How much have you spent this year?

SHADOWMATE

How much money have you spent this year on this wonderful but very expensive hobby? As i bought my bike this year its already a Mega Super Crazy amount but my wife asked me to add it all up. I feel like i should punch myself hard in the face. I take solace in the fact that i haven't got much else to buy now.......

2013 Specialized Roubaix Sport Compact....... £1500
Look-a-likey "ds2i" keo like pedals.......................£50
Muddy fox RBs100 shoes......................................£20
Muvu pro camera & accessories kit....................£109
LG overshoes..........................................................£30
Buff..........................................................................£13
Moon Meteor light..................................................£54
Crud Roadracer mudgaurds..................................£24
Bonty charger track pump.....................................£20
Magnetic parts bowl................................................£6
Chain brute.............................................................£10
Chain Gauge...........................................................£14
Cycleops mag trainer...........................................£135
Cycleops riser block...............................................£17
Cycleops real rides force dvd.................................£20
BB mars rear light...................................................£16
Jetblack turbotrainer sweatnet..............................£15
Bikefit....................................................................£120
Bontranger race x lite shoes.................................£160
Pro ultimate windproof gloves................................£25
Altura liquicell gloves..............................................£25
fan for turbo.............................................................£20
Park tools bike stand..............................................£60
Park tools toolbox starter kit..................................£40
Muc off cleaning kit.................................................£40
Spesh avatar comp saddle.....................................£50
Chain lean machine.................................................£25
Altura saddlebag......................................................£20
Giant saddlebag.......................................................£15
Camelbak podium chill bottles x2...........................£24
RH+ bibtights............................................................£99
Turbo mats...............................................................£15
Altura night vision jacket.........................................£50
Altura jersey.............................................................£45
Franklin jersey.........................................................£40
Bikemount for phone...............................................£25
Endura bike shorts..................................................£20
speedplay zero chrome moly pedals.....................£98
coffee shop covers for speedplays..........................£9
sufferfest video collection......................................£95
Reskin bike patches................................................£25
Specialised team racing socks x2.........................£16
Sock guy socks......................................................£12
Cycleops real rides ride 101 dvd...........................£22
Tifosi wonder shades (not real name)..................£45
Pump + shraeder presta adaptors........................£15
Kindle edition Bike maintenance for dummies......£5
Kindle edition Road bike training thingy................£5
Endura Bibtights....................................................£75
Knog lights set.......................................................£40
Shwalbe tube n levers mini saddle pack..............£20
Reebok Z9 exercise bike......................................£200
HD Hero 3 (White)................................................£199
Reebok S1 Spinbike.............................................£449
Tacx Flow Multiplayer..........................................£380
Coach consult........................................................£65
Sole moldable footbeds.........................................£35
Lezyne micro rear..................................................£35

Grand total = ....................................................£ 4767

Thats ridiculous is it not?
Afraid to ask but.....Can anyone beat that?

Joeblack

Easily....

I'll just list the bigger stuff else we'd be here all day,

Trek Madone - £1650
Supersix - £2500
Ultegra pedals £150
Shoes (spech) £200
Helmet £80
Enve seatpost £180

Clothes is around £600 this year!!

So that's £5360

You could add another 2-3k for my other sporting activities, it's expensive looking this good

I'm sure mine can be topped as well

Grill

I've spent over 500 on shoes alone. I shudder to think what the final number would be if I added it up...

buckmulligan

That is outrageous Shadow, just for sheer quantity rather than cash spend! Where on earth do you put it all?!

I'm going to bookmark this thread because I get the feeling it's going to make me feel a lot better about the (relatively) frugal amount I've spent!

macleod113

If the Mrs asks then i have spent less than £150....

in reality its more like £800...

It does pay sometimes to have a partner who doesnt ask questions or say 'that looks expensive'! :-)

MattC59

Well, there was the Enigma which was the thick end of £4k (bought the wheels last year) and about £400 on cloths.

moscowflyer

About £4.5-£5k this year, which includes two bikes. A ridiculous amount given the time I actually spend riding. Or don't spend riding, more to the point...

