What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.
Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.
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Cycling.
You can certainly do it on an 300€ bike, but who would want that if you can pay 300€ for the helmet alone.
Same problem. I have now 5 bikes:
- Old, but nice city road race bike (I needed a bike...)
- Nice road race bike (racing bikes are nice, let's look at high-end ones, they are surely not that expensive...)
- Mountain bike (wait I cannot go to this close-by trail with my road bikes...)
- Touring bike (GF: let's cycle to this remote place ... )
- Triathlon bike ( here I got too ambitious... )
- NOW: I want a gravel bike, they are so nice, please send help ;)
5... those are rookie numbers, you've got to pump those numbers up!
/s
Say it with me now: N+1
If I only had somewhere to keep them…
Got three road bikes:
- my first one: Shimano Sora 3x, aluminum frame. Still in use for commutes and bad weather rides.
- the good one. Shimano 105, Rim brakes, aluminum. It just works and it well balanced. I the long rides, it’s actually the best of those three, even if it’s not the fastest.
- Aero road bike, eTap shifters, discs, carbon frame and rims. I’m always anxious I could brake something to the point I can’t really enjoy it.
I actually thought about getting a triathlon bike too, just know how much faster I could go on it. Then again, I never even participated in cycling events anyway.
Yeah, my pedals alone (Assioma Duo) are now worth more than an entry level bike.