how expensive is your commute bike?

[got-to-get-fit]

i use two .....£150 second hand dawes
and a £1500 Bianchi

I try not to use the bianchi .....but sometimes the temptation is too much

 

[Bodhbh]

£140 quid - a Rockhopper off eBay with a leaking back disc brake, probably another 50 quid for rigid forks - new tyres, a spare brake and the other odd bit were kicking about. Probably still nickable, but everything looking well worn, not scared of leaving it locked in town. Think I would use a real trash bike if needed to leave it locked up for hours/overnight tho.

 

[Plax]

I have two bikes - GT Nomad Sport which cost me £160 (RRP £300). Plus a Dawes Ultra Galaxy at £999 (RRP at the time £1200).
I use either depending on the weather. So if it is raining the GT comes out. I don't tend to lock either up at work as it's a secure site. If in doubt over the locale I'll take the GT out, much rather that got stolen or damaged!

 

[HelenD123]

Giant Hybrid costing about £200 new 9 years ago. Still in nearly new condition having hardly been used until the last year

 

[Melvil]

I've got me a yellow bike, stripped down. It's got a columbus steel frame, old 105 rear mech, Mavic open pro wheels, titanium saddle and TT brakes and bars. It goes like the clappers but it's a pretty hard and unyielding frame which means you feel every pimple on the road.

 

[fossyant]

I've ticked bloody hell....... My MTB is old but is mainly XT and LX - just falls into that category if I was to try and replace it. Real value then £300-£400

My other two bikes are way into 'bloody hell' range, the 'cheaper' Ribble is used as a backup commuter/sunny weather/long ride home bike.

My new (yet to be aquired) commuter will be about £1k (courtessy of CTW)

 

[goo_mason]

£545, plus it's since had:

£20 - new saddle
£150 - new wheels
£60 - two new sets of tyres
£20 - new cassette
£40 - 2 new chains (being used in rotation)
£150 - Ay-Up lights
£30 - Cateye cycle computer
£20 - RoadMorph pump
£6 - two new saddle clamps

Total of £1041 !!! (faints)

 

[John the Monkey]

£545, plus it's since had:

£20 - new saddle
£150 - new wheels
£60 - two new sets of tyres
£20 - new cassette
£40 - 2 new chains (being used in rotation)
£150 - Ay-Up lights
£30 - Cateye cycle computer
£20 - RoadMorph pump
£6 - two new saddle clamps

Total of £1041 !!! (faints)

Arg - I'm not even counting my bottle cages in my total, I'm definitely not adding it all up like that!

 

[col]

I will soon have two, my carrera vulcan cost about 200 years ago, and my new one was 450 special offer, which will become my one and only, my first is going to my son.

 

[D-Rider]

Note sure since I've had it for almost twenty years but times were hard back then so it won't have been too pricey! Nowadays, I reckon the two new tyres are probably worth more than the rest of it.....

 

[Landslide]

Out of those I use regularly, the folder's the only one I bought specifically for commuting - £60 from Morrisons!
It's actually holding up remarkably well (since replacing the original headset). Had its first unexpected deflation event this morning though.

 

[spandex]

My Paddy wagon is £450 new and I have up graded it to £650 ish

But I am soon getting 2 overs not really commuting bikes but they will nice for the job

+ I am just about to start building my racing bike frame.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Spesh Allez Elite 08 (£800 when new) with additions:

Tyres (£40)
Lights (£35)
Pedals (£30)
Saddlebag + toolkit (£25)

so just shy of £1K.

Also have an oldish Carerra Subway 1 which was about £275 when I got it with all the accessories like locks/lights/guards etc. (IIRC)

 

[Landslide]

+ I am just about to start building my racing bike frame.

As in bits of metal and brazing torches?

 

[Chromatic]

I only have one bike!

Me too. It's in the Bloody Hell category.