SHADOWMATE

8) Wow i feel SOOOOoooo much better now. I "forgot" to add that this is since end of July, but not gonna let that get me down.
500 on shoes? Hat is off to you sir!
And no room for most of it. Dining room had a big table in it but now its gone.

pipphillips

In approx 18 months specialized Tarmac s works sl3 ( now for sale ) shoes and clothes and bits too many too mention and last week a cannondale super six evo liquigas , oh well what she don't know won't hurt her

fevmeister

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saprkzz

I have spent around £8.5k this year, last year was the biggest year at around £10k

philbar72

about 2 grand. not a penny wasted either, got lots of kit, including tool kit, spare tyres, training wheels and clothing. next year i'm doing about 3.5 grand on a canyon or bmc temmachine slr. can't wait.

mtbboy101

MoscowFlyer wrote:

About £4.5-£5k this year, which includes two bikes. A ridiculous amount given the time I actually spend riding. Or don't spend riding, more to the point...

+1

Work gets in the way, bit ironic as it's the work that allows me to have the cash to spend :?

promise to ride more next year, maybe

kleinstroker

Yes I don't feel so bad now must have spent £2500 I'm hoping, don't really want to work it out

simon_masterson

Not all that much. A freewheel for one of my bikes, shorts, tights, a helmet and a cap for me, and then routine stuff: a couple of chains and tubes, some grease and bike wash, a pair of tyres...

If you count stuff that I didn't pay for, a rear wheel, a headset, a pair of brakes and some levers, some lovely vintage Cinelli bars and stem...

chrisaonabike

Bought for me...

999 - Giant Defy 3 Composite 2012
28 - Shimano M324 pedals
16 - Parktool mini tool kit

Bought by me...

24 - Giro Indicator helmet
18 - Giant branded Mini pump
36 - Lezyne steel floor drive track pump
15 - Topeak saddle bag
12 - Muddyfox long-sleeved top
18 - Muddyfox padded tights
27 - Crud Roadracer Mk 2 mudguards
46 - Lezyne Macro Drive front light
25 - Giant Numen back light
4 - Giant Aero seatpost light clamp
80 - Spesh Tahoe Sport MTB shoes
12 - Cateye LD600 rear light
15 - Cateye HL-EL120 LED Front Light
18 - dhb Neoprene Nylon Overshoe 2012
16 - Ultraflate Plus CO2 Tyre Inflator
12 - pack of 10 16g CO2 cartridges
20 - Cheap jersey of some kind
2 - Cateye belt clip
22 - BBB Retro glasses
10 - approx - puncture repair kit and an inner tube
30 - Winter gloves
15 - Mitts

£477 spent by me :shock: (I would have guessed about half that :oops: )

Plus £1043 from my wonderful OH, without whom none of this would have been possible.

Total - just over 1500.

But I had nothing before. I reckon I'm close to being reasonably set for a while - I'm thinking of a saddle, a bike fit, some bib shorts and a jersey for when the weather gets warmer. But I can do without them all for a while.

Mikey41

To get me started over the last 3 months, I reckon I've spent a bit over a grand

nunowoolmez

I have been bleeding money this year.

Expecting my Canyon Ultimate CF frameset anyday now - £760
Specialized Roubaix Comp - £2,500 (free pair of Carbon look pedals & S Works stem & half price Zertz post thrown in!)
Dura Ace C24 wheelset - £500 (bargain!)

Other stuff i can't remember the cost of

3T Ergonova alu bars
Cinelli bar tape x 2
Elite 750ml water bottles x 2
Elite bottle cages (plastic) x 2
Continental GP 4000s tyres (pair of)
K Edge Garmin mount
Garmin Edge 200
Dura Ace cassette
Prescription Oakley Radar's - £215 (lenses only)
Ultegra brakeset

Clothes: too many to remember but off the top of my head

Castelli bib tights
Castelli Bib shorts x 2
Mavic gilet
Gore gilet
Assos cycling cap
Castelli summer jersey x 2

Castelli winter jersey
Sportful No Rain jersey
Sportful hot pack gilet
Sportful hot pack gore jersey
DHB EQ 2.5 rain jacket
Craft jacket
Sugoi cycling cap
Castelli skull cap
Gore base layer
Craft base layer x 2
Gore thermo arm warmers

Oh dear

neeb

Don't. Want. To even. Think about it.

