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my suggestion for saving money would be to buy a true single pivot frame. only one pair of bearings to replace and you probably aren’t good enough to need a fancy multi-pivot design.
(this is intended as lighthearted, btw)
I'm adamant that it's washing bikes that kills them quicker. Brush the lumps off, oil the chain and be done.
Squirting cold water into all the cracks and gaps in components just makes the situation worse. Especially if you're using a detergent that reduces the surface water tension so it can really properly penetrate. The bikes usually get left in a cold shed with limited draught after washing.
Not for me. I ride a rigid singlespeed in winter too but I'm old and miserable already.
riding a modern bike fast/on harder trails is safer than old bikes slowly on easy trails, while generating more adrenaline and less terror. they are a sensible purchase
If you say so.
I mean check out the “rack for a Passat” thread. I’ve got a £30 Halfords rack from the 90s that still carries 2 or 3 full sus bikes adequately when needed, but people WANT to spend upwards of a grand getting roof-bars, tow balls, light bars and fancy name branded racks hanging off their cars.
Way to miss the point, another one that can't actually read and just spouts whatever shite falls out.
I wish someone had warned me about the cost of children before I went and had TWO of them <facepalm> What's even worse than the financial cost of children is the time cost of them. I had to wait until they were five years old before I could enter them into an MTB race and then COVID struck and we missed a load. Just contemplating the 2023 season and working out how to fit in bike races around their Sunday league football that has taken root in their lives. I hate football.
+1 for not opening PSA threads.
Another is don't pop into your friendly LBS for inner tubes/chain lube etc, I normally leave with anything from a new set of brakes to a whole bike!
car share if you are driving to a location is an obvious one, a trip away for the weekend to wales or scotland the biggest cost is fuel
I actually rotate / Swap multiple chains per bike.
By doing that, I have multiple chains, which work on a "mid-work-out" cassette, A new chain would not work.
Doing this, I wear out all 2-3 chains, swapping them constantly, and getting 10000km or more out of a cassette on a regular basis
I have to say, I never get this advice, you spend a fortune on a bike and yet ride a piece of s*it in the winter leaving your expensive, perfect for winter bike depreciating away in the shed. They’re not an investment, you bought it, just ride and enjoy the damn thing. Maybe buy a cheap £30 bearing press set off ebay so you can freshen up your bike for the dryer months.
#19: Changing frame bearings is really easy. You can get a bearing press sets off ebay for £30ish that is more than adequate for home mechanics like myself and will make the job of pushing in bearings REALLY easy. It will probably take you the same amount of time to do the job as it’d take to drop your bike to and from the bike shop. You’ll save a wedge of cash and have the satisfaction of working on your own bike. Plus, you don’t need to have a second “winter” bike taking up space. Look at youtube, people have posted great videos re every possible maintenance job.
Yes!
Doing this, I wear out all 2-3 chains, swapping them constantly, and getting 10000km or more out of a cassette on a regular basis
How far do you ride a year? I've ridden about 4,000km for the last 3 years spread over 6 bikes.
I don't think I've got to 10,000km on a bike, never mind a cassette. They have broken, been stolen, sold or retired.