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What it has cost so far....(excluding race entry)
garyroberts
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Item Cost
Bike £720.00 Second Hand Trek 1.9, with go-faster carbon saddle
Aero bars £80.00 Profile design T2
bar tape £5.00 White
track pump £24.00 Cheapest i could find
gear service £25.00 Had enough of messing around myself
adjustable stem £18.00 Great to get the bars lower
Aero bottle £24.00 Looks good (which is half the value!) but has a tendency to let liquid jump out
Pedals £40.00 Shimano 105
Cycle computer £30.00 Cateye
Road shoes £30.00 Second hand from Ebay
Tri shoes £100.00 Nice shiny shimano's
Saddle bag £20.00 For tube and stuff
CO2 kit £15.00 Puncture repairs
Tri suit £80.00 2XU Endurance
Gloves £15.00 Some dodgy things from JJB
Helmet £50.00 Rudy Project
Glasses £35.00 dhb
Swim cap £5.00 2XU
Goggles x2 £30.00 Aqua Sphere Eagles & some other AS type that leak (
Speedo's £10.00 Tight
Cycle shirt £20.00 Ebay
Running shoes £55.00 Dunno
Running bottom £25.00 Nike full length
Turbo trainer £100.00 Tacx Sirius Soft Gel
HRM £50.00 Garmin forerunner 50
£1,606.00
Oh yeah, and some book about how a guy managed to get through an IM in 6 months. What would you say the WAT is on this lot?
Bike £720.00 Second Hand Trek 1.9, with go-faster carbon saddle
Aero bars £80.00 Profile design T2
bar tape £5.00 White
track pump £24.00 Cheapest i could find
gear service £25.00 Had enough of messing around myself
adjustable stem £18.00 Great to get the bars lower
Aero bottle £24.00 Looks good (which is half the value!) but has a tendency to let liquid jump out
Pedals £40.00 Shimano 105
Cycle computer £30.00 Cateye
Road shoes £30.00 Second hand from Ebay
Tri shoes £100.00 Nice shiny shimano's
Saddle bag £20.00 For tube and stuff
CO2 kit £15.00 Puncture repairs
Tri suit £80.00 2XU Endurance
Gloves £15.00 Some dodgy things from JJB
Helmet £50.00 Rudy Project
Glasses £35.00 dhb
Swim cap £5.00 2XU
Goggles x2 £30.00 Aqua Sphere Eagles & some other AS type that leak (
Speedo's £10.00 Tight
Cycle shirt £20.00 Ebay
Running shoes £55.00 Dunno
Running bottom £25.00 Nike full length
Turbo trainer £100.00 Tacx Sirius Soft Gel
HRM £50.00 Garmin forerunner 50
£1,606.00
Oh yeah, and some book about how a guy managed to get through an IM in 6 months. What would you say the WAT is on this lot?
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I've only been doing this sport for 5 years but I reckon that equates to a fair amount of dosh......... a few bikes, tyres, carbon wheeel sets, tubes, more pairs of goggles than I can remember, sh*t load of different kit, physio-therapy, various race entries, coaching, flights to races, hotel bills................ AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to say its worth it, but....................
The WAT officer is sitting next to me and has just seen your post, mine now looks excellent! [:D][:D][:D]
CO2 cannister thingy - £15
Trainers - Reebok £20 at discount store from £50 erhm Brooks £75 not from discount store don't dare leave them in same room they might breed
helmet £20 Giro off e-bay
Tri top and shorts 2XU - on sale £50
1000 mile compression socks £12 e-bay
1000 mile trainer socks £5 e-bay - bit of a theme emerging here
nike running tights - £40
HH running top - £15 e-bay
Body armour running top -£15 e-bay
linebreak compression tights £40
nike trainer socks in a multi colour with left and right written on - fab socks £6 discount store
number belt £4.99
strapless cages - £10 from guess where
wet suit £99 sale on wiggle
and miscellaneous bits that I'm not admitting to incase other half sees this post AND definitely not adding it up in case[:D]
Tri bible
Total immersion
Chi running
and some other thing that kept me up all night
oh and my lap counter £20, and pump and spare inner tube Oh God this is getting worse not going to think about it any more
new bike £1250 (it was reduced from 1450 or so and it is lovely so worth every penny i have and will spend on it)
Co2 Pump, bottle cages etc £~200 (i got a nice carbon bottle holder for the seat set)
Areobars, £90
Tri shorts and vest £100 ish don't remember
tri shoes £80
cycle shoes £45
gloves helmet, hi viz jacket ~£150
wetsuit £105
goggles, swim caps etc ~£50
Soreen >£100 (and rising almost daily)
thankfully i already had all the running gear i need but there are still so many things to get, like a nice new shiny carbon stem for use when i have the aerobars on, and race entry/travel costs food costs have increased a lot both for quantity and 'quality' of ingredients used. Oh dear god i hope the GAT woman doesn't spot this lot...
