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  • So – how much have you spent on biking over the years?
  • no_eyed_deer
    Free Member

    A quick total of – what I thought was quite a meagre spend over the last 20 years (n.b. I am a relative pauper) – reveals quite an alarming Grand Total.
    (appologies for the re-itteration!)

    1991: Townsend mild steel piece of poo 100
    1993: Marin Eldridge Grade: 400
    1994: Cannondale M1000: 750
    1997: Giant MCM Team: 1200
    2006: Klein Attitude, built up with odd bits from here and there: (approx) 750
    2009: Kona Jake: 450, Giant Anthem build: (approx) 1100
    Grand Total:4750

    WTF? 😯

    Add to that, spare parts, clothing etc. and you've got to be easily over the 6 grand mark. Incredible how it all creeps up.

    I'm quite sure someone else can do far better though.. 😉

    sheldona
    Free Member

    No more than I would of spent if I hadn't given up smoking then took up mountain biking instead!

    the_lecht_rocks
    Full Member

    87 palisades trail @ 350
    89 kona cindercone @ 550
    92 eldridge grade @ 750
    94 orange E2 @ 1500
    95 cyclecraft csp03 (1st FS'er) @ 2200
    00 cannondale super V @ 2000
    05 DB Kobe Ti : 2800
    06 Cove Hustler @ 2900
    06 Cove Hummer @ 2850
    07 Cove Hustler (frame only) @ 1250
    08 Nic Helius AM @ 4500
    08 Ti456 frame + incidentals @ 2000
    09 Hummer Singlespeeded @ 400

    between 95 and 05 most cash wasted on motorbikes….
    probably missed some + loads of forks, wheels, shocks, tyres, saddles, posts, brake upgrades, hospital visits, holidays to ride, jeezo……… 😯

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    iamsporticus
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    Lots of dosh but ultimately less than most other people waste on cars and fags

    nuke
    Full Member

    I spend less on bikes each year than the cost of depreciation on my car 🙁

    the_lecht_rocks
    Full Member

    yeah – lets not get started on car / motorbike depreciation 😯

    montylikesbeer
    Full Member

    2000: GT Tequesta £350.00

    2006: Marin Wolf Ridge £1800.00

    2009: Orange 5 £2580.00

    lunge
    Full Member

    It's not the bikes though it it, I have spent around £1400 on the bikes themselves in 2 years, but you can add at least £1000 on for components and spares etc.

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    1990ish – Raleigh USA Technium Chill £400
    1991 – Kona Cindercone £510
    1996ish – Heavy Tools Ruler (BMX) £400
    2003 – Used 1995-ish Kona Hei-Hei £800
    2005 – Spesh Stumpy FSR in sale £1000
    2007 – Yeti 575 £2600
    2006 – Sanderson Breath £900
    2007 – 853 Inbred (Frame with bits off Sanderson) + Renovation £500
    2005 – Used Saracen Helix commuter £450 all told
    2007 – SS Inbred £800
    2007 – Used Roadrat £400
    2009 – Spesh Pitch £1000

    Total – £9760
    + Lots of spares and upgrades £????
    🙂

    Kuco
    Full Member

    I'm not adding it up as it be a scary amount. Though I do seem to spend hell of a lot less as I get older.

    mos
    Full Member

    I once went through my history on CRC & Wiggle, and over an 18 month period that also included an Obed frame & a complete Pompino i managed to spunk away £6K. Truly stupid.

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    And now I'm going to work out what I sold them all for….:)

    Raleigh USA Technium Chill – NICKED £0
    Kona Cindercone HEAVILY UPGRADED £500
    Heavy Tools Ruler – £220
    Kona Hei-Hei – £300 (Parts, frame cracked)
    Spesh Stumpy FSR – £350 for frame, £150 for some of the parts eventually
    Yeti 575 £1300
    Sanderson Breath £0 Written off
    853 Inbred – Still got
    Saracen Helix commuter £130, but it saved me £500+ in fuel
    SS Inbred £500 for 85% of the bike, could have got another £100
    Used Roadrat – Still got
    Spesh Pitch – Still got

    I got £3550 back, so current outlay is £6210.

