i made 900 in a weel a few weeks ago, and i think i put in at most 35 hours. i done got paid and spent half of it on a 60 gig ipod video, and the remainder on bills/groceries. i worked 2 more hard weeks and im due for another big check here on monday, but the last 3 weeks ive been slacking off big time. i tend to put together 15-20 bikes a day, laugh at the cheap chineese welds (realizing i probibly make more than their whole assembly line does), curse the dreaded brake and derailer systems that never seem to work right without major tweeking. of course i charge em a repair fee for as much stupid **** as i can, missing innertube caps, broken reflectors, or lost screws/bolts/nuts at about $5 each. if they were ****ed up in shiping i can make more, forks and rims get bent and i ger 7.50 for each of those i fix. also make bookoo bucks on refirbishing returns. of course i get 6 bucks a bike, and on a good day i can do 4 or 5 an hour. everyone thinks i have the coolest job, but all the bending is****ing up my back, and i kill a bottle of asprin every week. isnt work fun?