How much will you spend on your next bike ?

kingrollo
kingrollo Posts: 3,198
edited March 2010 in Road buying advice
Following on from bike of the year - which chose bikes up to £2500 - some people argued this was a pointless because most of us can not spend £2500 on a new bike.....so how much did or will you spend on your new bike

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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    you're assuming that people only ever buy complete bikes. I think there are a lot of riders out there (myself included) who tend to buy components - rather than 'off the peg' bikes....
  • Evil Laugh
    Evil Laugh Posts: 1,412
    Add it up then. :wink:
  • Barrie_G
    Barrie_G Posts: 479
    Got my eye on a Kuota Kharma, no funds to put towards it, but it's something to look forward to 8)
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Keeping eyes peeled for 2nd hand Kuota KOM. Don't know why i'm keeping an eye out because i'm skint anyway :roll:
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  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    Too much - certainly more than my ability warrants. :lol:
    Carlsberg don't make cycle clothing, but if they did it would probably still not be as good as Assos
  • what brakes
    what brakes Posts: 328
    My new shopper i bought as bits and cost me considerably less than it would if i bought of the peg! So i clicked what it would have cost of the shelf..
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    softlad wrote:
    you're assuming that people only ever buy complete bikes. I think there are a lot of riders out there (myself included) who tend to buy components - rather than 'off the peg' bikes....


    Sigh....every poll has its limitions .....its not legally binding anyway
  • TiBoy
    TiBoy Posts: 366
    About twice as much as the wife will be told I have spent....
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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Your numbers need to go higher. My next frame will be more than £2.5.
  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    About twice as much as the wife will be told I have spent....

    Mmmmm, I've bought/built a few of those too!
    Giant XTC Pro-Carbon
    Cove Hustler
    Planet X Pro-Carbon
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    Evil Laugh wrote:
    Add it up then. :wink:
    Only possible if you buy the complete kit at the same time. My bikes are like Trigger's broom, I've had them since I was at school but they've had numerous frames, countless wheels etc etc :wink:
  • bristolpete
    bristolpete Posts: 2,255
    Me - Cervelo S2 or S3 as a frame to start....
  • Lord Jimmy 7th
    Lord Jimmy 7th Posts: 379
    im on a trek 1200sl that i got second hand, wuold love to spend about £1500 on my next bike, but it really would depend on the bike.
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  • grahamcp
    grahamcp Posts: 323
    guinea wrote:
    Your numbers need to go higher. My next frame will be more than £2.5.

    That's nothing. Mine's going to be over a fiver.

    :P
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Some sort of Lynkey + Chorus 11 + decent set of handbuilts.

    Should come to roughly around £2.5K
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  • Squillinossett
    Squillinossett Posts: 1,678
    Well, I have just got my new bike, next one will be in maybe 24 months, and over the 2.5k mark.
  • Gav888
    Gav888 Posts: 946
    Oct 09 I bought myself some nice carbon, 09 model for £2500, for the same bike but the 2010 model - £3400 and it looks the same spec..... bargain. Still, had to sell the motorbike to get it.
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  • rjh299
    rjh299 Posts: 721
    A lot when it finally arrives! :x
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Bought it today - a regal jester frameset for 65 quid. Last week bought a Look 565.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    I just bought a new bike end of last year, lets see if this one lasts me 10 years like my old one :D

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