Quote Originally Posted by DebW View Post
It's clearly a very low-cost bike (stamped one-piece crank) but I'm sure Ikea could buy them in quantity at a price you couldn't get if you bought on your own. In other words, giving an employee the equivalent cash wouldn't get the employee a equivalent bike.
Indeed - wally world sells a quite similar looking "dual suspension" mt bike for $80.... the Ikea bike looks to be even cheaper than that one -lacking even the cheap suspension units. In the quantities that they purchased, the bikes probably cost them $25-$30 each....