What did you bike cost?

ricardo_smooth

Nomad i've just built came in at around the 4.7k mark

The Rookie

Bike spec is
Carrera Kraken Bare Frame (painted Ford met' purple)
Truvative Powerspline BB
Ally GT bash ring
Ritchey SPD pedals
Front X7 shifter
Deore LX front mech
Rear Rocket shifter
Deore XT rear mech
Avid Juicy 5 front&rear
Promax carbon seatpost
GT QR seat clamp
Charge Spoon saddle
FSA semi-Cartridge headset bearing
Manitou Skareb Elite forks
Superstar 80mm stem
Ritchey WCS bars
Imperial (pale Blue) Grips
Carbon Headset spacers
Mavic Crossrides
160mm Hayes front disc
Panracer Fire XC with lightweight tube on front
Shimano XT QR skewer
Alligator rear disc
Shimano M760 Cassette
Panaracer Fire Mud with lightweight tube
Shimano QR skewer

It has cost me a total of £525.38 from when I first started to now, that is for everything from start of build to end, including parts added and removed but less the parts I have sold, no allowance for bits still sitting in the shed as spares/waiting to be sold!

Net cost of parts on bike right now is £377.21, clearly I have some spare tyres for different conditions, powerlinks etc etc

Weight (no pedals) 11,165g

Simon

tsenior

Used but not abused Marin Attack trail '05 - £550
(including:
RP3
Talas RLC
Mavic 717s on hope xc
hope headset
hope m4 brakes/rotors
WTB seat of some description with Ti rails
All deore xt groupset)

Service for forks and shock £150 i think

correct sized raceface seatpost 2nd hand £15
shimano QRs and cheap seatpost clamp £30
one of the lighter wellgo alu pedal offerings £30
High rollers f & R £40

£815 up and running

simonp123

Custom build
Based on a 2005/6 Stumpjumper fame - purchased second hand with shifters and crankset (though I only re-used the carnk arms and spider)
Float R shock (came with franme but I had it PUSH tuned)
Hope Hoops on Stan's Flow rims
RockShox Reba Team Dual Air 120mm maxle light forks
XT cassette 9-speed
XT rear mech
SLX front Mech
Middleburn chainrings
Formula Oro brakes (bought very cheap as old stock)
Hope steel BB
Headset - can't remember!
SDG I-beam saddle and post (again bought very cheap from CRC)
Race Face Steam stem and Answer Pro Taper 720 Carbon bars - about to go on

Total spend including tyres etc I reckon between £1600 & £1700. Ouch!! Best not tell the missus. High spec bike for the cash though I think.

dusk

Trek EX8 2008 2nd hand was £850
I added XT brakes £180
Hope seat qr £20
Crud Catcher £8
SLX double cranks £90
The spec was barely original when I got it so whoever I got it from must've spent a good £3000, I got me a bargain.

My Santacruz VP free has cost around £1000, mostly 2nd hand but a few new bits. Biggest bargain was a Hope bulb 20mm front wheel with ex729 rim for £30

tom_howard

Where's greygoose? That's a post I'd like to read!

I had just typed out my costs but lost them, cba to do it again now, will do it later.

felix.london

2006 Rockhopper purchased used in 2008 for £400

Tyres - Nobby Nic & Racing Ralph @ £50
Forks - 2012 Reba RL 120mm @ £300
Pedals - Shimano M530 'Trail' SPD @ £30
Grips - Lizard Skins Logo Lock-ons @ £20
Saddle - Charge Spoon @ £20
Brakes - 180mm disc rotor & adapter @ £20
Stem - Easton EA50 90mm @ £10
Headset - Cane Creek Lanusse @ £50 from LBS inc. installation & removal of old unit

(all prices, rough cost inc P&P charges)

TOTAL SPENT : £900.00

Just a dropper seat-post required, then a new F&R wheelset and she'll be done then only upgrade/change parts as and when they wear out.

