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

[Maenchi]

This is exactly how I felt too.....but unfortunately ebay has a purchase history page, so out of curiosity/self flagellation I went through my 2017 purchases last night,....dear god, talk about laying your obsession out before your eyes....In my defence I have cycled nearly 10,000 miles this year so I think I've earned it

First off I'll start with actual bike shops and online retailers, where I've spent £220 on tyres, chains, inner tubes, brake and gear cables and brake pads. Not too bad, but then we get onto ebay.... (shuffles awkwardly and makes promise to bury bank statements outside when no ones looking)

From my ebay purchase history it seems I'm a complete Campagnolo fan boy, with a magpie type weakness for shiny silver, and bought (gulp):

Components
5 pairs of wheels (1 tubular, 4 clinchers)
2 single wheels for spares
2 hubs for spares
2 sets of brakes calipers
1 seatpost
2 x 10 speed rear derailleurs
1 double chainset
1 front derailleur
1 pair of STI shifters
1 stem
3 x cassettes
2 pairs of pedals
2 x saddles
3 pairs of wheel quick releases

Accessories/spares
1 front light
1 seatpost holding bracket spares
2 x pairs of SPD-SL cleats
1 set of square taper crank bolts
1 pair of ergopower rubber hood spares
1 x sidi replacement heel pad
1 cassette lockring
3 tubs of tubular glue
1 wrap of handlebar tape
1 fancy handlebar end plugs
1 musette
1 metal polish (for bike chrome shiny shiny)
2 bottle cages
1 campag pin badge
1 campag enamel sign
1 campag brake and cable kit
1 set of park tool cable cutters

Clothing
4 cycling caps
5 pairs of cycling socks
3 pairs of vintage crochet cycle gloves
9 vintage/retro cycling jerseys

Total ebay spend for 2017 = £2372.

Sounds a lot, but probably only what smoker spends on their habit in a year, and I got some real bargains there. But having seen that laid bare I'll try and wind in the retail therapy a bit next year....but that's next year, there's still a few weeks left of this one....I plan to buy a 2nd hand classic steel frame before years end and build up a new bike with some of the above bits.

i could look up my purchase history..........but i'm not going to.........I guess it would be between a quarter to a third of what you have spent........

 

[Jody]

Somewhere round about £700-800 ish this year.

 

[si_c]

Way way more than I thought I had.

Around £230 with Wiggle, probably £300 with Halfords, another £200 with Evans. Then there is the bike (£750, but on C2W so less than £500). My wheelbuild and dynamo lighting setup (currently around £400 all in). There have also been adhoc spendings in my LBS, which I don't have any record of, as well as any ebay spend (I've not looked).

All in, probably somewhere between £1500 and £2000.

 

[k_green]

More than I'd like to tell my husband :s
£200 clothes (2x shorts, 2x short sleeve Jersey, 1x Merino short sleeve, 1x fancy Jersey, arm+leg warmers, waterproof jacket)
£50 Garmin
£50 saddlebag
£35 lights
£35 tyres
Total - £375 eek!
But hopefully that's me well setup now, that was all new not replacement stuff.

 

[Alan O]

I don't know how much I've spent in 2017, but since resuming cycling in mid-2016 I've spent around £1,000 in total. For that I went from having one old touring bike that needed a rebuild, to five bikes - three now in full riding order and two still being renovated/built. I think I did pretty well for the money.

 

[jowwy]

my calculator will only allow 9 numbers................so in a few words, WAY TOO MUCH

 

[confusedcyclist]

my calculator will only allow 9 numbers................so in a few words, WAY TOO MUCH

£00000000.1

 

[jowwy]

£00000000.1

thats what my MRS thinks i spent..............but not in reality

etap groupset
DI2 groupset
2 sets of sram force cranksets
trp hydraulic brakes
Full custom TT bike build.....the list goes on

 

[steveindenmark]

I have spent about £2000 On a new Genesis CDF, Hunt SON 28 dynamo wheels, infinity saddle. Bits and bobs.

Its an expense I can live with as cycling is my main hobby and nothing suffers because of it. If I couldn't afford it, I would do without.

 

[bpsmith]

That’s exactly where I sit. It’s my one and only hobby, so don’t feel that I need to justify my spend. Would be interesting to tot it up, but probably best if I don’t.

 

[Sixmile]

I knew I kept a spreadsheet for a reason...

Deuter Backpack £45
Giro Rumble VR Shoes £52
Masterlock chain & Abus D lock £55
Deuter Saddle Bag £8
Multitool for 2nd SB £8
CRC Road Maintenance Course £22
Lap of the Lough Sportive £26
Polaris Bibs/Skullie/Arm Warmers £36
Troy Lee Shorts £35
Boardman Hybrid Pedals £18
BC Membership £21
Gran Fondo Sportive £73
Tablets & Muc Off £10
Endura Shower Jacket £13
2 Bells £17
Altura Undershorts £14
Castelli Tights for wife £35
Mavic Crossride Wheels £145
Slime Tubes & some other spares £21
Apeman a80 camera £80
SD Card £16
Planet X stuff £26
Trailer sticker £2
Hybrid Service £70
Rotor £10
Lights, Endura shorts £67
Bottom bracket £20
Seasucker pads £40
Sealskin Halo Overshoes £20
Boardman Jersey £13
Foodbank Sportive £15
Spare pump, more lube £22
Spare Icon rear £43
Troy Lee Socks £12

 

[woodbutcher]

Im going not going to look at this thread anymore.......lm getting a serious inferiority complex

 

[woodbutcher]

See l can't so much as write a simple sentence anymore

 

[Diggr]

Giant Anthem £919 pre black Friday sale
Continental gp4000s 28 mm X2 £61
Merino base layer £19
Endura humvee shorts £28,Endura humvee 3/4s £28,Endura humvee short sleeve top £14,Altura progel bib 3/4s£24,love a bargain
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