    That's interesting, actually. Thanks for posting this thread. 🙂

    jonk
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    1992 Gt timberline £350
    1995 GT pantera £600
    1995 Showgun trail breaker £250
    1997 GT zaskar £1200
    1998 GT LTS 2 £1499
    1999 GT LTS 1 £1999
    2001 GT LTS 1000 £3199
    2001 Scott compracing £899
    2002 GT XCR 1000 £2599
    2005 Orange 5 £2100
    2006 Orange patriot £2500
    2007 merlin malt 1 £450
    2009 pitch sold

    £17645 😳

    1992 Gt timberline stolen
    1995 GT pantera sold
    1995 Showgun trail breaker sold
    1997 GT zaskar sold
    1998 GT LTS 2 stolen
    1999 GT LTS 1 stolen
    2001 GT LTS 1000 stolen
    2001 Scott compracing sold
    2002 GT XCR 1000 sold
    2005 Orange 5 £2100
    2006 Orange patriot £2500
    2007 merlin malt 1 £450
    2009 pitch sold

    £not much to show for it

    anokdale
    Free Member

    I should show this thread to the Mrs, she thinks i go mad !! good effort Jonk.

    Point is you earn your money andyou have the right to spend it how and on what you want.

    Enjoy it you cant take with you.

    njee20
    Free Member

    Sadly we have an 'total account turnover' function at work, so I can see exactly what's been put through my bike shop account in the last 9 years. Admittedly a lot of the stuff I've bought I've then sold for what I paid for it, so there's a sort of perpetual turnover thing going on, but the bottom line figure is terrifying.

    More than enough to buy a brand new Porsche Cayenne, with change for a small runabout too.

    the_lecht_rocks
    Full Member

    njee20 – Member

    Sadly we have an 'total account turnover' function at work, so I can see exactly what's been put through my bike shop account in the last 9 years. Admittedly a lot of the stuff I've bought I've then sold for what I paid for it, so there's a sort of perpetual turnover thing going on, but the bottom line figure is terrifying.

    More than enough to buy a brand new Porsche Cayenne, with change for a small runabout too.

    GULP 😯

    njee20
    Free Member

    Quite!

    thefettler
    Free Member

    I spent 50k aud cycling round oz/tas/nz last year!

    tinsy
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    I only ever bought 1 full bike.. 04 Stumpjumper FSR £1300.. everything else has evlolved, morphed into 2 bikes, bits here pieces there, 1 bike got stolen.. the rear mech is still on my bike that came with the Stumpy.. Just going to change that now.

    So is my scandal still really a stumpjumper at heart?

    GW
    Free Member

    been biking for over 20 years and have owned way over 100 bikes in that time so there's no way I'm adding it all up but current bikes (7) and biking kit would total well over 15k and have prob spent 3 or 4 times that over the years but who's counting? to put it into perspective I've spent way more on drink n drugs and with **** all to show for it (well.. nothing material anyway)

    ton
    Full Member

    probably a very very very lot…… 8)

    oddjob
    Free Member

    A lot and I don't want to think about it all really
    Bikes:
    Scott mtb £750
    Marin mount vision £1200
    Trek 2200 Road bike £1200
    Cannondale R3000 Road bike £1800 (bargain!)
    Cannondale Jekyll (2nd hand) £400
    Inbred £500 ish
    Cervelo R3SL £3700
    Salsla Mamasita £1500
    Pimpino £600 (I think)
    Road rat £500 ish
    Cervelo soloist (built with bits off C'dale) £600
    Grand total of £13500 ignoring clothes, shoes, wheels etc. I have sold some of them and 2 were bought by the insurance company so the net is probably about £8000… 😐

    oddjob
    Free Member

    A lot and I don't want to think about it all really
    Bikes:
    Scott mtb £750
    Marin mount vision £1200
    Trek 2200 Road bike £1200
    Cannondale R3000 Road bike £1800 (bargain!)
    Cannondale Jekyll (2nd hand) £400
    Inbred £500 ish
    Cervelo R3SL £3700
    Salsla Mamasita £1500
    Pimpino £600 (I think)
    Road rat £500 ish
    Cervelo soloist (built with bits off C'dale) £600
    Grand total of £13500 ignoring clothes, shoes, wheels etc. I have sold some of them and 2 were bought by the insurance company so the net is probably about £8000… 😐

    Sorry about the double post…

    This is over 12 years though but I still hope my wife doesn't see it.

    njee20
    Free Member

    I think you'd be shocked at the 'bits' though, that seems to add up to far more than the bikes (in my case at least).

    Irish_AL
    Free Member

    from a cash point of view not enough
    from a time point of view again not enough
    from a personal point of view……1 house, 1 divorce, my much loved coffee grinder ( i loved that grinder ), Bob my yucca and my cd collection 🙂

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