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I just wish I could bike to work. Not really feasible for me to bike 50km each way. Can't afford to move closer either

I'm living in Denmark. When You walk out the door, you have to watch Your step, not to trip on a bike. When it's windy, the bikes roll around the streets like tumbleweed.

Jokes on you, my summer hobby bike (entry level aluminium road bike with drop bars) cost about the same as my commuter (aluminium hybrid with a flat bar).

When your life is N+1, you gotta make smarter financial choices, heh.

I commute on a 10 year old bike that cost $400 at the time.

I dropped 10k building out my forever touring/commuter bike, but only 1600 of it was the frame. The rest was all higher end components.

Then it got folded around the front end of a car, along with myself. Now it's over 12k since I had to replace the frame and few other bits and bobs. Thankfully I had good insurance, otherwise after the hospital stay and recovery it'd be closer to $500,000 because America.

But fast it aint. Pretty though.

Pro-tip: buy a £350 bike every 3 years, if you live in the city.

Cons:

• slightly ratchet

Pros:

• can leave it anywhere and it won't get stolen
• can treat it like shit and it will still keep going
• still beat more than half the spandex babies commuting because they're afraid to accelerate in case it stretches their chain.
• not afraid to scratch it or take turns at extreme angles.
• no stress when it eventually falls apart

People buy bikes and don’t just repair old abandoned ones?

My bike cost half that and is 15 years old.

I love it though.

I ride a 400 euro bike as a hobby in summer (and spring and autumn too).

As someone that has a $11k bike I can clarify some things.

I have a Wilier Granturismo SLR. About ~90% of the components are carbon fiber. Carbon Fiber, especially high end carbon fiber isn’t cheap. Besides the bike; my wheels, pedals, parts of the cranks, handlebars, saddle, saddle post, and probably some other things are carbon fiber.

I always hear people talk about getting carbon fiber components for cheaper because you have a shit tin of Chinese companies come in and steal these bike companies IP and make shit frames. Look at Chinorellos, shit ton of Chinese companies steal frame designs and re-make them with shit metal and the bike falls apart after a year.

Another thing…why does any give a fuck how much my bike costs? My dad is an audiophile guy and my bike costs as much as 1 (not a pair) of his speakers, and he has a mid-range system. Cycling is something that I love, I ride almost everyday and will spend hours and hours on the bike. I’d gladly pay less than $11k on my next bike but when you get into the higher end market you’re going to pay more, that’s true across almost ALL sports or hobby activities

I refuse to believe hobbyists are spending $10K on bikes, or commuters are spending $1K.

I can barely accept that the going rate for used bikes is over $200.