on the real... since there's maybe only one or two other serious posts here to this totally legit question...
I've sold almost everthing I've invested in my other hobbies as my obsession with MTB has grown over the last few years. I've liquidated probly well over $2,500 worth of music equiptment that has just sat around more and more since I dont play in a band anymore and sunk it all into my bike, gear, and ride trips. I've ebayed amps and effect pedals I've had since I was a teenager, sold collectors item vinyl records, and craig'slisted rare bootleg nirvana albums... all in the name of what the bike beast inside me demands!!! SACRIFICE!! MORE!!!
If you truly are passionate about riding, you'll find that all your other hobbies and other interests will eventually fall to being liquidated into funds that can and will support the MTB habit.
It's a sickness, and we all got it bad son, so ebay that xbox, pawn your baseball card collection, and hock the spiderman comics... The bike beast wants MORE!!!
I've been racing for 4 yrs and I have 4 bikes. My 1st year I bought a XC bike (Specialized Stump Jumper Pro)....ooops. Then I bought a 2002 Spec. Big Hit Comp Large, I liked it so much, the next year I bought a 2001 Spec. Big Hit Medium. This year I wanted a 26" rear so I have an Intense M1. I tried to PRODEAL a Yeti 303 but they stopped taking orders.....UGH!!! Next year its the 303 or the M5. I also have a CRAP LOAD of spare parts.I have 2 M-1s from 2001 and 2. I have made and installed aluminum down tube guards and chain stay protectors. I replace the bearings once a year and keep my bikes in top condition. (That said I damaged my nomad two weeks ago and cracked the head tube bit thats another story). The basic rule is buy smart and treat your equipment so it lasts. I have a friend of mine buys a new dh frame every year. In the five years he has done this he has spent roughly 10,000 just on his frames. He sells his frames at around a 50% loss thats 5g's or one fully loaded dh bike. In that time I have spent around 400 on a paint jobs and new bearings around 4x's.
R E I !!!I know it...but I dont have hook ups to get one :-/. Not to mention I'm at crew 3 hours a day 6 days a week, and periodic races all weekend, which is a turn off for most people who want work done. Luckily I'm turning 16 in 2 days and I have my LBS resume sitting next to me as I type this, just going to wait till I get that 3.0 next month to turn it in :-D.
otb on pavement, side of face roadrashed 2 bones broken.how does one fracture their face? wut exactly is fracturing ur face?
I kinda wana work their since they do have bike stuff, and alot of other outdoor stuff....which is pretty much all the gear I buy, but ehh...lol.R E I !!!
got that rite, wash them dishes, then ride mai cyclewashin dishes is where the money is.
right on.blue read your sig right now and that is how we all feel about you. jk
You're just jealous, jingoistic xenephobe...right on.
i wonder if his cult leader lets him on the internet, or does he have to sneak away to spew his hate.