your priorities are wrong Op.
In what way Jekyll?
I gave up a well paid career of 12 yrs to do medicine and Mrs RRR and sprogs have had to make a lot of sacrifices to support me.
I don’t feel I can give up medicine at least, 6 months from my finals.
As for kids, surely they have to be a priority?
(And yes probably worth doing a can service although I’ve always hated my rear shock as it doesn’t have any form of lockout / compression damping)
If it's any consolation I bought a YT Tues for £1100 2 months ago and I've not even swung a leg over the ****ing thing.
I just wouldn't worry about it. You're training for a great career and have a family. Enjoy and ride your bike when you can. Don't make it another thing to beat yourself up over. In a life time you'll earn over a million pounds so the odd mistake on a bike is just noise
Yesterday I took a day of leave all to myself for the first time in years. Dusted off my old 2008 full suss and rode to local trails. Had a stupendous time! No records were broken, nor technique developed. But bikes (and it has to be said Ashton Ct and Leigh Woods in Brissle) are bloody great.
every mile ridden is a down-payment on better health outcomes in later life
and yes, night rides are the bomb, especially if you go out on your own, you end up doing a way higher mileage for a set time because there's no reason to stop, you just ride until you drop or run out of time 🙂
Currently running at £2.75 per km on the Solaris since August 2020. That includes servicing, repairs etc...
Just working this out...I started all smug. However....
£1,000 July 2017 for new bike.
New wheel, £130
New chainset, £60
New droppers x2 - £240
BB's, chains, cassettes and chainrings - £450
Tyres, £150
Other, £150
Total just over £2180 or £545 annually or £45/month, assuming a couple of rides a week average = £20 a ride(!) by 'eck.
Although I do currently still have a working bike that is worth a few quid.
Don’t record number of rides or distance, but I’m at about a quid an hour, all things considered.
Don’t record number of rides or distance, but I’m at about a quid an hour, all things considered.
That's five hundred hours just to pay off your Trickstuff brakeset, isn't it?
ok until I ordered the Shand
@tjagain - have you got it yet? still waiting for details on what you ordered. Really hoping it is pink
That’s five hundred hours just to pay off your Trickstuff brakeset, isn’t it?
At a quid an hour? 6ish weeks.
Montesa 4RT bought before Christmas for £5100 and sold in June for £4600 after being used for one afternoon.
I classify it as education, and good education costs money...🤣
MTBs, no idea what they have cost me, other than it's tens of thousands over the past decade.
I don't regret a penny of it, money well spent. The health and social benefits are immeasurable.
At a quid an hour? 6ish weeks.
So do you ride 12hrs every day or just 24hrs every other?
So do you ride 12hrs every day or just 24hrs every other?
I’m not talking riding hours.
Night rides, many a time I was out riding in the woods with the theme from “The night garden” washing around my head.
Bloke next door is a keen roadie. He was out at 5 am in mid summer. Back for a ride with the kids in the trailer at 9. Got to admire that motivation.
My kids are all older now but for many many years I did most (95%) of my riding in the hours of darkness, after the kids were in bed.
Just 1-2hrs but 2/3 times per week. It meant I had the palest of legs and only saw my trails through a tunnel of (Troute) Lights.
i feel your pain. stumpy fsr bought in 2006, number one child arrived pretty much the same time closely followed by number 2 child. the poor thing has probably seen 3-400 miles tops but at least i now have a mint retor build 🙂
I’m not talking riding hours.
Ah. That makes more sense! Hours spent admiring your bike also have to be paid for.
Never even considered looking at bikes in this way. It’s just a case of do I like it aesthetically, is it fun to ride and can I afford it at the time. If you’ve not ridden it much just sell it or ride when you can. My kids mean the world to me but I still make sure I go to the gym and get out on the bike. Don’t want my kids looking after an unhealthy fat knackered bloke when they’re in their thirties.
As for putting slicks on, bollocks to that, you can ride any bike anywhere. The rest is just marketing that we all fall for unless you’re getting paid to ride or competing. I have one bike with 3” 29er tyres and ride it everywhere. It’s a bit slower on the roads but nowhere near enough that I’d consider swapping tyres. Plus fun, shortcuts, steps etc😀
Do not do this with a DH bike! But on the other hand my secondhand On One has probably cost pennies per mile.
This can be a grim exercise with cars as well but my brother in law buys new GT3s runs them for a year plus and says it’s free motoring!
I paid a fortune for my best bike 30 years ago. Custom hand made road frame, Dura Ace etc. Still got it, so the investment even's out.
It's the parental guilt game.
My MTB has seen less and less use over the decade or so since I went and spawned, but my use of drop barred bikes (mostly from my doorstep) has definitely increased.
Dare I say it, once you have kids, pissing off for a full day on the dandyhorse starts to feel like a bit of a liberty and the boss starts keeping track of how many hours you both get for "personal interests" so she can use any perceived imbalance later in whatever arguments might follow...
The simple truth is I can go further, faster on an Road or gravel bike and so be home before I'm really missed. Pack the MTB in the car for a jaunt to wales or whatever and it's a full day out minimum.
So the grief I receive for one flavour of cycling vs the other has kind of shaped my habits...
MTBing isn't dead to me, I just can't justify it as easily since having kids (and a non-riding spouse).
