subnoob

Two tubes
Two Co2
One SportBeans
18.77$

IBSupportlbs
IBn00b
IBmyhobbyis$$$

fishymamba

Cheaper than my old: hobby R/C cars

A good race able r/c car: ~$1000
Nitro fuel: $30 per gallon
Battery pack: $30
Charger: $100
Extra parts: $200-$300

Total I spent over three years: About $3500

My dad's happy that I am into cycling now.

Brian Ratliff

Once you buy the bike, it's as cheap or expensive as you want to make it. Do you really need the sport beans and the CO2? Really?

urbanknight

"Well, it's cheaper than therapy"

Mr. Cranky

This has the makings of one of those MasterCard commercials which always end with "priceless".

rushbikes

Try racing real cars. That makes just about every other interest feel cheap. Unless you're doing this...
https://www.airrace.org/index.php

sideshow_bob

I just emptied my bank account of about $9K on a dream bike.

Did I need it? Not really, no faster or more mystical than the Cervelo S1 I bang about on 99% of the time.

Do you really need CO2 cylinders and sport beans? Or are just convenient to you - cause if that's the case, convenience ain't free.

max power

end thread make sticky.

CNY James

(hopefully) you aren't spending money on new tubes and CO2 all that often.... so how expensive is it really when you consider how long between spending that money each time?

Carbon Unit

A guy I ride with also plays golf. It cost him $500 a year to join a club and $75.00 every time he plays. Running would be cheaper but than cycling but my knees hate running.

bonz50

bow hunting, another potentially extremely expensive hobby... i'd call car racing a sport more so than a hobby... but there are plenty of really expensive sports... how about snowmobiling?? I know plenty of guys that drop $12k about every other year on a new sled (sometimes a few sleds if their families are involved as well), a 4x4 vehicle to tow the $3k trailer (if you only have 1-2 sleds, up to $10k for a big trailer)... and most of these guys only go riding about 3 weekends per winter, drive 800 miles with the truck/trailer, sleds that only get 8mpg... from a $/mile stand point its one of the most expensive i've participated in... including roadracing motorcycles...

rushbikes

Skiing anyone? Vail reached $108 per lift ticket this season!!!

Cleave

And heart bypass surgery.

subnoob

Now that I think about it last time was around August when I bought tubes. However they used to be 2.99 now they were 5.99$

And no I don't need sport beans and co2 but I don't want to carry a pump and like the sugar rush from the beans.
I was a taken back by the price on this relatively 'inexpensive' items.
/thread

Sanman023

Yup it can get expensive for sport....but if were talking hobbies...home audio...nuff said...

wrr1020

Hobbies in general always get expensive. I'm into modding cars and photography so both can get expensive. Granted i haven't bought photography equipment in awhile and haven't modded my car either due to cycling taking a lot of my funds.

znomit

How about a pump and a couple of patches?
And you're probably too fat to be eating sportbeans.

JustinHorne

Awesome, good for you!

I've got my current bike on ebay with the bid at $800, and once that sale is final, I'm going to be picking up a bike for a total of about $3500. I'm definitely excited.

And yeah, it's not cheap, but if you can legitimately afford it and it makes you happy, that's what matters.

sideshow_bob

And more importantly if your wife doesn't find out you blew that cash

pdxtex

dang!!! i have not been to vail since the 90's and even then i think a ticket was 70 bucks. buncha crooks! but yeah, bikes are expensive too.

JustinHorne

That seriously is insane. My local two mountains (Silver Mt and Schweitzer MT , in North Idaho) are now pushing $60 per ticket, and I thought that was bad.

zzzwillzzz

+1
motorcycle road racing seems expensive, 'til you look at cars

kabex

It depends.

Riding fixies as a sport is pretty cheap.

Racing road bikes in organized races gets pretty expensive.

Velo Vol 

Premature thread ending.

tmass

Most of the guys i work with are into the car clubs either the corvette club or the porsche club and if not that have a Harly davidson. I admire all these vehicles and their attributes...but i know they have sunk in a lot $ more than my cycling hobby...and for some the bypass has been included. i always remind my wife when she complains about a box arriving from some online bike retailer that I could join the guys at the corvette club...just need about $30k to $50k depending on what I get. But its your money and maybe its a bass boat, sailboat, snowmobile, golf, dirt bike, hunting....you pick your poison to invest in.