Jota where can you find a half decent full susser for less than £1k that has component's that will last, and doesn't weigh the same as a motorbike?
I've just picked up a 3 year old Yeti 575 with a new drive train on it for £850
It has some cosmetic damage but it's totally functional and another 30 quid or so on new pads etc. will see it extremely 'half decent'
My current road bike is a 2 year old PX £999 carbon special, which I'd also consider half decent.
Get a secondhand frame powdercoated in a custom colour of your choice and you've got a spiffing new bike. I love doing this.
Until it breaks on the 3rd ride and you've sunk a lot of money into something with no comeback whatsoever...
I honestly don't think I would sleep at night if I had 18k on credit cards, obviously you may earn significantly more than me so it could be relative.
Rarely buy a new bike.... I did buy my 9zero7 frame new but only after18 months of watching out for a used one.
Just bought. New to us car.... Used berlingo for buttons - went through the show rooms looked at all the new models , the bigger vans and it boiled down to - was very nice to sit in the last round of redundancys at work pretty much care free knowing i had enough sitting to last a good number of months before an income was required - much nicer than any new car could be.
As for my bikes - i have quite a few yes ..... But most are going on for 10years old- unfashionable wheel sizes and angles..... But i like em and they get ridden. If i drop them down the road/trail it would be more the sentimentality of the bike as oppose to the value that got me.
And as a good friend once showed me (and many others that day) you dont need a fancy ££££ to kick arse , you just got to want it more than the other guy and put in the time. - as he took the local duathlon trophy from a well known scottish time trialer on a 3 speed shopper with a pannier ( all be it with a massive gear he stuck on)
Until it breaks on the 3rd ride and you've sunk a lot of money into something with no comeback whatsoever..
I'd have to break five before I lost out...
Second job pays for mine. Part time gamekeeper - all parts are measured in deer carcasses. Light bicycle rims with DT240s = approx 10 large deer or 15 roe. The 2015 Sworks Epic will take some earning 😀
Until it breaks on the 3rd ride and you've sunk a lot of money into something with no comeback whatsoever..
Well I sort of base my risk assessment on what I know and what I've experienced, [to date] I've not broken a bike on it's 3rd [or 33rd] ride so will gladly file that worry under 'Unlikely'
