Do people enjoy their expensive bikes more than their cheap ones?

[derrick]

I can never keep up with you, though!! Last time I saw you, the pair of you zoomed straight by me down the A1000!!

(BTW it's an R5 from the good people at Shorter Rochfords who did me a nice deal)

Nice one, Darren ain't a bad lad. My next one will be a S5.

 

[GuyBoden]

If you enjoy cheap bikes more than expensive bikes.

I've got a cheap bike, that I'll swap for your expensive bike................

 

[Part time cyclist]

I own a specialized sirrus that has been modified with dropped bars etc that cost about £300 originally and has had a few mods, i also own a giant TCR Adavance 2 carbon bike with a few mods... having ridden them both for many miles and swap them around o a regular basis the TCR is a fat better ride.... so on this ocasion the more expensive bike wins the day....

 

[Moodyman]

An expensive Ferrari is more fun than a Mondeo, until you need to pop into Tesco.

Fixed that for you.

My two favourite bikes are geared towards commuting / touring use. Strong steel frames and wheels, wide tyres, mudguards, rack and panniers, beard and sandals. Well, only joking about the last two features.

 

[biggs682]

I would be hard pushed to say which is my nicest bike as i enjoy them all

My Red Ian May did the most miles in 2016 and i still enjoy riding and looking at it
Pollard single speed did less than 100 miles but a great bike
Lee Cooper single speed did a few more miles but gear ratio was wrong now changed
The Simonici did a few miles and rode very well with great looks
CDF has done quite a few miles a great all rounder for sure and soaks up the miles with ease
The new to me BMC has done 20 miles so how can i comment
The 50's Roadster has done loads of miles and is a treat to ride and i look forward to doing loads more on
Marin mtb has had a few outings but no great mileage still fun to ride

20+ others have come and gone through out 2016 all have been nice

none have cost more than what a lot of people call peanuts and a lot less than what some pay for just a set of wheels

 

[KneesUp]

All my bikes were cheap but they all do different things (MTB, road and all-purpose tourer thing) so it's impossible to say. I don't really understand why you'd want two bikes with the same purpose.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Question for those who have had cheap/ budget bikes and expensive ones, do you enjoy the expensive ones more? I know one persons expensive is another persons cheap but just generally.
I've had bikes for around £200 and ones for over a grand and I would say that I've enjoyed the more expensive ones more because they fit better and generally I've had no trouble with them other than general maintenance issues.

Nope. I bought a fairly expensive Bianchi a couple of years ago, I sold it after a couple of months because although it was a lovely bike, I didn't enjoy riding it, because I didn't like to leave it un attended, which defeats the object of most of my rides. My cheaper bikes are nice to ride, and although they are insured, I don't get as jittery about coming back to find someone has lifted them ( or parts off of them ). The Bianchi was a toe rag magnet.

 

[swee'pea99]

I like my Look carbon a lot, but I love my Olmo fixie. Horses for courses of course, but for the kind of cycling I do most of the time, I much prefer the (relatively) cheap, old steel fixie to the carbon.

 

[tyred]

My enjoyment of cycling comes from simply doing it, the sense of freedom it brings and being out in the open air and exploring. The value of the bike has very little bearing on this. So long as the bike is in decent mechanical order I am happy enough.

 

[ufkacbln]

Also depends onto bike (or in this case trike)

As you become more specialist it becomes more expensive.

My Kettwiesel is the most expensive, but its ride is worth every single penny

 

[ufkacbln]

I had an Airnimal folding bike which I took to Scotland touring

Unfortunately on the first day there was a frame failure

Worked out the cost of lost deposits, full price train fare to return home and justified a £150 budget and bought a Ridgeback to complete the tour

It was a good bike, performed well enough, but lacked the refinement and fun of the Airnimal

 

[ufkacbln]

I got a speeding ticket 27 years ago in a Citroen BX, never got one in any of the quick cars I owned and the one you mentioned among them.

It is the mood I am in rather than the bike I am on, but I do enjoy my choices.

I have two on the Trice

At Culdrose we had a discussion in the bar about how fast recumbents were, so went out on to the airfield roads with the MOD Police and used their speed camera to record the speed

I was then issued with two "speeding tickets" as a permanent record

 

[AndyRM]

My most expensive bike is yet to be built up and ridden, but I know that it's going to be glorious when I finally have the time. Which won't be for a while as it's kids birthday party season for us and other parents with a baby around the same age as ours have discovered that I'm quite good at making cheap materials look well made and designed.

 

[Bimble]

In a word - yes.

 

[Johnno260]

I enjoy my Merida more than my Boardman, but I am not saying my Boardman was a bad bike, I fitted it with better wheels and the BB5 brakes were horrible maintenance wise, but it was a good entry bike and got me into cycling more, above all else I got it very cheap £230 in a sale.

My Merida's RRP is £999 so I would expect it to be better, I have a dedicated group set, where as the Boardman had some generic levers that were for a 3 spd but the bike was a 2 spd, it's lighter, it's dedicated for road use.

I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for.