Why can this hobby be so damn expensive......

[Nosaj]

OK I know it doesn't have to be and you can get by on a budget but I just seem to be forever spending out.

It really seems that not a week goes by where I don't spend out on something cycling related even if it just something totally innoccuous such as £2 in the pint jug to help pay for the tea and cake at the club house, a cycling magazine, water bottle or an energy bar right the way through to a new bike for another purpose such as a MTB or a commuter.

Just this very morning I have purchased some clip on aero bars.

I have been cycling over two years and you would have thought that by now I would have most bases covered but no my wish list seems to expand not contract. I have lost a lot of weight cycling and now my cycling apparel rivals in number my normal apparel. I have a thermal under layer and am now looking at a short sleeve and a long sleeve version. I own more than enough cycling tops and shorts to last me quite a while, why am I considering club kit. What is that all about.

Is it just me? am I marketing man mutton? am I trying to make up for a lack of love in my childhood?

Will it ever end???

 

[gavintc]

I think it does slow down once you have the main items. There are always things on the 'wish list' and it is nice to look, but sustaining the equipment is cheaper than the initial outlay.

 

[ianrauk]

Who ever said cycling saves you money?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

you have confused a hobby with an addiction. Train spotting is a hobby, cycling is an addiction.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I had to stop smoking so I could afford to cycle

 

[gavintc]

Having stated that it slows down. I was in the local bike shop admiring the new Ultegra Di2 at the weekend and was so tempted when I was quoted the price as 1200 Euro fitted when it sells for £1500 in UK. But, the dream was short lived when I considered that my mechanical Ultegra works perfectly well and 1200 Euro is better spent repainting our flat in Edinburgh.

 

[Nearly there]

Ive spent about a grand this year £600 on my bike the rest on acc's n clothing but would have probably spent twice that if i could afford to

 

[cyberknight]

Having stated that it slows down. I was in the local bike shop admiring the new Ultegra Di2 at the weekend and was so tempted when I was quoted the price as 1200 Euro fitted when it sells for £1500 in UK. But, the dream was short lived when I considered that my mechanical Ultegra works perfectly well and 1200 Euro is better spent repainting our flat in Edinburgh.

Must be expensive paint !
i had to be given the "look" wheni told swmbo that aldi are having a cycle sale....

 

[akb]

Why can any hobby be so damn expensive......

FTFY

 

[RAYMOND]

All you need is a bike and yourself, everything else doesn't matter.
It only matters if you really want the gear and can afford it.
Just think of it as being cheaper than boozing or smoking which it is overall.
And so much better for your health and fitness.

 

[snorri]

Is it just me? am I marketing man mutton? am I trying to make up for a lack of love in my childhood?
Will it ever end???

No, yes, maybe, it's up to you.
I'm still using the water bottles that were thrown in as a freebie when I bought my newest bike 12 years ago.

 

[Nosaj]

you have confused a hobby with an addiction. Train spotting is a hobby, cycling is an addiction.

I think you have hit the nail on the head there.

I have tried a few things over the years, motorbikes, windsurfing, golf etc etc apart from Motorbiking and cycling my interest waned very quickly. Perhaps it has something to with the number of wheels. A car has four wheels. I am not really interested in cars. A golf cart has three wheels and I was never that interested in golf and a windsurfer has no wheels and my interest waned after about a year. Maybe I have an OCD about the number of wheels on things.

 

[Globalti]

I'm saving up for Shimano's first hydraulic road brake. Already got my eye on a Kinesis Crosslight to put the bits on....

 

[fossyant]

70 on two new tyres is ok, just that running 4 bikes can be expensive.

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[alecstilleyedye]

probably golf has the same problem; all that pringle clothing, not to mention the bag full of expensive bats...