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

[alans]

I've got to the stage of having everything I need.The spending doesn't stop though because there are lots of things I want.
You are doomed

 

[gavroche]

the best antidote to spending on cycling is................ a wife!!!

 

[addictfreak]

the best antidote to spending on cycling is................ a wife!!!

But if you don't have a wife, you will have loads of money anyway!

 

[oldfatfool]

Mtb, commuter, Whatever you don't even think about getting a recumbant, have you seen the prices?? I said don't even think about it, no stop thinking now

 

[Peteaud]

I dont have a contract mobile phone, i dont have sky, i dont smoke and i am pretty much teetotal.

I blow a damn fortune on the bikes tho.

 

[totallyfixed]

The other TT'ers on here will tell you what expensive is, thousands just on wheels.

 

[Edge705]

This weeks purchases Body Clone Bib shorts x 2 £190 Team shirt x 2 £110 Wind Gilet £65 Gloves £25 Shoe Socks £25 Hydration Tabs £35 Gels £24 Oakley Jawbones £130

Please CC'ers help me fight this addiction

 

[Pat "5mph"]

My downfall is tools: I like to have all the tools just in case I need them .... buy them first, learn to use them after

 

[ianrauk]

This weeks purchases Body Clone Bib shorts x 2 £190 Team shirt x 2 £110 Wind Gilet £65 Gloves £25 Shoe Socks £25 Hydration Tabs £35 Gels £24 Oakley Jawbones £130

Please CC'ers help me fight this addiction

No...please carry on.

 

[marshmella]

I had to stop smoking so I could afford to cycle

I had to stop driving so i could afford to cycle

 

[gbb]

Who ever said cycling saves you money?

Someones sig line (maybe in the days of C+) was...
Took up cycling to save money....never stopped spending since

 

[compo]

It's expensive for the same reason as most sports. People with more money than sense who are willing to pay these stupidly extortionate prices. As long as people want to pay the money the shops will continue to push up prices. I paid £2:50 today for two little round plastic plugs to go into the ends of my new handlebars. A more sensible value should have been somewhere around 25p each. Because I paid it the shop will feel justified charging it. If enough people refused to pay the prices then what would happen?

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

im pretty bad, just ordered a new frame to start building another bike as there is nothing left which i wish to change on the venge.

 

[fossyant]

im pretty bad, just ordered a new frame to start building another bike as there is nothing left which i wish to change on the venge.

If you are bored with it, just pass it on to me !

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

If you are bored with it, just pass it on to me !

I need something to get me out the house once the OH finds out how much my the new bike is costing. I'm expecting this