I had a crash last wk...
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beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
Twice what I paid for it - but it was a restoration project.
spandex
I love Dr D
On one of my old bikes I got upto £639.59
but I was young at the time and had (then) lots of cash. Then when I got it the way I liked two weeks later it was stolen.
but I was young at the time and had (then) lots of cash. Then when I got it the way I liked two weeks later it was stolen.
spandex
I love Dr D
where is the OVER £500 in the poll??????
Rhythm Thief
Veteran
I spent four or five hundred quid at Longstaff's in Stoke for Mr Longstaff himself to respray my old Galaxy and supply me with lots of shiny new XT kit a few years back. That's quite a lot more than the bike was (and is) worth, but it was worth it to me!
That's the exception for me though. I prefer to find bits in skips and recycle them onto my bikes, or buy secondhand and use what bits I have knocking about.
That's the exception for me though. I prefer to find bits in skips and recycle them onto my bikes, or buy secondhand and use what bits I have knocking about.
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
Rhythm Thief said:
I have a plan to do this one day - my Galaxy has the chrome forks and they are tarnished somewhat, so a new coat of green all over with new decals would be lovely. Just the cost is putting me off...
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
since original purchase, my carrera has had a full tiagra groupset, new wheels, saddle, seatpost, pedals, carbon forks plus all the usual consumables. has only the frame and bars left unchanged.
cost of bike: £250
cost of extras: prefer not to think about it!
cost of bike: £250
cost of extras: prefer not to think about it!
spandex
I love Dr D
alecstilleyedye said:
Arrrrr go on tell us
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I've spent very little on the bike itself, new saddle, bar stem and smooth tyres. I do have more then the bike is worth of motorbike security with it though.
spandex
I love Dr D
And thank you for adding the £500 to £1000 to the poll
Rhythm Thief
Veteran
Including a Lightspin dynamo, Bush + Muller stoplights front and back and a new Brooks saddle, plus all the aforementioned XT kit and a brief flirtation with different models of dynamo, I must have spant around £700 on my Galaxy, including the purchase price. What could I have bought if I'd just gone out and spent, say, £750 on a tourer?
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
spandex said:Arrrrr go on tell us
off the top of my head (rough figures):
upgrade to full tiagra 9 speed groupset: about £220
new wheels: £65
pedals: £30
saddle: £25
seatpost: £20
about £45 in tyres, £70 in lbs re-cabling (which i now do myself), £20 in bar tape and god knows what on blocks.
so more than the bike is worth, but actually not too bad as similarly equipped alu framed bikes don't cost much less than this, so you could say i've bought it in installments.
Rhythm Thief
Veteran
Consumables don't count, unless they're actual upgrades (ie, if you wear a tyre out and replace it with a similar one, that doesn't count, but if you remove a cheap tyre before it's worn out in order to replace it with a better one, it does).
