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From a running costs point of view about £100 a year I would guess (chains, BB, etc,.)
Helps that I do all my riding straight from my door and ride a rigid SS.
Actually spend about £1000 a year on unnecessarily changing parts though.....
Do we need to include the money spent on flapjack, jelly babies and post ride beer etc ?
Not bothered since the time I did it at uni' when 2 or 3 years equated to a second hand Porsche 911.
It's just stuff, the experiences are invaluable.
Jeez, quite a bit this year. £3.5k on a new best road bike, £700 on frame and bits for a new winter bike, two holidays, assorted kit, parts, consumables, a couple of event entries.
£8K?
Then there's all the extra food and beer I can have because I'm riding ten hours a week - that must add up too.
Damn good value overall though.
Don't care, it's fun so the cost is worth it.
I have no idea and I'm not going to contemplate it for a second.
What cost for keeping me fit and lowering my chance of life threatening disease and increased life expectancy? Priceless, some know the cost of everything and the value of nothing
The only good thing about this thread is that some of you are worse than me. On the plus side i have only had 6 bikes in 20 years. On the downside i've got a minimum of a £100 a month at crc, endless race entry and i swapped a perfectly good german estate for a knackered van. Basically every disposable penny i have after family commitments
I'd guess £1k a year in wear and tear, depreciation, clothing etc. £2.5k in car running costs for riding trips, £1k - £2.5k on holidays depending on destination. So a typical year can easily be up to £6k.
Not worth thinking about - if I counted I would question the value of something I love. Should I count up how expensive the wife is?
I reckon about £1000 this year,I bought my boys first pedal bike, a few chains&cassettes ,fork bits,bearings,Epo and some necessary clothing.and some 3t lovely bits for the cx.