A Bike Every 31.5 Seconds

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With productivity running at 96% in a sprawling factory outside of Taichung, Taiwan, Giant makes a bike every 31.5 seconds. All by hand too. Observed a worker that manually dials a serial number into a punch, and stamps it into a frame every 30 seconds.

More on how bikes are made in follow-on posts with photos.

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