living to cycle

avalanche

just wondering how much of your disposable income you spend on cycling, reckon its a good investment? im just after spending around 1400 on a bike which i make to be about a quarter of my savings, my only real posessions are bikes or bike related is this normal??:eek:

Raam

That's very normal round these 'ere parts

SetOverSet

Yup, standard

Chips Lovell

avalanche wrote: »

just wondering how much of your disposable income you spend on cycling

Credit cards mean you can spend more than 100% of your disposable income on cycling. Hooray for credit cards

scottreynolds

avalanche wrote: »

my only real posessions are bikes or bike related is this normal??:eek:

You've bought a good winter bike but its summer now. You still have a few quid for another bike.

avalanche

actually just got this one
http://www.epic-cycles.co.uk/images/orbea-onix-09bira-1000.jpg

far too good for me or my home...

scottreynolds

avalanche wrote: »

actually just got this one
http://www.epic-cycles.co.uk/images/orbea-onix-09bira-1000.jpg

far too good for me or my home...

Oh, you need Zipp 404s

Raam

avalanche wrote: »

actually just got this one
http://www.epic-cycles.co.uk/images/orbea-onix-09bira-1000.jpg

far too good for me or my home...

You'll find that most bikes here are too good for their owners

TinyExplosions

Probably 120 - 130% of my disposable income goes on bike stuff (thanks Credit Card companies!), and yes, my bike is far too good for my abilities! (but the perfect colour!)

DirkVoodoo

Yup, one of us, one of us!

I enjoy the odd beverage, trips to the cinema, plane tickets...pretty much everything else goes towards cycling. Some people might call that sad, thankfully not anyone on here (which is what really counts right??)

Beautiful bike btw, I would not feel guilty about that regardless of ability...kind of like dating Kelly Clarkson, I would be just showing her off.

Gavin

I reckon bikes are a great thing to buy. It's an investment which you can maintain easily and provides not just for fitness, but recreation and transport. That said, I do tend to look for bargains and try to buy quality, not necessarily the most expensive. You can pick up excellent stuff second hand.

Mind you, that's also because I tend to have no money.

scottreynolds

Gavin wrote: »

It's an investment

Ah, well my definition of an investment is that is makes you money which my bike certainly doesn't... but its still fun though.

Civilian_Target

I guess I only spend 50 or 60 euros a month on cycling.
I think that makes me a freak in this forum

blorg

avalanche wrote: »

im just after spending around 1400 on a bike which i make to be about a quarter of my savings, my only real posessions are bikes or bike related is this normal??:eek:

Nice bike, bargain at €1,400 I reckon.

Good idea to come here to ask for advice for the remaining €4,200, we will have you sorted in no time.

Do you have a mountain bike? A fixie? As suggested, get some Zipps and stick the Eastons on the commuter. You just scored a set of free wheels for your commuter! Do you have a commuter yet?

Raam

Gonna need lots bike clothes too. I've seen a few Castelli jackets that I want to spend someone elses money on.

Lumen

Good man.

I've always worked on the basis that my "savings" is the total amount left until I max out all my credit cards.

It's not called disposable income for nothing.