How much YOU have spent This year on Bike related stuff?

[bagusbagus]

My daily driver is an old cheapo mtb and I was under the impression that riding a bike is totally free , Now that I look at my bike and see what I have done with it, it all adds up..
How much have you spent on your bike related stuff this year?

For me.
£23 New set of tyres
£17 Bike rack and 2 pannier bags
£16 Cold weather clothing garments
£23 a Nice front light+18650 batteries+charger + a nice rear light.
£3 new brake pads
£10 for small bits ( some reflective stickers/Bell/ oil /flashlight mount/bike pump)

Total £92 for just some mundane stuff I thought costs nothing.
I think I have used my bike maybe 100x this year,per usage cost..Not so free after all

[ED209]

Far too much!

Not far off £5k on two new bikes for me and the wife (giant defy advanced pro 1 for me and liv envie advanced 1 plus for the wife), a couple of garmin cycle computers, entry to a good few sportives, numerous services, parts and smaller items together with about a million energy gels. It must add up to over £6k. This adds to the tacx neo i bought last november.

Mental really but this year was all about us completing an iron distance tri which we both did in a faster time than we expected. Next year will be minimal spend on bikes. There simply isn't enough room in the garage for any more!

[bigdom]

No new bikes, although if I had to total it all up, probably north of 2k this year, on parts, clothing and consumables.

Money well spent imho, no gym membership, less car use and plenty more ‘me’ time. Priceless.

[Collaudatore]

Trying to go from memory here.

Say, a hundred on new t shirts and socks
Full on gold service - spring ~£150
Brakes, pedal & BB at service around £100
Other components (drive train) purchased previously for said spring service ~£100
Pirelli P Zero 4s = 80
Hope BB after crap one failed after a couple thousand miles £60 after discount (I think)
New rear light £20
New bracket for front light £5
Tubes unknown - say £20

Not sure if I've missed anything, obv lubes etc no idea how much

£635 ish - 5000 miles of commuting in all weathers plus a wee bit of jollies

Petrol, roughly £5 per day 260 work days (before holiday) = £1300

Half price, plus I get "me time" as mentioned above & fitter*

However, increased food for me. Wouldn't like to guess

• May be subject to man-maths

• Disclaimer if the wife is reading, this is not me. Cycling really is FREE

[Janosh]

Collaudatore said:

Excellent summary

I would guess that this post is representative of many commuters (I’ve probably spent a similar amount) which means that cycling is much cheaper than driving or train but it’s far from free!

The cost saving is a nice benefit but I do it mainly to have a two hours a day to myself and to keep my club mates on their toes

[AC43]

My commute bike is an indestructable Trek hardtail and I have literally spent nothing on it this year. In fact over three years, apart from kitting it out with more suitable tyres, saddle and grips I've only had to replace one disc and one set of pads.

I bought a new Gore shell for £120-ish at the start of thee year and more recently a new front light for £45 and a couple of base layers for £20.

So 11p per commute in 2017 as opposed to £6.60 on the tube. So I'm saving £500 a year and getting fit at the same time.

[ambuletz]

£20 on new tyres.front and rear
£30 on a new bottom bracket thing?
£5 for a new rear gear cable.
£1 on some watch batteries for my lights.
£4 for a muc off spray.

[Dannbodge]

£1500 - Specialized Tarmac
£500 - Mavic Kysrium Elite Wheelset
£50 - 105 brakes for Tarmac
- £300 for selling old bike
£585 - Tacx Flux Smart Turbo
£200 - PC to run Zwift
£100 - Ultegra Crankset for Tarmac
£260 - Rest of Ultegra Groupset for Tarmac
- £200 - Sold 105 Groupset
£270 - Bike fit and Saddle
£550 - Bike for winter - Specialized Allez
£1000 - Wiggle Orders
£200 - Other misc I've bought.
£8 per Month for Zwift (6 months worth)

Basically. A fking lot (~£5k)
But I've done 2.5k miles, all as leisure and none as commuting

Let's hope the wife doesn't find this thread

Next year I'll be getting some carbon bits for the tarmac (wheels probably and maybe some new shoes)

Edited by Dannbodge on Sunday 10th December 11:18

Edited by Dannbodge on Sunday 10th December 11:19

[SAS Tom]

I’d not thought about it but this year I have spent about 5 grand this year so not a cheap year! Next year should be much better as I’ve had 4 new bikes this year.

