How much have you spent this year?

Grill

southdownswolf wrote:

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:

Off the top of my head this would be around 800 quid since July. Wow.

APIII

De Sisti wrote:

Don't forget your cycling holidays too.

I bought an apartment in the mountains this year, does that count?

Lycra-Byka

I've spent about £1500 this year. Which is enough for me.

Not surprised people have spent so much it would be so easy to do. I'm sure people just enjoy the spending more that the actual cycling.
Anyone on here cycle regularly and HASN'T spent a penny on cycling related stuff (not going to include tubes, lubes and food/drink possibly not even counting chains)

Gotta be a few?

samsbike

Like others I started this year, so including the cost of the bike (genesis equilibrium) its about £2000, however, it should mean that I am now OK for gear for at least a year or two, so next year should be a lot more frugal. Well I hope, i really do want a carbon ride just to see what its like.

Frank the tank

Enough.

de_sisti

Lycra-Byka wrote:

I've spent about £1500 this year. Which is enough for me.

Anyone on here cycle regularly and HASN'T spent a penny on cycling related stuff (not going to include tubes, lubes and food/drink possibly not even counting chains)

Gotta be a few?

Apart from the type of consumables mentioned above, only a zefal hpx pump.

ManOfKent

I've spent just over £1200 this year, the biggest single purchase being a Garmin 500. I'll probably need some more clothing before long.

That total includes consumables, excludes cafe-stop cake and about £750 on a cycling holiday, and what's likely to end up at £150-200 for physio on a cycling-related injury.

SHADOWMATE

If i do 5 grand by new years that's a thousand per month!

jgsi

Expenditure in the form of race licences/entry fees/petrol - considerable
Income in the form of wins and placings - nil
My income is limited so this has to change in 2013.

exlaser

this thread is making me feel so much better about spending £1600 on a new bike!!!!

my guilt level is going down all the time!

NickintheLakes

What's this - a dog *issing contest?

jgsi

NickintheLakes wrote:

What's this - a dog *issing contest?

why not .. beats spending money on a CoOP funeral plan.

focus123

You actually told the wife how much you've spent!

BobScarle

I am off to show this thread to my wife. "Look dear. You see how little I have spent in comparison to others". That should earn a few brownie points.

Expenditure this year is not too much. I bought a pair of bibs and a pair of mits for about £90. Two tyres and tubes for around £60 and a saddle for £46. Total for the year, £206.

raymondo60

Completely upgraded bike collection this year, so

Cervelo S1 (Build cost)£1800
Stevens Vapor CX £1499
Pinarello Catena (SS) £649
Trek Soho (Commuter)£500
Vitus V1 29er (Fun) £299

All there above are used regularly and often - I've ridden over 6,000 miles this year so far.

On other kit? About £1.5k I reckon - clothes, spares, foodstuffs, tools, bike hire while on holiday, sportive fees, stuff like that.

I've sold two bikes as well, returning about £600 into the budget, but have donated two bikes to friends too.

However.....I've commuted 34 miles per day by bike over 100 times this year - so subtract the cost of train travel, or car and fuel costs including Congestion Charge etc. I've also spent zero on maintaining and servicing my car (haven't done enough miles), nor have I been ill at all this year, so no Doctor's fees, medicine bills etc. Most importantly though, for me at least, is I haven't drunk alcohol all year, and that my friends, in my case anyway, has saved me literally thousands of pounds, AND allowed me to complete all those miles in good health!

When you think about it, cycling's a bargain!!

vorsprung

I wore out the drive train on my best bike so that had to be replaced

I got some new tyres

Got a new hub for the pub bike and rebuilt the rear wheel

The commuter bike wasn't going as far as previous years but it got a new saddle

Got through about 4 chains on the different bikes and lots of wd40. disposable gloves etc etc

Did a couple of events that required travel, over night stays etc

Got a second hand gps

Overl all a cheap year!

sigorman85

I'm not saying just incase the other half sees it some how I would be in a world of hurt !

NickintheLakes

JGSI wrote:

NickintheLakes wrote:

What's this - a dog *issing contest?

why not .. beats spending money on a CoOP funeral plan.

Agreed re better way to spend money - however some of the posts are just pathetic brag-athons.

fevmeister

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exlaser

exlaser wrote:

this thread is making me feel so much better about spending £1600 on a new bike!!!!

my guilt level is going down all the time!

and the best bit is. my wife is buying me the bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bobbydazzla

Started cycling in August and have spent about £1800. Most of that has been on the basics I needed to get started and I shopped around to get good brands at bargain prices in sales.

Purchases include bike, turbo, bike rack, clothes, cateye, shoes, pedals, helmet...

Am already looking at upgrading to a 2 grand bike, a garmin 500 and a few new jerseys so 2013 spend will easily top 2012.

dynamicbrick

I've got away lightly this year - probably £300 on building up the station hackbike using bits from eBay, and a pair of gatorskins for the Trek. There was pair of bib tights in the Evans sale back in January too I think.

Consequently 2013 is going to be a big 'un - the Trek is in dire need of some love; new bar tape, wheels, etc. I'll be getting something on the cycle2work scheme (trying to bag a Moser 333 I've seen for under a grand), and I've got an itch to get an Enigma made. Then there's the gear - another computer for whatever I get on the vouchers, a new hat, those Salice 006s I keep promising myself, new gloves, couple of jerseys, socks, bottles, cages, etc etc.

ademort

Frank the tank wrote:

Enough.

+1
Ademort

plumber1447

i have spent roughly £3000 cant believe so many spend so much on cycling.so much for the recesion.have not time to list every thing but main purchases where sidi genius 5 shoes.3 casstelli jerseys.1 castelli jacket.2castelli bibs.a set of shimano dura ace c35 wheels.workstand.people i talk too think i am mad my bike cost more than there cars or a family holiday.

muzzan

Been keeping a fairly good record of this as I had a (very) naive theory commuting would save me money.

The figures so far are:

Spent circa 1750
Saved : 400ish

This is in 6mths, so, if I dont spend any more I will be in profit year after next.... a likely story, already eyeing up a weekend bike for next year!

Captainlip

spent £4000, no..... seriously that means my d!cks the biggest.

fevmeister

Captainlip wrote:

spent £4000, no..... seriously that means my d!cks the biggest.

You're wrong

chris_bass

Captainlip wrote:

spent £4000, no..... seriously that means my d!cks the biggest.

do you have fun on these forums? you seem disproportionately negative about pretty much everything!!

lighten up, it's Christmas!!