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Yes, I am financing a bicycle. No, I don't need your judgement.


pmswanepoel

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Physical health sure. I can get fit on a 5k bike, but can I be mentally and emotionally well adjusted on an entry level bike?

It is not about what you ride. It is where you ride, how you ride and who you ride with.

 

It does not matter how much you spend on the bike, you will never own the road or the trail.

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A pair of runnings or trail shoes is probably the better " investment" if health is the justifiction.

:ph34r:

Have you seen the price of trail shoes these days! At 9 months a pair you looking at almost R3500 per year!

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Have you seen the price of trail shoes these days! At 9 months a pair you looking at almost R3500 per year!

That’s fokol.

R3.5k will be your monthly installment on a $$$ bike. Or the annual insurance cost alone.

Never mind the associated maintenance costs of said bike. R3.5k is a GX cassette a year.

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Isn't this the elephant in the room? Its open season on mamilian wallets.

 

That’s fokol.

R3.5k will be your monthly installment on a $$$ bike. Or the annual insurance cost alone.

Never mind the associated maintenance costs of said bike. R3.5k is a GX cassette a year.

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Well since the OP doesn’t want to post a pic of his financed bike I’ll post a pic of my financed bike - just because threads need peeekchas.

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Lovely bike...can you eat it? do it come with is own braai set ? and don't forget the coffee machine.. :blush:  :mellow:

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I thought of financing a bike a few months ago. At the end I bought a older second hand bike cash with the money I would have used for a deposit.

Now I am very happy with the decision I made.

I got a lot of bike for a third of the price of new one.

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Lovely bike...can you eat it? do it come with is own braai set ? and don't forget the coffee machine.. :blush: :mellow:

If I ate it then it would be gone and that would suck.

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I stupidly made the mistake of buying a cellphone myself for the first time since 2006 recently. Since then work has always given me a phone. Work still give me a base level iPhone, but I, in a moment of madness, bought a new XR a couple of months ago and stuck my work sim card in.

 

Every time I use it now, I think how that £800 could have paid for a week of cycling in Majorca instead.

I just did more or less the same thing. Not ever having received not being allowed credit here I realised I needed WiFi calling. Only way to get it is with a contract. Pop into Vodafone expecting fully to be denied an told yes sir we can give you a sim card contract. Pushing my luck I asked could I get a phone too. ( always had my own bought from gift gaff SE iPhone) yes sir what phone would u like.

 

Long story. In a 40 pound a month hole but at least I now have credit. Another step in the process.

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