Yeah except i feel like more than half these retromod builds cost as much as a normal new bike and the people that buy it use it to ride to a coffee shop, where da meme bout that
vvorknat on
Anyone wanna buy my hardrock $900
TMbiker2000 on
I only overpay for cool parts.
CXR1037 on
I’ll remember this next time I’m riding the bikes I overpaid for en route to the local pizza/beer place!
cdlbadger on
I feel like you got this backwards.
kymberts on
I’ve overpaid for my bike at least ten times by now.
petklutz on
building an xbike these days requires extraordinary amounts of at least 2 of the following: bike knowledge, patience, money
calefa on
I overpay for xbikes (and i own a riv too)
veracity8_ on
It’s crazy that you think xbikers don’t overpay for bike too
Next-Department-777 on
i have parts that cost me at elast 2 times more than the bike has
ReallySmallWeenus on
Nothing like making a meme directed at a group to let them know you think about them a lot but somehow don’t care about them.
Snowdriftless on
There are places for both cheap and expensive X-Bikes. Yes I could buy a bike for the $1.2k I put into a build. To get an equivalent new bike I would probably need to pay $2-4k for a custom frame builder to make a high-end steel frame.
Xbikers certainly overpay for bikes, but I would argue that they aren’t overpaying nearly as much as the strava bros. In my wildest dreams, I’ve never thought up a bike that cost more than $4k new (and I never buy shit new if I can avoid it). $4k is nothing for a new carbon road bike to a lot of people these days. And those bikes will be obsolete in like 5 years. Blinged out Paul brake calipers will probably outlast anything on a new road bike by a factor of 2 or 3. I would much rather be overpaying for a bike part that will last the rest of my life than buying disposable resin crap and e-waste.
first-alt-account on
thinking about a group enough to post a meme saying you don’t think about the group is… Interesting
AmputatedOtto on
unrelatable meme
JimmyBisMe on
It goes a couple ways. People buying old bikes and rocking them, people buying old bikes and tossing tons of new expensive parts on them, people buying new bikes that aren’t carbon and are adventure oriented, people buying new bikes that are carbon, are adventure oriented, and they toss a ton of expansive parts on them, really weird random bikes.
urbanwhiteboard on
We both overpay on bikes. One on the carbon bike, one on overpriced hipster bikeparts. We are not that different. Just the pace.
Significant-Dog-8166 on
I am both of these men though. They love eachother deeply.
oldfrancis on
Except maybe as a source for spare parts.
RadiantPerception224 on
Pizza is cool but don’t glorify drinking too much
Checked_Out_6 on
These Paul levers are not cheap!
endocalvin on
Whichever post, the xbiking or BJC version, gets the most comments will officially be the group that thinks more about the other.
McGirton on
€50 MTB, 2000€ in Paul Components.
ikickbabiesballs on
Kinda feel like this meme is reversed. No carbon brochacho is giving my Bridgestone a second glance, and I’m fine with that. Just want more people riding bikes of any kind.
EmilianoTechs on
Every time this meme comes up I HAVE to point out that, in Mad Men, this wasn’t a “badass” line. It was Don being insecure and LYING because he was extremely threatened by Ginsberg and, in fact, thought about him a LOT
MikeoPlus on
Why is paying a bike shop msrp for a bike “overpaying”?
nel-E-nel on
I dunno, I feel like some of the builds on this sub could fit in the first category.
Mcdiglingdunker on
Top panel should be modern performance bike designers/engineers. Leave the bottom panel as it is
ben_jamin_h on
I have spent far more on my piece of shit bike than I would have if I had bought a new one and it doesn’t even look cool. It is exactly how I want it though, except I want my saddle further back and I am at the limits of what I can find.
Do they make layback seatposts anymore? They used to do them for BMX when I was a kid…
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I actually just copied a meme I posted in BCJ.
Playing both sides so I always come out on top.
Yeah except i feel like more than half these retromod builds cost as much as a normal new bike and the people that buy it use it to ride to a coffee shop, where da meme bout that
Anyone wanna buy my hardrock $900
I only overpay for cool parts.
I’ll remember this next time I’m riding the bikes I overpaid for en route to the local pizza/beer place!
I feel like you got this backwards.
I’ve overpaid for my bike at least ten times by now.
building an xbike these days requires extraordinary amounts of at least 2 of the following: bike knowledge, patience, money
I overpay for xbikes (and i own a riv too)
It’s crazy that you think xbikers don’t overpay for bike too
i have parts that cost me at elast 2 times more than the bike has
Nothing like making a meme directed at a group to let them know you think about them a lot but somehow don’t care about them.
There are places for both cheap and expensive X-Bikes. Yes I could buy a bike for the $1.2k I put into a build. To get an equivalent new bike I would probably need to pay $2-4k for a custom frame builder to make a high-end steel frame.
https://preview.redd.it/n10v11nm2lyg1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2be4a078d1cab88ad766cfb2317486e2eda7345
Xbikers certainly overpay for bikes, but I would argue that they aren’t overpaying nearly as much as the strava bros. In my wildest dreams, I’ve never thought up a bike that cost more than $4k new (and I never buy shit new if I can avoid it). $4k is nothing for a new carbon road bike to a lot of people these days. And those bikes will be obsolete in like 5 years. Blinged out Paul brake calipers will probably outlast anything on a new road bike by a factor of 2 or 3. I would much rather be overpaying for a bike part that will last the rest of my life than buying disposable resin crap and e-waste.
thinking about a group enough to post a meme saying you don’t think about the group is… Interesting
unrelatable meme
It goes a couple ways. People buying old bikes and rocking them, people buying old bikes and tossing tons of new expensive parts on them, people buying new bikes that aren’t carbon and are adventure oriented, people buying new bikes that are carbon, are adventure oriented, and they toss a ton of expansive parts on them, really weird random bikes.
We both overpay on bikes. One on the carbon bike, one on overpriced hipster bikeparts. We are not that different. Just the pace.
I am both of these men though. They love eachother deeply.
Except maybe as a source for spare parts.
Pizza is cool but don’t glorify drinking too much
These Paul levers are not cheap!
Whichever post, the xbiking or BJC version, gets the most comments will officially be the group that thinks more about the other.
€50 MTB, 2000€ in Paul Components.
Kinda feel like this meme is reversed. No carbon brochacho is giving my Bridgestone a second glance, and I’m fine with that. Just want more people riding bikes of any kind.
Every time this meme comes up I HAVE to point out that, in Mad Men, this wasn’t a “badass” line. It was Don being insecure and LYING because he was extremely threatened by Ginsberg and, in fact, thought about him a LOT
Why is paying a bike shop msrp for a bike “overpaying”?
I dunno, I feel like some of the builds on this sub could fit in the first category.
Top panel should be modern performance bike designers/engineers. Leave the bottom panel as it is
I have spent far more on my piece of shit bike than I would have if I had bought a new one and it doesn’t even look cool. It is exactly how I want it though, except I want my saddle further back and I am at the limits of what I can find.
Do they make layback seatposts anymore? They used to do them for BMX when I was a kid…