1mancity2

Giant Reign

Frame £400
Forks £200
Crank £140
Reverb £160
Wheels £230
brakes £360
seat £25
Tyres £40
Bars £56
Stem £50
Grips £16
Gears £140
Seat clamp £14
Bar ends £12
Pedals £44
Chain £28
Repainted--Priceless

Total £1815

DMR Sidekick2

Bike £210

I think £1800 for the giant is a bargain its all top end gear and rides fantastic, the Dmr is a steal and probably my best purchase to date.....

mak3m

The Northern Monkey wrote:

I think this is just a thread to make Supersonic feel smug

smug, the quality and amount of freebies is disturbing

payment in kind o_O

bluechair84

Phoar, there's some anal calcluations going on in this thread!
I will only add my most impressive purchase; Ellsworth Moment MKII + RP23 + DHX5 + Titanium spring = 350 quid. It's not free... but it's a fraction of the RRP In total, around 2.5k between the Torque and Moment which I think is pretty good considering the builds.

The Spiderman

My latest bike a Giant Anthem X cost ,me £770 via the classifieds,my Defy Advanced road bike cost me £820 via ebay,and my trusty XTC cost me £530 new in 2006,though it has had everything replaced since I had it,though many bits were upgraded fairly cheaply and secondhand such as Reba forks for £150 on the classifieds,and an XT/717 wheelset for £70.The XT groupset was a freebie courtesy of a WMB prize draw!

The Defy recently had a wheel and tyre upgrade,with Ksyrium Equipes and Pro race 3s courtesy of a Merlin deal which cost £235.I`l recoup some of that by selling the original wheels.

I try to buy the bike as close to the spec as I want then to sell off unwanted bits and use them to fund upgrades.

I`m not sure if I would bother buying a new bike now............

I wait for someone else to buy it new and suffer the depreciation!

Andy B

Cube Sting with upgrades ~£2200 (RRP inc upgrades ~£4200)

Marin Team Titanium ~£750

Orange Clockwork ~£700

KHS Montana Pro ~£500

The list of parts for each of the retro builds is long and long forgotten, but I do know the rough figures for what each bike cost.

Almost all of the upgrades on all of my bikes are pre owned or ex demo parts which keeps the costs much lower

oodboo

My enduro was £2000, paid RRP but got £200 in vouchers from shop and £250 light from Specialized deal. Currently standing with about £500 worth of upgrades with about £500 more (XT brakes and 1x10 stuff) in the cupboard waiting to be fitted.

My Genesis was £1000 but bought via the bike to work scheme under the old rules. There's about £100 worth of bits in the cupboard waiting to be fitted to get it rolling smoothly again after about 2 years heavy use and neglect. Just a chain, chain rings, cassette and cables but fitting like for like so can't call it an upgrade. The mud guards were though.

nicklouse

Mmmmm dont know.

Lots

bennett_346

2011 Stumpjumper Comp FSR

RRP £2,000

Paid £1,399

Additions no more than £100 so far, just winter tyres and some clipless pedals to replace the ones on my old bike that was stolen.

I think it was worth way more than i paid for it

tom_howard

right, ive mustered the inclination to re type this after losing it all earlier...

all the below is S/H from ebay or classifieds, either on here or the 'other' forum, unless stated.

Frame: 09 Intense 6.6 SlopeStyle w/Fox DHX 5 £760
Forks: Lyrik coil 160 u-turn £185 and 05 boxxer teams for DH, also £185
Bars: Easton Monkeylite DH £65 (as new)
Stem: Specialized enduro 65mm £free from my spares box (for DHm Answer minus 1 DM stem £44 new)
Headset: Cane Creek XX reducer £40
Grips: Specialized enduro £9
Brakes: XTR M970 with yumeya res caps £140
Shifters: XT M770 £50 (one new one S/H)
Front Mech: XT M771 £21 new or DMR chain cage for DH £15
Rear Mech: XT M770 £35 new
Chain Device: MRP XCG Triple bash taco type affair £7.50
Seat: SDG Bel Air SL I beam £27
Seat Post: SDG I beam Carbon £30
Seat Post Clamp: Intense £free with frame
Chainset XTR M970 £185 (for DH, RaceFace Atlas AM and FSA single ring £25, best purchase of the build methinks, given their age, condition and RRP!!)
Chain: £15
Cassette: XTR M970 £35
Pedals: Azonic Xtension £20
Bottom Bracket: XT £8.50
Rims: Mavic 729 £100 (new) seems expensive but got the wheels built for free by the lbs
Spokes: Black DB £30
Hubs: Chris King ISO 20mm front, 10mm bolted rear £400
Tubes: 2 for £4 at Asda
Tires: Panaracer fire FR 2.4 at the mo, but its a rare day i spend more than £30 an end on tyres

