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27-06.-2008, 01:25 AM
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Re: The Triton's competition
ntappin wrote: > If its Titanium I rather doubt he can get it for under 400, no matter > how good friends he is with the welder, if its any less I wouldn't even > trust it. How are you calculating your cost for a Titanium frame? What quantities are you assuming for price points? Where are your sourcing your materials, and how much have you included for labor? Do you assume manual or automated assembly? ...or did you pull that number out of your arse? -- maestro8 Those are my principles. If you don't like those, I have others. -- Groucho Marx The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. -- François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maestro8's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7871 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70828 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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27-06.-2008, 01:46 AM
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Re: The Triton's competition
maestro8 wrote: > How are you calculating your cost for a Titanium frame? What quantities > are you assuming for price points? Where are your sourcing your > materials, and how much have you included for labor? Do you assume > manual or automated assembly? > > ...or did you pull that number out of your arse? Well, the sponge frames were about $450, and made in a country with cheaper labour, and relatively local access to materials, by a company that has access to the materials in large quantities due to making bike frames out of it. So that might be a possible minimum cost. Also, given titanium is harder to weld and more expensive than steel, you can maybe expect a price somewhere around the price of the original hand-built KH frames as a minimum, which were something like $500 each. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70828 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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27-06.-2008, 01:46 AM
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Re: The Triton's competition
maestro8 wrote: > How are you calculating your cost for a Titanium frame? What quantities > are you assuming for price points? Where are your sourcing your > materials, and how much have you included for labor? Do you assume > manual or automated assembly? > > ...or did you pull that number out of your arse? Well, the sponge frames were about $450, and made in a country with cheaper labour, and relatively local access to materials, by a company that has access to the materials in large quantities due to making bike frames out of it. So that might be a possible minimum cost. Also, given titanium is harder to weld and more expensive than steel, you can maybe expect a price somewhere around the price of the original hand-built KH frames as a minimum, which were something like $500 each. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70828 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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27-06.-2008, 01:46 AM
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Re: The Triton's competition
maestro8 wrote: > How are you calculating your cost for a Titanium frame? What quantities > are you assuming for price points? Where are your sourcing your > materials, and how much have you included for labor? Do you assume > manual or automated assembly? > > ...or did you pull that number out of your arse? Well, the sponge frames were about $450, and made in a country with cheaper labour, and relatively local access to materials, by a company that has access to the materials in large quantities due to making bike frames out of it. So that might be a possible minimum cost. Also, given titanium is harder to weld and more expensive than steel, you can maybe expect a price somewhere around the price of the original hand-built KH frames as a minimum, which were something like $500 each. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70828 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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27-06.-2008, 02:41 PM
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Re: The Triton's competition
maestro8 wrote: > How are you calculating your cost for a Titanium frame? What quantities > are you assuming for price points? Where are your sourcing your > materials, and how much have you included for labor? Do you assume > manual or automated assembly? > > ...or did you pull that number out of your arse? I pulled it out my ass pretty much. But I based it on prices I have seen. I tried to get a frame made by a couple companies who were looking in the 800 dollar range, so I figured that Triton would be around as low as you could get. Plus from what I hear it is a lot more expensive to get things made in the US, so yeah its an ass number, but there is a bit of info behind it. I guess I should have said this info in the original reply though. -- ntappin 'how to build a strong comfy saddle from junk.' (http://tinyurl.com/hxcb3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ntappin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10800 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70828 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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