[troc]

My commuter has cost me £0 this year.
My mountain bike has cost me £50 for new tyres
My Dutch runabout has cost £0 but does need some tlc as the rear brake doesn’t work, the rear tyre is bald and there is a distinct lack of lubrication.

[wobert]

£2300 - Canyon Endurace
£300 - Various bits of cycling clothing
£150 - Various sportive (Velo Birmingham, Mad March Hare, Velo Vrynwy) and Audax entries
£300 - Cafe Stops
£150 - Bike parts, new stem, seatpost, mudguards and other consumables

So about £3,3k all in. 2500 miles completed (well almost....)

[Herman Toothrot]

Probably £6K bought a Radon Swoop 170 & Ribble Sportive Racing complete bikes, NS Eccentric frame built up and converted a couple of other mountain bikes to M8000 XT. I did sell quite a lot of the parts and bikes the new stuff replaced, so probably got £1500 back, need to do another big eBay session to get rid of the remaining bits, probably should bring another £1500 back as a Titanium frame, some Fox forks and a Planet X Pro Carbon Ultegra are still to go, so when it all balances out about £3K.

[Daveyraveygravey]

Really tried to minimise the spend this year; last year I signed up to do the Legs of Steel and the weather was wet and horrible, so I binned it off. Felt I needed to stop the Wiggle parcels arriving and not splurge on new kit.
So both bikes have had a service and a couple of tyres, got some bargain Castelli winter gloves in the spring less than half price, and done no pay-to-enter rides. I did go and see the Giro on the Blockhaus in May, which was fantastic. The day before, my mate and I had one of the best days on the bike we ever had, no real plan and just meandered down the mountain to the coast, with a couple of food and drink stops. A proper Italian coffee and a couple of dolce, for two, €5!!!

[Steve91]

Carrera Zelos - £210
B'Twin Triban 500 SE - £269
Shimano SPD pedals and M065 shoes -£80
Jerseys - £40
Shorts - £50
Lights - £30
Saddle bag - £5
Top tube bag - £10
Pump and mount - £5
Sportive - £25

Total - £724

Think that's about it. I was lucky enough that my birthday fell around the Aldi kit sale, so a large amount of it was bought as presents!

Worth noting that I sold my car to start commuting by bike, I needed a lifestyle change for health reasons and over 2 stone gone proves it was the right thing. It all started in June, so 6 months, and the car was easily costing £250 a month to run (insurance was £120 a month alone!) so I've save around half my money, and providing I don't go crazy next year, could see savings of over £2000!

[theboyfold]

I don't really know how much I've spent, but I do know that I've saved £87 in fuel costs this year when I've commuted to work! That has paid for about 95% of the tyres I bought for my brand new Cannondale Slate, which was one of 2 bikes I bought this year.

So I've pretty much broken even...

[oddball1313]

Bianchi Infinito CV -£7000
Canyon Endurace - £3000
Wiggle and other online outlets for bits, clothing etc around £3/400 at a guess
Tacx flux turbo £629

Quite a lot although the next few years should amount to f**k all hopefully

Edited by oddball1313 on Sunday 10th December 22:27

[Nine-Eighty-Six]

New bike (B'Twin 500 from Decathlon), pedals, cleated shoes, some really bright LED lights for my bike and the wife's bike... oh, and I bought a Pendleton bike for the wife. Probably spent a grand or so all-in, but I don't don't keep count.

[yellowjack]

If you ask my wife, it's "too much".

If you ask me, it's "not enough".

As it is I can only really spend money on cycling when stuff NEEDS to be replaced. I don't have the luxury of being able to buy 'upgrades' or 'bling'...

[neil-1323bolts]

Far to much , but what the hell you only live once and I enjoy cycling
New bike trek emonda SLR8 , bloody brilliant
Quite a bit from wiggle,clothing and upgrades , bags, drinks bottles , shoes
Element bolt computer
Tyres and inner tubes
Lots of tools
Yes probably runs well over the 5k mark , maybe golf was cheaper after all

[IroningMan]

Planet-X XLS frameset: £400
Shimano 105 disc Groupset: £450
Wheels: £250
Finishing kit etc: £200
Shimano Ultegra Groupset £450
Clothing: £350
Tools, consumables: £50

About £0.50/mile.

Plus the coffee and cake...