Buying Your First Mountain Bike in 10 Years…

When you haven’t been mountain biking in 10 years it’s hard to get back into the game. A LOT has changed! And let’s be honest. Dropper posts are scary! 😂

[lateefcarrere]

$800 is the store's admission fee 🤣

[mortenhartvigkristiansen]

"my biggest fear is: when I die, my wife will sell my bike for what I told her I paid for it"

[evanrossow]

"I have $800"
proceeds to look at an $800 seatpost

[abstraddic]

800 is the official number that won't get you killed by the wife unit. 👍

[PseudoThief]

"I've got $800. That should be enough to get myself a pretty sick mountain bike, right!?". Yes. Yes, you're right. It absolutely SHOULD BE.

[Reall]

800 dollars in weekly payments for the next 12 years 🤣

[johnlone]

My old 2007 Specialized Rockhopper is still serving me well today. Solid bicycle!!

[FerrariGTO]

I have 800 bucks
*looks at e-bike*

Shop owner: yeah, you're a bit short buddy

[josh_yep.]

Hee...Try buying your first motorcycle in 22 years! "Where's the choke?" "Where's the reserve tank?"...Guy looked at me like I was a time traveler!😄

[mateuszzdyb]

Spec Hardrock owner here, purchased in 2012 for couple hundred pounds (maybe even 300 GBP). 40 thousands kilometers done, still going strong :)

[DemonDrummer]

As a non-bike person in search of a new bike…this is my inner monologue.

[searcher]

A $5k bike, a $100k pickup truck, $6.50 / gal fuel and a $10 cup of coffee. The world has gone _CRAZY!_

[lexx]

My first time at a real bike shop years ago: "I'm gonna drop $500 on sick bike and get gear too!"
(...cheapest bike in there was 3x that, no pedals.)

[cswann]

Part of me really wants to plunk down about $3-$4 grand on a new hardtail. Trouble is, the one I built in the early 2000's is still going strong.

[kentwoods]

Extremely relatable lol. You should have added in the 27.5” and 29” wheels too!

[neova]

I bought my first bike in 30+ years and was told that $1500 to $2000 is considered entry level 😬

[conorfitzpatrickdesign]

Wife: Googles make and model - $8, 199.
“So they’re having a 90% Off Sale are they?”

[gartan]

I saved up for a year doing paper routes to buy a full chrome mongoose sniper BMX.
Was legit the shiniest thing I've ever owned. You could see me a mile away reflecting the sun. My friends always knew when I was heading their way to meet up for a ride.

[bobcharlie]

so true, used to love biking as a kid, thought id treat myself and splash £1000 on a bike,

turns out my options were limited😂

[johntanchin]

had two bikes from the early 90s. i still have one of them in good working condition. last year i decided to buy a bike and the difference was truly astonishing!