The profit margin would be narrow, but I could see it being done, the main reason it isn't I believe would be the relatively small market for it.