View Poll Results: How much did your current ride cost you ??
Under $500
81
28.93%
$1K to $2K
104
37.14%
$2001 to $3K
44
15.71%
$3001 to $4K
25
8.93%
$4001 to $5K
9
3.21%
Over 5K !!
17
6.07%
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How much was your current bike ??
08-10-10, 09:42 AM
#102
Moar cowbell
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: The 509
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. . . and baby birds plummet to earth.
Oh, and the cost of my latest is a trade secret - - even from myself. I make it a point NOT to add it up so that the only thing my wife knows for sure is how much the frame cost
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Oh, and the cost of my latest is a trade secret - - even from myself. I make it a point NOT to add it up so that the only thing my wife knows for sure is how much the frame cost
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08-10-10, 08:35 PM
#104
Old School Rad
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The old Mountains
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My bikes were about $12.76 but I try to justify that cost by riding a lot.
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Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
08-10-10, 09:05 PM
#105
Still kicking.
Three Fiddy.
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Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
08-10-10, 10:21 PM
#107
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: fruita, co
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Bikes: rocky mountain SLAYER!!!! trek, voodoo, surly, spot, bianchi, ibis
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i paid more for my current bike (turner 5 spot) than i did for my used 1991 honda civic
08-11-10, 04:36 AM
#108
Senior Member
08-11-10, 11:52 AM
#109
<3 Just have FUN
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NC
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I'm riding a 2003 Fuji Sunfire that cost me about 350 brand new back in the day. Its still riding good (slipping gears a bit) but I may be getting a new trek/fisher mamba this fall which will be about 900$ after tax. I wish I had more money for a nicer bike but I will just replace parts slowly over time if needed be. : )
08-12-10, 06:12 PM
#110
PBR Racing
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Wifes $hit List
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Bikes: Santa Cruz and Cannondale
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Yuuup, it's sad that either of my bikes mounted on top of the POS 99 taurus are more valuable than the car they are mounted on...
08-15-10, 05:31 AM
#111
J.Chan
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Wenzhou, China
Posts: 22
Bikes: HiLand ImpactPro (never found info) but it is ok to me.
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My new bike is Merida 20yr Ltd Edition, cost me 500 bucks. This is for entry level really. But I like the Shimano Alivio 2010 9sp, it was good enough for climbing.
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08-15-10, 06:19 AM
#112
William
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Saigon, VN
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Bikes: Scott scale 70
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The Scott scale 70 I bought this May..... cost me 1150 usd, about 50 higer than the price listed on the website.... 
08-15-10, 08:52 AM
#113
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: The Summit of Lee
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When I ride my $70'ish Crapper...I begin to appreciate it more than my nice ride...until I take the nice ride out. Then I remember why I spent the extra $$$.
08-15-10, 09:32 AM
#114
K2ProFlex baby!
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Mine too, NOS. I figure with the updates around $3000.00
Here she is last year me thinks? Made a few more upgrades since.
Heres a new project I'm working on, its the grandaddy of the one above.
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
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08-15-10, 09:58 AM
#115
Stealing Spokes since 82'
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Boy-z, Ideeeho
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You know ive noticed a trend, to spend thousands of dollars on a single bike and i just dont get it. My current bike i spent around 300 to build and it out performs and is better quality than a bike that i had bought about three years ago for 1900 that i sold about two months after purchase. I guess it depends on what your doing with it but really why spend 2 or 3k on something that your only gonna ride two or three times a month and only for leisure rides on established trails? Im not really singling out anyone on the forum mostly just what i see locally, is these people on multi thousand dollar racing machines puttin around on walking paths, i mean really you need hydraulic disc brake to stop your immense speed. Sorry about the rant 
08-15-10, 10:08 AM
#116
K2ProFlex baby!
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You know ive noticed a trend, to spend thousands of dollars on a single bike and i just dont get it. My current bike i spent around 300 to build and it out performs and is better quality than a bike that i had bought about three years ago for 1900 that i sold about two months after purchase. I guess it depends on what your doing with it but really why spend 2 or 3k on something that your only gonna ride two or three times a month and only for leisure rides on established trails? Im not really singling out anyone on the forum mostly just what i see locally, is these people on multi thousand dollar racing machines puttin around on walking paths, i mean really you need hydraulic disc brake to stop your immense speed. Sorry about the rant
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
08-15-10, 10:26 AM
#117
Stealing Spokes since 82'
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I ride whatever bike I need for the ride....mostly anyways. 'cause sometimes I ride my best rode bike or MTB on a trail thats made for weekend riders and even on the street, do I personally think it matters what you spent on your bike or what gear you used to upgrade it? Hells no! I figure who has the right to give a **** what you spent or didn't spend as long as your riding is all that matters, right?
this is the bike i built
08-15-10, 06:26 PM
#118
K2ProFlex baby!
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nothing wrong with your bike, its the bike shop that has the problem. BTW its not just boise, its any place the snobs hang out in any city anywhere in the world. Bunch of ******bags. ;0) (and they're not all "well to do" either.)
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
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08-15-10, 07:37 PM
#119
Stealing Spokes since 82'
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you're completely right, i get same thing on my commuter because i made my own panniers, this one older guy i meet on my rides in the morning was giving me crap about my home made laptop rack bag, i guess he was upset that i spent 8 dollars on something he spent 100 on his loss. I do wish i would have spent more and got a new set of forks those old TTs are getting tired and no replacement bushings are avail.
