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Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by kwigglebike on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @05:20AM (#30776579)
It is affordable for the workmanship and materials used. All stainless steel and aluminium.
Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by gambiting on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @10:08AM (#30778601)
By that measure an Audi R8 is affordable, after all it's literally just a Lamborghini Aventador in a much cheaper package, for the money it's an absolute bargain.

As bambax said - that's not what affordable means. Affordable is all about whether the target market can afford it, not whether it's good value for the materials and work put in.

Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by bambax on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @05:31AM (#30776637)
That's not what "affordable" means, sorry.
Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by MrKwiggle on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @07:12PM (#30784754)
thanks for your comment. we have adapted the translation on the page.

Two of the most important advantages of a folding bike, namely the weight and the folding volume, are also the largest cost factors in the product price.

The price is a matter of quality of material and manufacturing and number of parts. The lower the weight, the higher have to be the quality, the more compact, the more high-tech parts are required. the more expensive will be the bike.

You can't produce a folding bike with only 10 kg and only 55 l of folded volume that can easily be ridden up to 25 km/h and is stable for people from 1,30 m to 1,95 m and up to 100 kg for prices below 2,000 euro, unless you produce 100,000 or more in a year or you sell directly to the customers.

Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by frakkingcylons on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @11:30AM (#30779492)
If that’s what you mean, then think it’d be more accurate to describe it as “good value” rather than affordable.