What are the biggest wastes of money in biking?
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Ding ding ding! If someone knows what they are getting, and willingly plunks down the money, the purchase is by definition "worth it" to them. How could it be anything else?
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Because I know more than a few. And big surprise, the old fat guys w/ the light weight bike ($carbon/aero wheel sets) are still slow, and most of all, are uncomfortable on their $6000+ bike. But not a total waste. This was disposable income, and the bike shop/industry made money, and someone will get a nice bike at a much lower cost. The old fat guy will go back to more comfortable sports - like golf w/ his buddies.
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If you are old enough and fat enough Everything is uncomfortable.
Hint: those fat old dudes didn't think they were going to suddenly "get fast" because they bought hot bikes, any more than thought they would get laid or even drive fast when they bought their expensive exotic sports cars---some of which are equally uncomfortable likely, and absolutely painful to enter and exit.
And since you know them and they are still riding ... seems they will golf with their buddies And ride their hot bikes, drive their hot cars, and laugh about jealous little-minded people who scorn people who have what the small-minded people cannot have.
I do not envy you the burden of knowing everything, but I admire the way you can be simultaneously omniscient and ignorant. That kind of flexibility must take years of stretching.
My hot bike is set up to be pretty comfortable, by the way. And I am still slow.
Hint: those fat old dudes didn't think they were going to suddenly "get fast" because they bought hot bikes, any more than thought they would get laid or even drive fast when they bought their expensive exotic sports cars---some of which are equally uncomfortable likely, and absolutely painful to enter and exit.
And since you know them and they are still riding ... seems they will golf with their buddies And ride their hot bikes, drive their hot cars, and laugh about jealous little-minded people who scorn people who have what the small-minded people cannot have.
I do not envy you the burden of knowing everything, but I admire the way you can be simultaneously omniscient and ignorant. That kind of flexibility must take years of stretching.
My hot bike is set up to be pretty comfortable, by the way. And I am still slow.
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The only wastes of money I've discovered are the things I bought ignoring the "buy once, cry once" dictum. Pumps, stands, shoes, jerseys, shorts, tools, all stuff I went cheap on the first go-round. Except I learned a valuable lesson, so maybe not a waste. Yeah, yeah, I'm going with that.
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So if you think someone has wasted their money they must have, regardless of what the person who spent the money thinks. Got it. NOT!
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The only wastes of money I've discovered are the things I bought ignoring the "buy once, cry once" dictum. Pumps, stands, shoes, jerseys, shorts, tools, all stuff I went cheap on the first go-round. Except I learned a valuable lesson, so maybe not a waste. Yeah, yeah, I'm going with that.
I'm on my 3rd mountain bike in 2 years - a $400 bike, replaced with a $700 bike and finally a $1500 bike. Each one had under 100 miles on it
Ditto with road/gravel bikes - a $300 bike, replaced with a $600 bike and finally replaced by a $2000 gravel bike and a $1000 road bike.
And that's not including all of the upgrades. I must have lost about $1000 in the first year alone on upgrades and trades to get to something I like. And even then, my $2000 gravel bike has only done 200 miles so it's still sitting at $10/mile which is terrible value.
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The only wastes of money I've discovered are the things I bought ignoring the "buy once, cry once" dictum. Pumps, stands, shoes, jerseys, shorts, tools, all stuff I went cheap on the first go-round. Except I learned a valuable lesson, so maybe not a waste. Yeah, yeah, I'm going with that.
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LMAO - Read my post again genius. Take your time. If someone buys a $6000 bike and doesn't ride it because it's uncomfortable, do you think that they think it was a good purchase decision? Got it. NOT!
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Another newbie telling others how they should spend their money ... how original.
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If you are old enough and fat enough Everything is uncomfortable.
Hint: those fat old dudes didn't think they were going to suddenly "get fast" because they bought hot bikes, any more than thought they would get laid or even drive fast when they bought their expensive exotic sports cars---some of which are equally uncomfortable likely, and absolutely painful to enter and exit.
And since you know them and they are still riding ... seems they will golf with their buddies And ride their hot bikes, drive their hot cars, and laugh about jealous little-minded people who scorn people who have what the small-minded people cannot have.
I do not envy you the burden of knowing everything, but I admire the way you can be simultaneously omniscient and ignorant. That kind of flexibility must take years of stretching.
My hot bike is set up to be pretty comfortable, by the way. And I am still slow.
Hint: those fat old dudes didn't think they were going to suddenly "get fast" because they bought hot bikes, any more than thought they would get laid or even drive fast when they bought their expensive exotic sports cars---some of which are equally uncomfortable likely, and absolutely painful to enter and exit.
And since you know them and they are still riding ... seems they will golf with their buddies And ride their hot bikes, drive their hot cars, and laugh about jealous little-minded people who scorn people who have what the small-minded people cannot have.
I do not envy you the burden of knowing everything, but I admire the way you can be simultaneously omniscient and ignorant. That kind of flexibility must take years of stretching.
My hot bike is set up to be pretty comfortable, by the way. And I am still slow.
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I am old and fat but I am living pretty well ....
Just pointing out that you didn't really seem to know much, even though you thought you did. A wise person would make good use of that information.
Also ... i take pretty much everything everyone posts here as a joke or material for more jokes. Welcome aboard.
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Waste of money? Aero gloves. Not the biggest and maybe the smallest, but still a waste.
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The only wastes of money I've discovered are the things I bought ignoring the "buy once, cry once" dictum. Pumps, stands, shoes, jerseys, shorts, tools, all stuff I went cheap on the first go-round. Except I learned a valuable lesson, so maybe not a waste. Yeah, yeah, I'm going with that.
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Please substantiate your claim. I’d also like to see where that 90% figure came from. Also what is your cut off age for old?
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what are the biggest wastes of money in biking?
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If you're doing a time trial, maybe not a waste. They cost about as much as regular gloves, and they can reduce drag when in a time trial position. Especially if you have hairy hands.
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So what you are saying is that for a very small subset of the cycling population they are of great value. I get that. But for the rest…
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Because I know more than a few. And big surprise, the old fat guys w/ the light weight bike ($carbon/aero wheel sets) are still slow, and most of all, are uncomfortable on their $6000+ bike. But not a total waste. This was disposable income, and the bike shop/industry made money, and someone will get a nice bike at a much lower cost. The old fat guy will go back to more comfortable sports - like golf w/ his buddies.
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Are you cueing up a "do you shave your hands?" thread?
Expect a bunch of hairy palm jokes.