I've done this on the cheap really - since May 08.
Bike £300 (my contribution on C2W)
Aerobars £40
Bike Computer £6
Bottles, cages, saddlebag, tubes etc £30 approx
Servicing £60
Trisuit £40
Wetsuit £58
Running shoes £63
Homo-erotic running tights £15
Energy food, recovery food etc £75 approx
HRM £25
Bike jacket £10 (from Aldi, surprisingly good)
Tri club (membership fees, session payments since January only) £50 approx
Lunchtime swim membership £100
Race fees £320
220 magazine £30
Total £1222. You will note I am severely lacking in "stuff" and this figure will inevitably increase.
No real reason for this as such, its good to get that cost too, but thought we could tot up equipment separately [:D]
Fudging the figures to look good eh? Dye your eyebrows and call yourself Alastair...
Race TT Bike - 3500
Training TT Bike - 2500
Wetsuit (race) - 399
Wetsuit (training) 150
Aero wheels - 1000
Bottle Cages - 75
Servicing - 250
Misc (chains, cassesttes, brake pads etc) - 500
Clothing - 500
Trainers - 250
Tri Shoes - 150
Road Shoes - 100
New cleats - 45
New peddles - 145
Seems to be getting expensive. Ah well, i enjoy it!!!!
The things that I have found over and above what's already been specified:-
[ul][*]Food - especially from the canteen at work.. all this commuting means I'm generally eating breakfast at work and often lunch too..[*]Milkshakes for recovery drinks[*]Nutritional products - carbs drinks, (run & biking), gels, powders and others..[*]Washing powder & fabric conditoners...[*]new clothes horse and hangers to help dry kit quicker.[*]more shower gels[*]more shampoo & conditioner - ** the only this I'm vain about is my condition of my hair... (not even the cut/style, just the condition of it[:)])[*]a second Garmin 305 watch after I misplaced my first one and without waiting to see if it turned up buying another one.[*]lots of bike accessories, especially inner tubes... (just in case)[/ul]but on the flip side, I now save money on petrol... or is the reality I commute so frequent beacuse I can't afford petrol anymore???
helmet £40
runners £100
Wetsuit £99 (wiggle orca s2)
socks £30
Cycling shorts £40
tri shorts £60
tshirts/cycling jerseys £70
running tights £40
turbo trainer 99
profile jammer aero bars 99
tape 5.00
Continental gator tyres £40
Turbo Tyre 10
cycle computer 20
bike shoes 40
pedals 30
sis milkshakes + energy drinks 50
physio 120
sports assessment 130
gym membership 720
swim lessons 50
books £100+
tri entry costs so far 200
bike tubes/repair kits 20
lap counter 20
sunglasses 60
oh my GOD!! no wonder i am broke.
oh and gloves 20
laces 5
what does that come to...
2716
oh man, that is like the price of the bike i want.... Im gonna be shot if this gets out.. DELETE THIS POST ;-)
Yeah totally agree Britspin - I think I'd like to be at this stage!
Bike: Trek Madone 4.5 £1600
Pedals: Keo lok £149
Shoes: Shimano TR50's £149
Bike accesories: cages, bags, pump etc £100
Helmet: £89
Flight deck computer and Accesories £65
Blue tyres: £60
Orca apex 3.8 wetsuit £349
Underwater MP3 £68
Swim aides £25
New asics running shoes £90
Club tri suit £45
Club cycle top £45
Million mile socks £15
SiS various products around £40 a month
Swim coach £240
Physio £120 and on-going
Week at Les-stables training camp around £600.
That isnt including training kit, entry fees and flights
I only have details of my bike worked up, so here goes...
First Incarnation:
Second hand trek 1500 £550
Bolt-on tri bars £25
Blackburn 4.0 cycle computer £25
Second incarnation:
carbon TT frame £330
LBS workshop (decided not to swap all the drivetrain etc over myself) £40
Aero bars, extensions and brakes £85
Dura Ace bar end shifters £15
Carbon wheels £150
total outlay £1,220 not including track pump, race tyres, CO2 pump, saddle bag, probably other bits and pieces. Oh, yes, like oil, chain cleaner, etc.
Everything second hand except a Met Ippogriffo helmet and some Carnac tri shoes.
I reduced my WAT on this by selling the bits I no longer needed back on Ebay as follows:
Trek 1500 frame and forks £175
Ultegra levers £85
Bolt on tri bars £20
handlebars £15
original wheels £still to sell
so my net outlay on the bike alone is £925 so call it £1000 to allow for bits I've forgotten. This got me:
Dolan pallotola carbon TT frame, Profile design aero wing bars, T2+ extensions, QS2 brakes, dura ace end shifters, full ultegra everywhere else, Spinergy Rev X wheels.