so, once all the misc bits like mounts and cables etc are added up i reckon about £2.2 to £2.4k depending on spec, which i reckon is ok as if i was to price it up with the cost when new i'd be looking around the £5k mark which is why i dont think ill ever buy a new bike from a shop again!

ilovedirt

My slayer cost me approx. £2200 (RRP would have been MUCH more than this), most of the parts were new though by the time i was done upgrading, I think the only parts that were second hand were frame, seatpost/clamp and shock. Pic in my sig.

I'm also building up an orange 223 soon hopefully, full build should come to around £700, mostly all second hand.

cat_with_no_tail

Plenty!

It's actually hard to say.

Well, the Karma is an easy one. £640. Off the peg bike on offer from CRC (£600), plus MG1 pedals from ebay, and nitrile grips from poshbikes.

The Edison is more complicated. It cost £1,800 new. Since then I've changed the chainset, wheels, shifters, cables, tyres (several times), grips, seatpost, saddle, chain, cassette and outers. Cost at around an additional £900.
It's currently sat in the garage stripped down to just the bare frame, waiting for me to sink another couple of grand down it upgrading to 10sp, getting a new paint-job, more new wheels and upgrading the fork, plus new bars, pedals, grips, tyres etc

_jon_

I've been putting off adding it all up but here is a rough list-

Gary Fisher Wahoo 2009 Disc initial cost ~£400
Wheels - American Classic Hubs / DT spokes / Crest rims £485
Forks - RockShox SID RLT TI Dual Air 100mm Fork £400

Shimano Chains HG93 Chain 9 Speed Each
Shimano Cranksets - MTB XT Chainset 9 Speed M770 175mm 4-Bolt 22.32.44
Shimano Cassettes - MTB XT Cassette 9 Speed M770 11-32
SRAM Gear Shifters - MTB Attack Trigger Shifter 9sp RH Rear
SRAM Attack 3spd Trigger Shifter Front
Shimano Derailleurs - MTB Front XT Front Mech Conventional 9sp M771 31.8/34.9mm Dual Pull - 44T
Shimano Cables - Gear XT Gear Cable Set XT Pair Black
£300

Middleburn Chainrings - MTB Chainring Middle 4-Bolt 32t Black 8/9sp
Blackspire Chainrings - MTB Super Pro Inner 4-Bolt 26t Black 8/9sp
Shimano Derailleurs - MTB Rear Deore Rear Derailleur M591 SGS Long Cage - Black
£80

Maxxis Tyres - MTB 26" Advantage XC Tyre 26 x 2.1 - 62a - Folding
Schwalbe Nobby Nic Evo Folding Tyre
£45

Shimano Brakes Disc SLX Disc Brakes M665 Rear - Post Mount - LH Lever
Shimano Brakes Disc SLX Disc Brakes M665 Front - Post Mount - RH Lever
Shimano Brakes Disc Adaptors Mount Adaptor Front Post to IS 180mm 74mm Post to IS 180mm
Shimano Brakes Disc Rotors XT Disc Rotor 6-Bolt RT76 160mm 6-Bolt
Shimano Brakes Disc Rotors XT Disc Rotor 6-Bolt RT76 180mm 6-Bolt
£240

Wellgo MG1 Magnesium MTB/BMX Platform Pedals £30
Charge Spoon £20

Comes to around £2000 but this doesn't include the cost of all the parts that have worn out or broken and been replaced. It also doesn't iclude the cost of the bits I've bought and never fitted and all the other accessories such as clothing/helmets/tools etc.

