Most expensive
gtvlusso
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On this bright Monday Morning where my work world has immediately turned to sh1te, after being called about work stuff all day Sunday (management escalations....), I would like to think about bike based things....
So, what the most expensive item that you commute with?
Could be:
Your bike
Your kit
Jewellery
Work laptop
Phone
Ego
cycling shoes
The most expensive thing I own that I commute with is my watch @ £3k. Otherwise, my iPhone was free and I only occasionally carry my work laptop....
So, what the most expensive item that you commute with?
Could be:
Your bike
Your kit
Jewellery
Work laptop
Phone
Ego
cycling shoes
The most expensive thing I own that I commute with is my watch @ £3k. Otherwise, my iPhone was free and I only occasionally carry my work laptop....
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My wedding ring
Cost more than my bike and is utterly precious and irreplaceable
It's just a hill. Get over it.0 -
gtvlusso wrote:On this bright Monday Morning where my work world has immediately turned to sh1te, after being called about work stuff all day Sunday (management escalations....), I would like to think about bike based things....
So, what the most expensive item that you commute with?
Could be:
Your bike
Your kit
Jewellery
Work laptop
Phone
Ego
cycling shoes
The most expensive thing I own that I commute with is my watch @ £3k. Otherwise, my iPhone was free and I only occasionally carry my work laptop....
Sell it - Buy some wheels!What wheels...? Wheelsmith.co.uk!0 -
SecretSam wrote:My wedding ring
Cost more than my bike and is utterly precious and irreplaceable
Same here. Top tip: as the weather gets colder, your fingers shrink a little, so make sure it doesn't fall off as you are cycling as mine did once. Luckily I managed to stop and find it in the dark (still not sure how), but I take mine off and put it in a zip-up pocket unless I've got full finger gloves on.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Most expensive item, bar my bike (599) its my Gore Path II jacket (120), Ortlieb bags and rack are about the same combined, then wheels are very close (100). If you count all lights as one item they would be the most (140). Not to forget the iPhone, not sure what the retail on that is, £350?
Looking at my wiggle account, I have scarily spent 2x the cost of my bike on accessories in the last year, not accounting for other purchases at other stores. On a plus side, its still cheaper than the train (£2,228.00)!0 -
My front tooth......about £3.5k to get it replaced.Joe Waugh Fixed (48*17 )0
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probably my iphone, the bike is a hack so worth very little, and I don't have a watch etc.0
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rjsterry wrote:SecretSam wrote:My wedding ring
Cost more than my bike and is utterly precious and irreplaceable
Same here. Top tip: as the weather gets colder, your fingers shrink a little, so make sure it doesn't fall off as you are cycling as mine did once. Luckily I managed to stop and find it in the dark (still not sure how), but I take mine off and put it in a zip-up pocket unless I've got full finger gloves on.
Most precious thing? Me. The rest is just stuff*.
* I don't commute in my nice castelli stuff. heehee0 -
My Brompton retailed at nearly £1000 with all the bits, but thanks to C2W I didn't pay as much as that. I carry 2 Blackberrys, don't know what they retail at, a £120 Ortlieb Office Bag 2 (sometimes), about £180 worth of lights, a £250 EEEpc. My watch cost £15 or so
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From FCN from 8 (road bike, beard, bag, work clothes) to 15 (on my Brompton)0 -
Well, it goes without saying that the biking stuff isn't cheap:
£1000 - commuting bike
£350 - lights
£400 - commuting clothing
£400 - posh phone
But one thing that would annoy me loads if I lost them, would be my keys. There are about 15 important keys on that ring, so it'd probably cost about £150 to get them all re-cut and loads of hassle.
Oh, I almost forgot, I take my son to nursery on the way to work (nice Co-Pilot Limo child seat) and he's worth more than the whole universe !!0 -
BG2000 wrote:Well, it goes without saying that the biking stuff isn't cheap:
£1000 - commuting bike
£350 - lights
£400 - commuting clothing
£400 - posh phone
But one thing that would annoy me loads if I lost them, would be my keys. There are about 15 important keys on that ring, so it'd probably cost about £150 to get them all re-cut and loads of hassle.
Oh, I almost forgot, I take my son to nursery on the way to work (nice Co-Pilot Limo child seat) and he's worth more than the whole universe !!
