Another vote for tyres here. There seems to be an awful lot of tyres with £50/60 rrp’s these days, so I tend to buy my Schawbles from Germany. As much as I like them I can’t bring myself to pay UK prices for them.
Clothing is ridiculous to, so I only ever buy in the sales. £80 for some shorts? No thanks. Jackets are even worse; I’m sure a good jacket is really good at being waterproof and breathing, but I’d be pretty hacked off if I crashed and totalled a posh Gore jacket.
Hydro packs have gone up a lot too. There seem to be an awful lot at £100 or so without a bladder. And then there’s Acre. Is anyone really going to pay that much for a pack that’s going to get sweaty and covered in crud? Madness.
Forks are silly expensive; second hand all the way for me. It’s all Fox’s fault too. When they bought out the original 36 most top end forks were about the £500 mark but the were £750 or so and sold. Suddenly it seemed like the manufacturers cottoned on and prices started to escalate.
But drivetrain stuff is pretty cheap these days….£40 fir a Zee mech doesn’t seem too bad, admittedly that is from the likes of CRC.