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New School BMX 2004 - Now => New School Racing => Topic started by: Zippy on February 10, 2009, 02:11 PM
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Just sat down and worked up what it would cost to start from scratch to race a whole season in the south.
Bike - £1800+
Kit - £400
Licence - £32
Race Fees - £130
Travel Expenses - £340
Food and drink - £100
Total for 1 seasons regional racing in the south is £2802.
Obviously you can massively reduce some of these costs but even so it's still going to be an expensive season.
Still more than worth every penny if you ask me. :daumenhoch:
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that's a fooking lot for a bike Si!
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Fook me Si, is that bike price made up from prices at your shop :idiot2:
You can get a complete Redline Flite 20" or cruiser for under £600, what is your bike gold plated :LolLolLolLol:
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That must be one bling bike for £1800.
Hotels and fuel are my biggest cost. Probably spend about £700 per season on hotels and about £50 per regional/£100 per national on fuel costs. So this season will probably cost me around £1700 for hotels/travel.
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The bike price is if you had to buy all the parts of my bike at the current retail price.
A normal complete bike is always going to be a lot cheaper, but it's never going to be exactly to your liking is it. ;)
For example the cranks are £330 and the hubs are just shy of £300 as well. At prices like that it soon adds up. Thank god I didn't have to buy a front brake. :LolLolLolLol:
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The bike price is if you had to buy all the parts of my bike at the current retail price.
A normal complete bike is always going to be a lot cheaper, but it's never going to be exactly to your liking is it. ;)
For example the cranks are £330 and the hubs are just shy of £300 as well. At prices like that it soon adds up. Thank god I didn't have to buy a front brake. :LolLolLolLol:
My cruiser cost around £500 to put together, and it`s still faster than yours :2funny:
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Yes but yours does spend most of the time upside down during motos. :2funny:
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Thing is Bike and kit etc should last 2/3 seasons so you could half that cost against a years racing. But still looks expensive when tallied up like this, but at the end of the day it's still a cheap hobby compared to any form of racing, bike or motorized, plus it's worth spending that much just to take the piss out of Zippy when hes been beaten >:D :LolLolLolLol:
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Still probably works out cheaper than 20 tabs a day and 10 pints every weekend.
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Thing is Bike and kit etc should last 2/3 seasons so you could half that cost against a years racing. But still looks expensive when tallied up like this, but at the end of the day it's still a cheap hobby compared to any form of racing, bike or motorized, plus it's worth spending that much just to take the piss out of Zippy when hes been beaten >:D :LolLolLolLol:
I think you'll find I beat you as much as you beat me :LolLolLolLol:
The list is a bit unrealistic but it assumes a rick bloke comes in and wants top draw stuff.
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Thing is Bike and kit etc should last 2/3 seasons so you could half that cost against a years racing. But still looks expensive when tallied up like this, but at the end of the day it's still a cheap hobby compared to any form of racing, bike or motorized, plus it's worth spending that much just to take the piss out of Zippy when hes been beaten >:D :LolLolLolLol:
I think you'll find I beat you as much as you beat me :LolLolLolLol:
The list is a bit unrealistic but it assumes a rick bloke comes in and wants top draw stuff.
So who is this Rick bloke ...... do we know him ... is he a member on here?
Matt
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I was using a silent P and refering to you Matt. :LolLolLolLol:
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Fck me simon I love ya and all that but like most on here you don't half talk bollox
Racing bmx for me is peanuts compared to racing powerbikes and I am still so glad that bmx racing has come back in my life bmx racing is as expensive as you want it to be
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Funny thing was I was chatting to Ron Dennis earlier and he said BMX racing was peanuts as well. :LolLolLolLol:
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Fck me simon I love ya and all that but like most on here you don't half talk bollox
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But im saying nothing.... except im not adding mine up...
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that bike got to be super fast for that price and 9 times out of 10 its not the bike sorry zippy
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Doing a downhill mtb national costs at least £300 & often much more!
