How much did you spend on your Bike? Was it worth it?

[Gooby]

Cherrr ching!

[P-Jay]

My 'XC' bike (2006 Spesh Endruo Expert) cost £2200 back in 2006 and it's worth every penny. I LOVE it. OK, not the greatest climbing machine in the world but the stuff it lets me get away with on the way back down.

My DH bike cost me about £4k a few months back, to my mind it's prefect. I love it like a pet. TBH though I think I spent too much, but it was a bonus day blow-out and I intend to keep it a good few years.

[nessiemac]

My Santa Cruz Chameleon cost about £1800 or so 9 years ago and still going strong so worth every penny. And it's bouncy brother,an SC Bullit joined it last week and so far very very happy with it!!

Dave

[catso]

About £300, but I spent about as much again on 'upgrades' which may not be the most sensible thing to do, I did however build another bike with the leftovers and a few new parts. So I got two bikes for the price of, well err.... two (or more) bikes

[prand]

Getting my £1000 bike via Cycle to Work so all in I'll be paying about £650. As it's a Boardman bike which is already great value, I reckon I've done really well.

[shouldbworking]

a shade over 300 on a gt avalanche, figured id upgrade it as parts wore out...

Still waiting for them to wear out ~2000 miles later

[gbbird]

My most expensive bike is the Cove Stiffee, costing somewhere in the region of £1700. All in i do think it is worth it though.

[mk1fan]

nice to see I'm in the 'exclusive' club ;-)

[Moose.]

shouldbworking said:

a shade over 300 on a gt avalanche, figured id upgrade it as parts wore out...

Still waiting for them to wear out ~2000 miles later

Crikey! Either you ride like a girl or I abuse my bike too much The only original parts from my Avalanche 2.0 (bought in 2006) are the frame, seat post, stem and handle bars. I've replaced EVERYTHING else, and some items twice

[okgo]

Bought my Rockhopper earlier this year, ridden it twice

Need to move away from london, get some trail action going

[option click]

I've had several 'cheap' bikes in the past, recently shelled out on a couple of dream machines.
And I can categorically say 'yes' they are worth it - such a difference in terms of lighness, comfort, speed and responsiveness!

[vanman]

My Yeti asr build cost me £3750 and has been worth every penny so far,I spec'd it exactly as I wanted it so there is nothing I want to upgrade on it so i'll be keeping it or many years to come.My cannondale road bike was £1250 which at the moment was the best £1250 I've ever spent.Although I can see me upgrading that in a year or two for a Litespeed

Edited by vanman on Monday 7th July 17:31

[Wooderson]

Bought Time Edge First frame and built it up for a total of about £2500 (Ksyrium ES, carbon Campy, carbon everything else!). It's a beautiful bike and I love riding it. Definitely worth the money. When riding off the peg £1000 or for that matter £2000 road bikes, my Time really shows it's class. Built without compromises with no nead to upgrade as it's exactly as I wanted it.

[PantsoftheShandy]

£425 Giant Terrago

Been ragged down trails, through streams and over jumps since the day I got it and its holding up fine

[trackcar]

My 750 quid ribble road bike was very poor vlue for money, and ribble were rubbish at sorting problems/complaints out. I'll never touch another. My 350 quid specialised mountain bike gives me miles more smiles to the pound even though it's a relative cheapie in this thread.

[Beyond Rational]

No idea, rolling budget It's a gradual process, never specced a whole bike from scrach, when things get upgraded they get passed down the bike chain or end up on ebay, so the top bike cost a lot more than it is worth, but at least 2 bikes have been mostly built out of the redundant parts over the years.

[GHW]

I've a £900 Orange for hitting the mountain, and a £250ish singlespeed On-One built from bits out of the spare parts bin for the commute.

[mymerlin]

££££ spent don't like to think,currently riding Merlin XLM,Cove Hummer,Robin Mather Single Speed mtbs,Seven Axiom,Specialised Langster fixie,Kona crossbike.

[pastrana72]

I would not like to add up what I have spent, it is too scary to consider.

Was it worth it.

Absolutly,



(Cove addict)

[deckster]

My P7 cost me £550 three years ago - £200 off list.

I'm getting very tempted to splash out on a new XT drivetrain and some replacement shocks which will probably be around another £500 but I reckon it's worth it (the wife may need some convincing though )