How much did it cost?

supersonic
supersonic Posts: 82,708
edited July 2007 in MTB general
How much did your main bike cost you?
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  • Clous87
    Clous87 Posts: 299
    edited July 2007
    my bike cost about £1300 at the moment but over the time ive had it all the money ive spent on it(aka starting from scratch with a saracen then building it up) its about £2000 now
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  • Capt. Jon
    Capt. Jon Posts: 2,202
    £2000 and it's got 5" of travel front and back just like everyone else i know.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    About average then Jon?
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  • Marshall
    Marshall Posts: 1,738
    Not a chance I'm going to divulge how much my rig cost, if the missus ever came across this topic she'd give me a proper ass kicking. :roll:
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  • Steve Austin
    Steve Austin Posts: 1,803
    which one?

    you got roadies on here now. them bikes cost lots!

    My sunday bike was over 4k
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    You have your own roadie bit lol, have to put a post on there! Maybe I should have said MTB.
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  • Marshall
    Marshall Posts: 1,738
    Oh noes.....not another Sunday owner.....
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  • Steve Austin
    Steve Austin Posts: 1,803
    its ok, i got a MTB for Monday
    and another for Tuesday :P
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  • paulosoxo
    paulosoxo Posts: 3,413
    Marshall wrote:
    Oh noes.....not another Sunday owner.....

    Is that a Sunday Silk we're talking about? Could quite fancy one of those. mmmm
  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    Bought my Orange 5 for £1849, but with upgrades it would probably cost ~£2500 to buy new!
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  • lambo man
    lambo man Posts: 105
    my bike cost £250, with all the upgrades its cost about £900, at retail it would be around £1100 ish, and my parents have no clue :lol:
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Looks like they just found out and chopped it in half!
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  • Capt. Jon
    Capt. Jon Posts: 2,202
    Looks like MBR could be on to something
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  • magnus
    magnus Posts: 127
    Luckily Im a bit sponsord so its ok.

    Have two mountain bikes that would both set you back about 2 and a half grand and a road bike that would set you back another 1600 ish pounds. Got lots of other mountain bikes hanging around and some nice frames that would be in the hundreds.
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Looks quite an even spread to me. Given all the Hardrock users, I think the mean will come down a little!
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  • ianpinder
    ianpinder Posts: 266
    Well my GSpot cost me £3600 and my handjob was £2400, and the hopper was £300
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  • ddoogie
    ddoogie Posts: 4,159
    You paid over 2K for a handjob?

    Man, we need to get you a girlfriend :lol: chortle chortle
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  • ianpinder
    ianpinder Posts: 266
    Yeah my friend then said she would of done it for a tenner
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Here goes:

    I started with an '04 kona hoss, which cost about £550, then new bars, stem, cranks and forks; probably cost about £300 total, then a Stab frame for £350 and some Jr. T's and wheels for £300, then some '06 66SL's for about £425, then a 2nd hand Devinci Guzzler frame for £300 and finally a chain device and new wheels for £250.

    So to get where I am I've spent about £2500, but the build I've got probably cost about £13-1400. The only things left from the Hoss are the brakes, but even they've got larger rotors and new hoses.
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    More 3k plus riders than I thought lol, but I think they would be attracted to a topic like this! Average seems around the 1200 mark.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    there are a lot of DH and FR bikes that are easily over 3k and there are a lot of DH/FR kids from MBUK.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Yep, bound to skew it.

    I reckom my Zaskar cost 800 quid, the Ruckus 400.
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  • ddoogie
    ddoogie Posts: 4,159
    A year of saving got me £1800 to play with for my Stumpy.

    Only had it a year and I'm thinking of getting another bike. Oh dear!
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  • Big n Daft
    Big n Daft Posts: 418
    449 of the best English groats here....saving £50

    10% of the full price of a Carrera Fury.....Bless you Halfords.

    However, i know i will be spending lots and lots more as i discover her limits.

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  • lm_trek
    lm_trek Posts: 1,470
    My full sus was £1200, reduced from £1500 but i would of paid the full price if i had had the cash earlier in the year, while my hardtail was £650 and my newly accquired Giant XTC EX another £1k!! and ive got my eye on a Kona Stinky too!!!!
  • maximus44
    maximus44 Posts: 1,058
    i paid 500 odd for my dmr but the spec is worth near 1.5k
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  • Vegeeta
    Vegeeta Posts: 6,411
    Should I vote for the amount it would cost to buy all the parts at the real price.... or the price I paid :?:
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  • _Andy_H
    _Andy_H Posts: 163
    edited July 2007
    Probably up to about 4 and a bit thousand now, but I've got a set of 40's and new rims since picy was taken.
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  • Cazzdevil
    Cazzdevil Posts: 7,237
    Paul's trying to prove his theory that the average mountain biker has only spent about £400 on their bike.

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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    My specced-up 07 Marin Indian Fire Trail comes in close to £2500

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