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+/- £50 max.
You can spend it on either your road bike or your mountain bike in order to improve it in some way.
What do you buy?
Road:
Mountain:
I have some ideas of my own; I would just appreciate knowing how others prioritise their "improvements".
Road: a week in Mallorca.
Mountain: a week in Glentress.
Possibly not in the spirit of the question, sorry.
Road: That budget would do nicely for some 650b wheels/tyres to try on my Charge Plug, in the name of extra comfort and experimenting.
Mtb: Not so sure to be honest, nothing that imminently needs upgrading on either. Would require more thought.
Edit: As oldnpastit said, probably not in the spirit, but the mtb upgrade money would probably be best spent on some coaching!
Almost always mtb - the racer is mostly for commuting.
Charger damper for my Yari plus fitting / lower leg service. If enough funds left I'd also buy the new Bird 145 long travel linkage to increase the rear suspension on my Aeris to 160mm for uplift days.
C&H
Power meter innit
I'd just ride my bike and spend the money on [s]hookers[/s] my kids
A week in Finale Ligure
Road : Wouldnt see me dead there.
MTB : Jedi.
Road? New (parts and money towards) a Di2 Ultegra Groupset.
MTB? New SRAM Eagle drive train.
Road: Deposit for a mountain bike.
Mountain: A few long weekends away.
Road: Nope
MTB: pretty happy with my current set-up, could do with some wider rims.
Can I buy a new surfboard?
This is all helpful. Keep your answers coming!
Neither, hookers & coke and a deep sense of regret for the rest of Christmas
Coaching - upgrade the rider!
Not sure holiday is a fair answer as most of stw would lose more than £350 in wages doing so, assuming your existing holiday allowance is spoken for
MtB. A revive dropper post.
Dropper post is on my Christmas list for the MTB.
Road : a subscription to OS Maps and a Garmin
MTB : some kettlebells n a Gore jacket
Mountain bike- some go faster bits for my 36s. TBH my bikes are all pretty shit hot right now.
Road: new wheels
MTB: a dropper
Mtb: Probably an Eagle drivetrain or coaching.
Road: um. I wouldn’t mind swapping the 105 & Spyres on my CX for hydraulic 105. Does that count?
Road: well I don’t have a road bike so I guess I’d have to get one first. It’s that doable for £350??
MTB: some fancy cranks
I know what he needs 🙂
Dropper and some s/h 29" wheels for his MTB. No question. That'll do more than tarting up the already nice road bike IMO.
Road: mine is retro and not worth 350 so I wouldn’t spend anything on it. Maybe spend it on tools.
MTB: a Gore jacket
vincienup - MemberMtb: Probably an Eagle drivetrain.
Oh yah, that
A couple of ferry tickets and campsite money. Maybe a used bar bag too.
Or a new decent front wheel with Son hub-generator.
Hmm. Not enough moneys for my roadmountain bike!
MTB Eagle or Flights
I built my main mtb for not much more than that..
Some lighter wheels and better cranks, used of course.
Mtb: Shockwiz or Jedi day
Road: for me, some nicerer wheels for my sequoia. More generally, a week in Majorca.
1 x 11 drive train. Possibly some change left over for new tires if its NX and I use current crank.
All part if the the slow save up for bit by bit new bike purchase.
I'd buy a new frame. Probably a commencal or cotic. I'd then slowly build up the bike over time as a 3rd bike.
£350 is a sweet spot I reckon!
Enough to not just casually grab something, but not up there with a frame / bike purchase 🙂
For me (mtb only) it's one of:
Wheels
Dropper post
Fancy lights
Full fork and shock service with a new ramp control
Etc...
Hope santa reads this.
Looking back at all the moneybvevdpwntbon road and mtb, I can honestly say that the biggest bang per buck is paying for a structured training program. So that’s what I’d spend my £350 on.
Road : Bike fit
MTB : Jedi
Kind of depends on the current state of your road/ mtb bikes.
Wheels
Tyres
Road: New Wheels
MTB: I can't think of a single thing 😯
Biggest benefit to my riding, both road & mtb in recent years was a full bike fit. Cost me £250 so there’s a bit left over for some new tyres for each bike.
Road Omata GPS
Mtn Fox36 coil conversion by Push
on a serious note
Given my mtb pretty much has everything I want, I would probably get the cane creek OPT remote for my coil IL and a rear conti projekt baron. coaching session would be the next thing then keep the rest for when something breaks or gets damaged.
Clothing/lid/shoes for either or some cheap flights...
I think wheels make a massive difference to a bike, so depending on what you are running currently then maybe some secondhand lighter wheels that can be kitted with some lighter tyres for days of going fast. Or maybe a wheel build jig and buy some rims and hubs and learn to build your own?
Road- haha no chance, not ever.
MTB - I would put the money towards a set of fox 36's, or a santa cruz bronson/nomad, or a commencal furious.
250 quid of diesel and a chunnel ticket for the camper
Road - New frame.
Spa Audax, Surly Pacer etc....
MTB - some Hope brakes, cassette and chain.
Lovely...