And you didn't edit your post to put your son first :twisted: Afterthought?0 -
gtvlusso wrote:Otherwise, my iPhone was free
Is that free in that it is a work phone or free apart from the fact that you pay £30-£60+ per month on a two year contract?0 -
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1) Bike
2) Blackberry
3) Work laptop. May be worth more than the Blackberry but performs worse so ranked it 3rd!0 -
1. Bike (if road). About £1000
2=. Other bike kit, lights and stuff. Few hundred quid.
2=. Phone. Few hundred quid.
2=. Bike (if fixed). Few hundred quid.
2=. Work clothes. Few hundred quid.0 -
essex-commuter wrote:gtvlusso wrote:Otherwise, my iPhone was free
Is that free in that it is a work phone or free apart from the fact that you pay £30-£60+ per month on a two year contract?
Was given it at old job (3gs) and just put new work sim in it....I had it cheekily unlocked too.0 -
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UndercoverElephant wrote:Coming soon to Commuting Chat:
Thread to tell everyone which fellow poster you just mugged.
in that case I cycle naked on one of theseHat + Beard0 -
Bike definitely. If we're excepting ourselves, that is.
I have nothing else of any value that I take with me.0 -
Usually my laptop
Tomorrow might it be my camera body, then laptop, then camera lens0 -
Bike £400 and thats pretty much it.
Stopped wearing my wedding ring a couple of years ago, don't get on with them.
Phone is cheap, clothes are mainly aldi/lidl. I do have a gore path jacket but I don't wear it often. My regular helmet is a Met Sine Thesis which would cost a bit to replace but I wouldn't have another so no great shakes.
Pauper me.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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Definitely the bike (about £570), everything else I carry is worth jack sh!t. Watch - about £60-70, rucksack £30, work clothes probably about £40, phone - free etc. I don't carry laptops and other electronics. The next most expensive things(s) is my cycling clothes - probably around £100 if I include the SPD shoes and helmet etcDo not write below this line. Office use only.0
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Bike.
Don't have a wedding ring; don't get on with them so I got a watch instead but in financial terms that's not worth a lot as we both earned a lot less then back then.
Bike is probably followed by my phone or garmin and after that, oddly, my wallet (the wallet itself, not the contents of it).Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
My quads would be worth a fortune both in terms of power and looks; but 1) I'm not willing to sell them and 2) they are not easily removable (unless I didn't want them put back).
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today probably my fixie but then it depends on whether i can classify clothing that i am wearing as one item.BMC TM01 - FCN 0
Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
Premier (CX) - FCN 6
Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN30 -
Depends what I commute on.
If it's the FG, then my watch, or perhaps my phone.
If it's the maxima, then, well.
If I put the maxima in my car then it's still the most expensive thing I'm carrying.
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Hmm - interesting!
So, in allot of cases it is the bike - but some cases it could be something that you don't even think about:
Watch, phone, jewellery even cycling kit!
Quite incredible how much we spend on this cycling malarkey!0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:Depends what I commute on.
If it's the FG, then my watch, or perhaps my phone.
If it's the maxima, then, well.
If I put the maxima in my car then it's still the most expensive thing I'm carrying.
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Ah, forgot about my watch0 -
gtvlusso wrote:Quite incredible how much we spend on this cycling malarkey!
This was brought home to me a few years ago when a thief sneaked into my office one lunchtime and helped himself to my courier bag and its contents.
All the stuff that I would have guessed was valuable - wallet, phone, specs - was on me, so that was fine. But it was autumn, and I was carrying pretty much a second kit in my bag for the temperature swings during the day (including a nice Gore goretex winter jacket with removable sleeves). Plus miscellaneous gloves, lights, socks, tools, inners, and so on. And the (Timbuk2) bag itself.
What I thought would be about £100-£150 to replace came in at the thick end of £600, and went on the household insurance. Ouch.0 -
Security ID, if I forget it, I'm not allowed in and I've lost a days pay. Bike's a hack, no mobile, no watch, clothes Primark and sandwiches home madeCAAD9
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1) bike (mtb+accessories = £1k; road = £2k)
2) garmin 705 (£300ish)
3) phone (£10, including £5 of credit)0