Why am I still faster than you?
Why am I still faster than you?
E: Let's all talk about what bikes should or shoudn't cost
Both camps are right!
Cheap bikes just don't ride nowhere as nicely nor do they last as expensive bikes do.
BUT! The worst thing about owning an expensive bike is owning an expensive bike.
It's a thief magnet and source of envy of other riders.
You really need to find a sweet spot between a quality bike and being able to leave it locked in the city without having pangs of anxiety of it being stolen.
My gravel bike and all the safety gear totaled $600, it is my primary transport across my mountain town. We are not the same.
10k? 1k? What??? 😂
When I arrived in that country, I bought a 2nd hand bike, for daily commute. I overpaid. A lot.
That bike cost me 300 😅
I bought my bike for $800 in 2008 and it has followed me around the country. I'm hoping to add some power to it this summer, lots of life left in her!
I knew I'd be a summer casual rider so bought a 2nd hand road bike for €300 18yrs back.
Still have it, can't justify getting a new one as it just.. works
As someone that has a $11k bike I can clarify some things.
I have a Wilier Granturismo SLR. About ~90% of the components are carbon fiber. Carbon Fiber, especially high end carbon fiber isn’t cheap. Besides the bike; my wheels, pedals, parts of the cranks, handlebars, saddle, saddle post, and probably some other things are carbon fiber.
I always hear people talk about getting carbon fiber components for cheaper because you have a shit tin of Chinese companies come in and steal these bike companies IP and make shit frames. Look at Chinorellos, shit ton of Chinese companies steal frame designs and re-make them with shit metal and the bike falls apart after a year.
Another thing…why does any give a fuck how much my bike costs? My dad is an audiophile guy and my bike costs as much as 1 (not a pair) of his speakers, and he has a mid-range system. Cycling is something that I love, I ride almost everyday and will spend hours and hours on the bike. I’d gladly pay less than $11k on my next bike but when you get into the higher end market you’re going to pay more, that’s true across almost ALL sports or hobby activities
I have a fixed gear from state that cost a bit over $500 3 years ago.
It's my beer and dinner fetching machine. I ride it everyday (the longway) to my local store for ingredients for dinner
3 years and 3000 miles later
I have had to replace 2 chains, 3 rear hubs (my own mistakes... check your lockring or blow up a hub), saddle, grips, cog, lockring, Pedals (went from flats to cages and am now on SPD), replaced original brakes with Shimano brakes and have gone through A LOT of tires.
I think I am in it at like $1500... Tools I don't want to calculate but building and truing wheels is a very relaxing thing to do
Here's a picture of it loaded up. I think that I was getting ready for a party
Its pretty anti-fixie
You pay 1k euros for a 1k bike. I use my tax money to ride a 10k bike to work.
We're not the same
I'm living in Denmark. When You walk out the door, you have to watch Your step, not to trip on a bike. When it's windy, the bikes roll around the streets like tumbleweed.
Pro-tip: buy a £350 bike every 3 years, if you live in the city.
Cons:
- slightly ratchet
Pros:
- can leave it anywhere and it won't get stolen
- can treat it like shit and it will still keep going
- still beat more than half the spandex babies commuting because they're afraid to accelerate in case it stretches their chain.
- not afraid to scratch it or take turns at extreme angles.
- no stress when it eventually falls apart
I somehow managed to end up buying two used bikes from 1988 and 1990, and after upgrading them with microshift components, I've spent only about $400 total.
I dropped 10k building out my forever touring/commuter bike, but only 1600 of it was the frame. The rest was all higher end components.
Then it got folded around the front end of a car, along with myself. Now it's over 12k since I had to replace the frame and few other bits and bobs. Thankfully I had good insurance, otherwise after the hospital stay and recovery it'd be closer to $500,000 because America.
But fast it aint. Pretty though.
I commute on a 10 year old bike that cost $400 at the time.
Bandwagoning for my little community for cyclists https://feddit.uk/c/casual_cycle_uk
Funny story, a few years ago, I did an 85-mile ride organized by a local club. I rode my commuter, a.k.a. my only bike. It was a city bike (IGH, dynamo hub, etc.) with a list price of about $1,200. To me, it was a pretty expensive ride, but wow, did I catch a lot of attention for doing a long ride on such an inexpensive bicycle. Maybe it was also the regular clothes? The other riders had $3-4,000 bikes, padded shorts, Lycra jerseys, the whole kit.
It wasn't even that taxing of a ride, on a rail-to-trail with basically no grade, done in about 7 hours!
People buy bikes and don’t just repair old abandoned ones?
I ride a 300 € bike as a hobby in summer. It's from 2014. Given the highly advanced bike stealing culture present locally, any more expensive bike would need to be smeared with gull excretions for protection against theft. :P
My commute bike was around 5k about four years ago, hitting 20k km this year. Bike was payed for work, not sure if I would've gotten one for that price otherwise
My bike cost half that and is 15 years old.
I love it though.
Jokes on you, my summer hobby bike (entry level aluminium road bike with drop bars) cost about the same as my commuter (aluminium hybrid with a flat bar).
When your life is N+1, you gotta make smarter financial choices, heh.