The biggest spend was definitely the hand-built Reynolds Thirty Two clinchers with Powertap G3 hub.. That was comfortably over 2k to start with, and there was lots more. Biggest extravagance was undoubtedly the Super Record rear dérailleur to complete the groupset. Pure "want" over "need"..

I got a fright the other day when I had to work out the total value of my best bike for insurance purposes. About £20 short of 6 grand... I'd never have spent that much in one go.

smidsy

Well I started from ground zero in January and bought a 2005 CAAD5 for £320 to see if it was the sport for me.

Since then things have really taken hold and without realising it you spend quite large sums of cash on 'stuff'. I did not think I was a label snob but it turns out that if you buy cheap you buy twice in this game, so I now only buy quality items (never try to pay full price for anything though).

So since the original bike purchase in January I have bought 2 sets of wheels, a new frameset, new groupset, several saddles, loads of clothes (started in winter but gradually needed different stuff as the weather changed), numerous consumables (cables, tyres, brake pads, bar tape etc), 2 helmets, 4 pairs of glasses and numerous trips to LBS for bits and bobs (pump, seat packs etc).

So my £320 has ended up nearly 10 times that amount - and I still can't do hills :-)

Mind you when you look at it all the above is still only the same as what my Basso should have cost if I had paid full price 8)

mallorcajeff

i took up cycling from scratch in aug two years ago and Im about 13 grand in so far ut have seriously warned myself no more. That is a stupid ammount of money when you earn Spanish wages

willow71uk

I only got into it this year. So far iv'e spent around £2000 that includes 2 bikes.

wod1

I think less than £500 including a road bike, so lets add it up

TDF road bike £320
Sky team top £60
Tubes etc £30
Lights £45
Saddle bag £15
Aldi bike clothing £35
Trousers and shorts £70
Bag cover £15
Sports top £10

£600

opps and that was on a budget using old stuff mostly. Wish I spent more on my front light.

Has been good for at least 1500 miles so around 30 pence per mile fully amortising all the cost in one year

Bustacapp

Carrera Virtuoso - £330
Pump, drink cage & top tube bag - £40
2 inner tubes - £5
Saddle bag - £13
Bike tool - £3.50
Helmet - £30
High vis windproof jacket - £15
Pedals - £30

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total cost = £466.50

Bustacapp

mallorcajeff wrote:

i took up cycling from scratch in aug two years ago and Im about 13 grand in so far ut have seriously warned myself no more. That is a stupid ammount of money when you earn Spanish wages

How do you earn that much serving drinks?

southdownswolf

I notice that nobody has added in competition entry fees, travel to competitions, energy bars/drinks, etc it's surprising how they can add up! :shock:

keef66

2012 has been a pretty frugal year; I reckon about £150

SKS chromoplastic guards
replacement 4 seasons tyre
Gore Phantom (bargain; I blame Wiggle!)*
Tortec Ultralite rack


* actually, I blame MattC59. He's the one who spotted it first. Splendid tip.

drlodge

I might just add things up at the end of December, but I would guessa round £7k so far this year
- Rourke 953 just bought, about £5k
- Upgrades to my Condor 531 Pro (everything except the frame, saddle and post!)
- Lots of clothes
- Garmin 800 bundle
- plenty of other stuff...lights, gadgets, couple of cycle books, 6 bottle cages, 8 bottles etc etc you get the idea.

No wait, make that £8k.

de_sisti

Don't forget your cycling holidays too.

nunowoolmez

Yep, just paid for 2 hols. February 2 weeks in Majorca & July 10 days in French Alps. Thats gonna be £1500 without spending money!

de_sisti

Flippin' 'eck! You guys must earn a lot of money or have inherited a fortune.