Then there's the "training" bike - spent £360 on that; ordinary (non - race day) shoes, plenty of clothing, etc. Let's call it £1500 in the last two years.
Oh, then there's gym membership at £25.50 per month, swim sessions at £2 or £3.50 per week depending where I go, maybe £100 on sports drinks and supplements, car fuel, BTF and club subs...
I'm going to stop now because it's getting scary [:o]
At least 2 grand (and counting), and I haven't even had a race yet! Doh.
Giant TCR Advanced 3 Road Racing Bike: £1440
Shimano 105 Pedals: £40
Shimano TR 31 Shoes: £70
Profile Jammer GT Aero Bars: £75
Profile Aero Drink Bottle and Bracket: £25
SBR Sports Saddle Bag and Bento Box: £15
Continental GP Attack/Force Race Day Tyres: £60
Giro Ionos Helmet: £100
Exposure Joystick Maxx 2 Light: £145
Blackburn Mars 3.0 Light: £15
DHB Elsted Bike Box: £145
Innovations Air Pump SL: £15
SKS Airworx Control Track Pump: £30
TACX Satori Trainer: £150
TACX Antares Rollers: £120
Boardman Mountain Pro Cross-Country Racing Bike: £720
Northwave Lizzard Shoes: £65
Fischer RCS Cross-Country Skis inc. Salomon Pilot Bindings: £270
Marwe 610 Skating Rollerskis inc. Salmon Pilot Bindings: £245
Salomon RS Carbon Skating Boots: £120
KV+ Viking Cross-Country Ski Poles: £65
Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS with Speed/Cadence Sensor: £220
Suunto T3C Heart Rate Monitor: £100
Foor Quantum Wetsuit: £50
Aqua Sphere Vista Goggles: £15
Zoggs Swim Paddles: £5
Zoggs Nose Clip and Ear Plugs: £5
Zoot Tempo+ Summer Racing Shoe: £70
Salomon SpeedCross 2 Winter/Cross Country Racing Shoe: £65
Nike Air Pegasus+ Training Shoe: £45
So that's just over £4,500 spent in less than 9 months and I've budgeted another £3,000 this year on race entry and training, travel and accommodation. I'm also looking to by a fixed gear training bike - any suggestions? - and a 'proper' triathlon bike in next month or so, probably a Felt B2 or Scott Plasma 10.
Damn, when you look at it like that, it's pretty disturbing, isn't it?
For my first tri -
Bike from Halfords - can't remember the model. I only remember how much it was (400) because it was nicked the next year right before London and I had to do it on my mountain bike.
Helmet - not new (used to mountain bike quite a bit so used the same helmet
Wetsuit - hired for 35
Goggles - I think they were 10 quid
Running shoes - 60, but I didn't buy them for that race but for something else.
Sunglasses - used an old pair of raybans as I didn't have race-specific ones.
Shorts - ran with running shorts, and biked with bike shorts (really long transition ) - 35 each
Top - I ran and biked with the same bike jersey, which was 70 quid
Bike shoes - again, had them from my mtn bike so used those.
Pedals - Shimano clipless for 30 quid.
Watch - Timex Ironman
Now the real question to ask is how much is this Ironman gonna cost me?
Trek 1000 road bike - 1000
Clip-on aerobars - 90
Bike computer - 40
Helmet - 100
Bike shoes - 100
Running shoes - 100
2XU wetsuit - 170
Goggles - new Zoggs, 1 pair clear, 1 pair dark, 9 quid each = 18
Prescription sunglasses (tri specific) - 100
2XU Tri shorts (on order) - 80
= 1,798 pounds on kit
Accomodation - 150
Travel - 50
Food - 50
WAT - weekend in Scotland, so 500+
= 2500+ pounds.
Lost of other things I won't count, like socks, running tops, training clothing, nutritional products, etc... as I use that stuff for other things; the stuff above I only use for triathlons so that's all I'm counting.
It's like getting your P60 at the end of the year - that's when you finally realize just how much money you've gone through!
Yeah the bikes blue and white so had to get blue tyres!!!!!!!
£200 - Giant OCR 3 - second hand 2007 model, as new.
£30 New pedals
£35 New shoes
£10 gloves
£12 top
£9 base layer SS
£12 base layer LS
£28 West Wight Triathlon Entry
£40 Henley Triathlon Entry
£14 Zoggs Predator Goggles (leak)
£3 Tesco goggles (great!)
£11 Zoggs trunks
£10 Carbon Stem
£6 2 new inner tubes
£4 Bottle holder
£8 bottle (super camelbak silicon one!)
£120 Annual Swim Pass for my local pool. (Discounted as I work for the council).
£552
I still need some shorts (£30) but then I think I'm there for this season.
I think I've been excessive. I can't believe how much you guys have spent!
Is that not WAT deductable ?