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Oh yes. Most of my bikes are worth more than my car.
I find it a little odd that we can be sitting in a café mid-ride talking about bikes.
Mate is after a new one, seen a Cannondale frame for £2.5k (roadie thing) Everyone saying 'it's a bargain' and 'that's a lot of bike for the money'. Same group of mates going round a car dealers saying "fifteen hundred pounds? For a car?! I'm not spending that"
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Car parts are cheaper too (Transit tyre cost less than a Nobby Nic, Ford brake disc is less than a Hope floating rotor, Ford gear selector unit is cheaper than an XTR front mech etc etc)
i have 6 bikes and the girlfriend has 3, i'd reckon the only one worth less than our car is her commuter
Of course. I would be embarrassed and not feel a proper cyclist if it wasn't.
Borderline for me. Bikes are worth £1k ish each (cost more but that is their current worth), car is a Renault with nearly 150k on the clock. But then I do tend to keep cars until they die, bikes don't last quite as long.
Yup only by about £50 though. Cannondale SL5 was £550 and ford focus 1.6 zetec was £500.
the bikes each are easily worth double what the car is worth. and together probably more than the car, the van and the motorbikes. i drive (and own outright of course) old knackers and am proud of it!
Is it just people that drive a shed that are replying to this thread?
Both our cars and my motorbike are worth way more than bikes. But they're not expensive bikes
Yeah I think it's some sort of pride thing (see rule 25 etc) - only the "No"s are replying.
When I was poor, I had a banger of a car and three decent-ish bikes, all were worth more than the car. But now I'm not so poor, I have a nicer car. In total, my 4 bikes are probably worth more than the car. Does that count?
Sorry, but whats rule 25???
http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#25
Sorry, but whats rule 25???
Pfft, if you don't know. you're clearly not [s]a real cyclist[/s] [i]someone who frequents internet forums more than they ride their bikes[/i]
10 year old Fiesta :-), value of about two new fatbike tyres 😆
benp1 - MemberIs it just people that drive a shed that are replying to this thread?
Nah, I have a perfectly nice car- 180 brake, leather everything, hot and cold running seats, wine cellar... It's just more than 5 minutes and 10 miles old so therefore apparently not worth much.
Car is edging it on current values.
I do spend more on cars than bikes but work and family 180 miles away dictate an average of 10-15 hours a week begins the wheel. Having said that my current drive is a near ten year old mondeo that I have had nearly six years.
I don't fixate on expensive bikes or cars. Just the right tool for the job.
I had 3 grand saved to buy a Mondraker and ended up buying a van with it to transport my other bikes and flask of tea to far-away places.
Van's worth less than the bikes stored in it in total.. does that count?
Cheers superficial. I am riding my bike a lot more than usual this year and have also spent a lot less time on here AND spent a lot less on kit.
These things are not unconnected.
The message I choose to take from this is that I'll only be considered a proper mountain biker if I spunk £7k on a brand new Santa Cruz carbon somethingorother. It'll be worth more than my car then.
Is it just people that drive a shed that are replying to this thread?
Mine's an '08 reg. I have expensive bikes (and the car has a lot of miles, but is far from a shed).
Of course!
However my current favourite bike is the one that isn't (er?), and whilst a 215K 52 plate diseasel Focus might not be everyone's cup of tea I love it, and the way it just keeps doing the job.
Count me in.
23 year old Land Rover Defender v Custom Build Titanium Frame, Belt Drive, Rohloff & Lefty.
Interesting comment on the price of parts above.
I can buy this hub bearing kit for my Land Rover for £19
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Or this hub bearing kit for a Hope hub for £20.
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Considering my Land Rover has done 320000km on it's original wheel bearings so far, I'd say the top one of those two is the better deal. 😛
My BMX is worth more than my car, nevermind any mountain bikes
Not a chance - don't think ever in my lifetime has the price of a bike outweighed the value of a car.
Maybe if I went back over 15 years, the value of the vehicle I had then would outweigh the price of my current bike.
Value of current motor is more than the sum total of every bike I've ever owned - which admittedly isn't that many, but current one is a carbon S-Works Enduro (2008)
Giant anthem x1 in an almost new (1 week old) golf gt tdi with 500 miles on the clock.
Only it's a company car, so worth nothing to me, so yes.