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It those little bits that you suddenly discover you need so you can use the thing you've already spent money on that annoy me... like one of these. RRP £22!!
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A mountain bike wheel costs about as much as a motox-er wheel. A MTB Hi-roller is 60 odd quid and a road legal enduro tyre is about 45. Entering a motorcycle enduro - 45 quid against 60 for the mountain bike.
I hate the entire mountain bike industry for its shameless profiteering with overpriced under-engineered garbage apparently made of cheese mixed with snake oil.
But I like riding mountain bikes. 😕
The only bits which don't seem to be a rip off for me
Chains
Lube
Grips
Tyres
Air
But I live here and was riding my bikes in the woods before the FC screwed them up!
Thats why I don't ride past miles of trails to get there. I ride miles of trails and don't get there 😯
50ml of unicorn piss
thats the same price they were selling litre tubs of the stuff recently.
What about Fox float fluid, £2 for a 2ml pack of 90wt gear oil?
£1000/litre haha hadn't thought of it that way.
anyone confirm a gearbox oil that's def. plastic/seal safe?
fox forks
shimano chains and cassettes that don't last 3 months of riding
sram jockey wheels
raceface BB's
and
rrp's!
Press fit BB's ..... I feel violated when I hand my £30-£40 over on a regular basis .... I'm such a slag
Indeed, I wasn't going to let FSA's BB86 non-standard 6804 bearing set me back £28. I little lathe work by a man that can and a 0.5mm shim allowed a standard 6804 to go in there just nicely. I didn't pay for the bearing either, it was rescued from a Hope hub!
ONE Marzocchi air valve for a 1999 fork: £9
ROB
a man called Rob
tyres!!!!! i can get car tyres cheaper!!!!
On the subject of Muc-Off, I have found that it is good for "zapping" slugs that try to creep up on you when you're cleaning your bike. They hate the stuff, so it's not that bad.
Does that help?
Lights - I just got 1300 lumens joystick-ish torch with 2 batteries and bar clamp for less than 35 quid.
And cleats +1 - 15 quid for Time cleats, and i looked around too.
so hows the list coming along? basically everything that is needed for mountain biking so far.
camelback spares,and the cost of some tyres 😯
rmacattack - Memberso hows the list coming along? basically everything that is needed for mountain biking so far.
rubbish.
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they're almost giving them away.
Just to join in with the spirit of things though, ranting about cost you don't like---- parking costs for locals in the FoD!If you need to 'drive' to the FoD, you are not local.
ha ha ha ,not to mention town carparks now charging too
any 1 metion chain devices or tires yet?
oem disc pads
any oem stuff in general
bike specific clothing
bike specific lubes