When to buy a new bike?

Stevegeraghty

So I’ve been wondering lately about when you NEED to buy a new bike
I ride a 2006 Trek equinox tri bike, it’s alloy with a carbon fork and upgraded wheels and it works fine, I’ve beaten lads on bikes worth many times what mine is.
To be honest I’m a solo rider who doesn’t claim to know that much about bikes, I just wonder how much speed can you buy? If I rode 40k on my bike and then the same on an all singing all dancing tri bike how many seconds, dare I say minutes would €6k buy me

Cee-Jay-Cee

32.6ft

dahat

Stevegeraghty wrote: »

So I’ve been wondering lately about when you NEED to buy a new bike
I ride a 2006 Trek equinox tri bike, it’s alloy with a carbon fork and upgraded wheels and it works fine, I’ve beaten lads on bikes worth many times what mine is.
To be honest I’m a solo rider who doesn’t claim to know that much about bikes, I just wonder how much speed can you buy? If I rode 40k on my bike and then the same on an all singing all dancing tri bike how many seconds, dare I say minutes would €6k buy me

I asked the same question before and all got back was "I love you long time"!!! 🀣 🀣 🀣

Fian

Stevegeraghty wrote: »

So I’ve been wondering lately about when you NEED to buy a new bike

It is one of two possible answers, depending on your personality and financial circumstances:

• Always.
  
• Immediately after you bought the last one.

Lumen

For me, the magpie-like acquisition of shiny things is a more powerful stimulant to the mesolimbic pathways than going very slightly faster in a time trial.

flatface

Stevegeraghty wrote: »

If I rode 40k on my bike and then the same on an all singing all dancing tri bike how many seconds, dare I say minutes would €6k buy me

The difference between bikes is less the better your base bike is. Cycle network did a few tests which may show you the difference is small/huge and that you clearly don’t/do need to upgrade.

https://youtu.be/Wdb7KEc7xJI
https://youtu.be/3HmVQCAjBE0

Eamonnator

When you buy a new bike, your friends will admire you and you will become a better person.

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Eamonnator wrote: »

When you buy a new bike, your friends will admire you and you will become a better person.

Explains why I've no friends and no one likes me.:(

wheelo01

Eamonnator wrote: »

When you buy a new bike, your friends will admire you and you will become a better person.

OOOh great, I can expect a load of new admirers within the next week or two, my n+1 arrives in week 41 (hopefully)

Ha week 41, is it a canyon?

wheelo01

No, a Cube attain GTC SL Disc. My current steed is a canyon ultimate AL.

terrydel

Stevegeraghty wrote: »

So I’ve been wondering lately about when you NEED to buy a new bike
I ride a 2006 Trek equinox tri bike, it’s alloy with a carbon fork and upgraded wheels and it works fine, I’ve beaten lads on bikes worth many times what mine is.
To be honest I’m a solo rider who doesn’t claim to know that much about bikes, I just wonder how much speed can you buy? If I rode 40k on my bike and then the same on an all singing all dancing tri bike how many seconds, dare I say minutes would €6k buy me

What do you mean you beat people? Unless you were racing, you didnt beat anyone and saying so is a bit sad imho.

check_six

Stevegeraghty wrote: »

I ride a 2006 Trek equinox tri bike, it’s alloy with a carbon fork and upgraded wheels and it works fine, I’ve beaten lads on bikes worth many times what mine is.

terrydel wrote: »

What do you mean you beat people? Unless you were racing, you didnt beat anyone and saying so is a bit sad imho.

Ah here, it's clear he is one of these two wheeled mugger people I hear so much about in the news. He really does mean he was beating people I assume.

Stevegeraghty

terrydel wrote: »

What do you mean you beat people? Unless you were racing, you didnt beat anyone and saying so is a bit sad imho.

I am racing