Yep
My Specialized Enduro cost me £1700 back in 2004. It's made of aircraft grade aluminium, has four pot disc brakes and air suspension.

Since purchase, it's had a new fork (£500 - air sprung, adjustable for travel, rebound and compression settings), new wheels (lightweight and strong - £300), the rear shock custom tuned (£130) not to mention the cost of replacement cranks, handlebars, stem, seatpost, saddle etc. All in it's probably cost me circa £3k.


(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:35, 4 replies)

nice helmet
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well someone had to say it, might as well be me
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:42, closed)

Three Grand!!
And it's broken look.

That bit of the frame that goes from the saddle to the rear wheel is missing!

You'd have thought for three-large, you'd have got a complete frame, not a broken one with what looks like a spring connecting it to the front!

Tell ya, kids today....
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:55, closed)

So you've replaced practically everything on it
and it's still the same bike?

Like 'my grandfather's axe'?

Lovely helmet.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:59, closed)

"Trigger's Broom"
The only original component is the frame itself. Everything else has been upgraded.

The question most people ask is "Why?"

The answer is that I've ridden it in the Peak District, the Scottish Highlands, several dedicated mountain bike trails in Wales and I intend on having a crack at this before I'm forty.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:03, closed)

jealous
some people just don't understand.
(phe, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:03, closed)

im sorry me too
i dont even have a PC or tv at home but i do have a kona stinky that i brought for £1500 in a sale then added its value over again in components. the way i see it if im coming of a 10ft drop and my bars break, id like to know it happerned because im talentless not a cheapskate
(jordanchaos isn’t just any PeaRoast, this is a M&S PeaRoast, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:14, closed)

When you want to refer to yourself
and use I, you need to hold down the shift key to make it a capital letter.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 30 Oct 2008, 16:01, closed)