The way I see it is it's not costing as much as my car and I use my bike lot more than I use my car.

rudedog

My Mmmbop came in at just under £950

2H Frame with hope headset, seat post and seat - £150
2H Fox Float 140mm RLC forks - £250
2H Mavic 719/Hope wheels + skewers - £110
2H Hope seat QR - £10
New Hope Tech M4 brakes - £130
New Avid 180/160 rotors - £10
New SLX cranks and BB - £65
New Wellgo MG1's - £25
New Easton carbon monkeylite bars - £45
New Truvativ AKA Stem - £25
New XTR chain - £20
New SLX shifters - £28
New SLX cassette - £25
New XT rear mech - £45
New XT front mech - £20
New Odi grips - £18
New 2.4 Rubber Queen front tyre - £25
New 2.25 Crossmark rear - £20
New tubes - £6
New gear cables & outers - £8

Total - £945

EyesintheSky

Started off with a Cube Attention, have since upgraded it, naturally!

Total comes to ~ £1400 Spent on, With a RRP of Close to £2000! Oh dear...


Main Upgrades:

DT Swiss EXM 130 Forks -New- £300 (RRP £700)
Mavic Crossrides - New - £180 (RRP ~ £200?)
Shimano SLX HTII Chainset - New - £100 (RRP £170)
Sunline XC1 Stem - New - £30 (RRP £70)
Continental Vertical and Race Kings - New - £25 (RRP ~ £40?)

Minor Upgrades:

Shimano SPD's - New - £30
SS FLoating Rotors Blue - New - £50
SS Lock On Grips Blue - New - £10
Cube C.Stay Protector - New - £8
Blue Bottle Holder Bolts! - New - £5

tom_howard

In a completely unrelated post, please could i have your addresses, where on your property your bikes are stored, your security arrangements, whether you have any vicious pets and what times you will be a) out of the house or b) asleep.

Its err for a err school or uni project im doing for (balls, what do kids these days study?) Latin class....

stubs

Canyon XC 7.0 cost £1634 delivered put new superstar grips on £10.99, replaced BB £24.99, 2 x sets of SS pads £5.50 a pair, XTR pedals £90. Swapped the saddle, bars, wheels, gears and drivetrain but the replacements were all 2nd hand stuff thats come off other bikes I own, out of the spares box or been traded off friends. For example the saddle was swapped with a mate who wanted a white saddle.

milko9000

I want a go of this. Though it's a bit complicated.

The end result is a Yeti SB-66. But getting there took some work.

I bought a Lapierre Spicy for £1950 off eBay. It snapped not awfully long after and Lapierre were not helpful about replacing the frame, so my insurers offered me a choice. I'd insured it at £2500.

That got me:

Yeti SB-66 frame, and the following bits to fit it.
Chris King headset and reducer
XTR cables
Replacement XTR shifter
XT front mech
BB70B bracket
XT brake cables

From that two grand Spicy the following came over:
Fox Float 36 RC2 forks
Mavic Crossmax SX wheels
Deore XT brakes
Saint rear mech
9 speed XT double drivetrain and cranks and whatnot
Easton Havoc stem
Syncros riser bars
E-thirteen bashguard
Blackspire Stinger chainguide

I've added:
Rockshox Reverb post £220
Gobi XM saddle £45 second hand
Superstar Nano flats £43
ODI Ruffian grips £20
ISCG tab adaptor US$30

And sold the Fox Float RP2 and KS i900 dropper post off the old bike for a total of about £180.

So, I think I've spent about £2,100 on it in the current state, which I feel like I've done pretty well with. Plus tyres as another £50 on some on-one schwalbe deal. And I'm sure I'll have forgotten something. Edit: I probably would have to calculate insurance premium spend to get a true reflection in fact! Err, no thanks!

Once I add in tools, locks, bike storage shed, clothes, gloves, shoes, petrol money spent getting out on a ride it probably gets to a very big number. But subtracting for how much I enjoy it makes it all worthwhile!