How Much Money have you spent on BIkes in 2008?

According to CyclingWeekly the average commuter saves around £32.50 a week (if memory serves, which it never bloody does).

32.50 x 52 = £1690

This puts me just in the black, so I'm not feeding my habit. My habit is feeding me :)

Nothing. I fornicated with staff from the bike shops, and got the bikes as "presents".

You people all paid?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.........

you pimped yourself out and got a Bowery in return?!!! 'nuff said ;)

on bits for me £200
of which is still on the road £0
on bits for my friends £50, i'm such a nice friend, all i asked for in return was a meal (still not received though)

GT frame, iro frame, CK headset, DA cranks, DA hubs, phil hubs, phil sprocket, eai sproket, thomson stem, nitto stem X2, nitto seat post, alien seatpost, panniers, nitto 123 drop bars, fuck this is depressing... fuck this stupid thread.

I don't think I want to work this out- I started thinking about it just in terms of clothing:

Helmet £110

Wow - which lid costs that much?

I want Fiddy to put an actual figure on his spending :)

My mate likes track days and will spend £500 just on tyres for a weekend of driving cars round in circles at speed. Add on to that cost of the car, travel, accommodation and even petrol and you'll see that cycling is a relatively cheap hobby (at least that's what I tell myself each time I walk up to the till).

atmos?

Specialized S-Works, Giro Atmos, Giro Ionos.. wiggle.co.uk be your friend.

I've spent lots. I don't like to keep track, but I esentially sold a bike I bought through cycle to work scheme which funded my fixed bike.

Wow - which lid costs that much?

S-Works 2D.

you pimped yourself out and got a Bowery in return?!!! 'nuff said ;)
Ah, but my Bowery is not just any Bowery, its a Magic Bowery.

Ah, but my Bowery is not just any Bowery, its a Magic Bowery.

Tis true.
It has magical bowers.

about 700 quid. bought quite a lot of tools this year.

Fine. I'll buy the £200 one :P

I work long hours. I earn cash money.

There's guys in the city getting bonuses (as in just the bonus, not their actual fucking wage)

also bear in mind that the big bonus brigade have relatively small salaries ( certainly smaller than their bonus) as they are 'bonus-driven', as they say.

My mate likes track days and will spend £500 just on tyres for a weekend of driving cars round in circles at speed. Add on to that cost of the car, travel, accommodation and even petrol and you'll see that cycling is a relatively cheap hobby (at least that's what I tell myself each time I walk up to the till).

that must be the fourth or fifth time i've heard you say that!

that sounds like a seriously expensive hobby, though.

bikes are a lot cheaper!

If I think about what I have spent on other thing, then my bike spend seems to pale into insignificance.

Probably about £1500 (I could be deluding myself here) by the time I have bought and sold a few bits. Although I have only paid the deposit on the new frame, so that comes out of 2009 spend.

Edit - Sadly it appears I was deluding myself, a few sums and I am probably about £2500-£3000

Although my FECK index is good at 0.03

Oh and I'm going to Japan in the new year so I'm going to start 2009 off with a new frame.

Ooooh...what you buying??

Got my bike through the CycleScheme so compared to a yearly travel card I'm doing alright. But then there's the clothing, locks, lights, tyres...so I'm probably about breaking even. I'm piss poor at saving/gradually paying off the overdraft so it looks like it's CycleScheme for 2009 unless I somehow get my $hit together. Unlikely though.

I've only spent about £300 but if I didn't own a classic car I could have easily spent the £3000 I spent on my car on bike stuff.

ignorance is bliss - stop this thread I wanna get off

If I think about what I have spent on other thing, then my bike spend seems to pale into insignificance.

Probably about £1500 (I could be deluding myself here) by the time I have bought and sold a few bits. Although I have only paid the deposit on the new frame, so that comes out of 2009 spend.

Edit - Sadly it appears I was deluding myself, a few sums and I am probably about £2500-£3000

Although my FECK index is good at 0.03

Interesting........ so at the extremes.......
if you earn £5/hr you rode for 20,000 hrs this year...
or
if you rode an hr/day you get paid £273/hr

.......can I borrow £20??
:-)

I've only spent about £300 but if I didn't own a classic car I could have easily spent the £3000 I spent on my car on bike stuff.

Same as that. I've done about £1500ish on bikes this year and probably spent another £2K on stuff for my Capri.

Interesting........ so at the extremes.......
if you earn £5/hr you rode for 20,000 hrs this year...
or
if you rode an hr/day you get paid £273/hr

.......can I borrow £20??
:-)

Whoops, probably more like 0.1

far far far too much, new hubs, cranks headset and frame has come to £1175 - and thats just for the new build, in total its bloody loads!

On reflection I'm starting to regret choosing bikes over crack- I think as a habit it would have proved to be cheaper.

true that!