Ironic think is when you go abroad to race DH to the Alps or Pyrenees etc is doesnt cost any more but is 100 times better!!!
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fook me theres SIX in my family that race , five regulary and one occassionally , we run two cars to get all the bikes kit and kids to the races so zippy moaning about how much it costs him is a bit of a piss take !!!!lol Worth every penny and drop of blood too !!!!
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if you love something that much it doesnt matter how much it cost anyone looking for a mrs :LolLolLolLol: shes a true widow
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I wish some of you blind fookers would read what I wrote.
I was merely pointing out the costs as I worked them out.
At the end of my post I quite clearly state that I think it's worth every penny.
The bike will make no difference to how I ride it but I'm a flash git that likes a blingy bike. :LolLolLolLol:
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god-damn-it, i cant afford that budget, is it ok if i just ride fast on a cheap crap bike :LolLolLolLol:
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my bike fine borrow it anytime magoo must be cheapest on the track cant afford a pump i got to blow in the tyres :daumenhoch:
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ahhh, but does Kev's hot air smell nice
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depends on the tyre pressure if i fart i leaks slowly :'( :'(
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zippy i agree with you my next bike (2010) is going to be total bling the dogs nuts its not the cost its the feeling of having what you want , i do match fishing 2500 quid for a pole makes BMX cheap even on a BLING bike mind u ive always been the same always want to best stuff hence why im broke all the time ................... or is that ex wife and 3 kids that keep me poor lol
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They normally come in pairs and there's two right there. :LolLolLolLol:
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Just to make you feel better Simon I can tell you that for various reasons I am doing six rounds in the South West to qualify Matt & James for the Brits. That's a minimum 400 mile round trip x 6. In a van doing say 40mpg on diesel. You do the maths. :D Plus accommodation and cost of new race bikes for 2009. Ah, well it's cheap!! ;) Humps
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Si
I cant believe that as the sell confessed "King of Bling" you would ride such a cheap p.o.s :LolLolLolLol:
:) DINGO :)
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I'll be on a Dialled in time for the Summer series.
I'd hardly call an Intense a POS though, alright the frame design is a bit marmite but it rides and handles better than any cruiser I've ridden.
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it was a joke about the cost Si not the make ::)
:) DINGO :)
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Just sat down and worked up what it would cost to start from scratch to race a whole season in the north
Bike - £1800+ (my haro cost bout 400.00 as is and repairs are not lot )
Kit - : helmet free from russ :daumenhoch:body armour etc round 100.00 last ages)
Licence - £32
Race Fees - £7.00 a race average say 7 meets per season
Travel Expenses - £10.00 average again diesel per meet
Food and drink - £0.00 bring sarnies and drink can stella and wham bar with 20 roll up
Total for 1 seasons regional racing in the north is £670.00 including bike which has so far lasted 2 seasons
Obviously you can massively reduce or increase costs but i find it quite a cheap sport in general
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Just sat down and worked up what it would cost to start from scratch to race a whole season in the north
Bike - £1800+ (my haro cost bout 400.00 as is and repairs are not lot )
Kit - : helmet free from russ :daumenhoch:body armour etc round 100.00 last ages)
Licence - £32
Race Fees - £7.00 a race average say 7 meets per season
Travel Expenses - £10.00 average again diesel per meet
Food and drink - £0.00 bring sarnies and drink can stella and wham bar with 20 roll up
Total for 1 seasons regional racing in the north is £670.00 including bike which has so far lasted 2 seasons
Obviously you can massively reduce or increase costs but i find it quite a cheap sport in general
A bit of a north south divide going on there greg , you also forgot the food for the whippet in your budget. ;D
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I guess we don't have to buy flat caps either or the smog machine that makes everywhere looks so bloody grim. :LolLolLolLol:
I know you were joking Mark. :daumenhoch:
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HAR MUCH
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