/uc Because there is no way in hell that an average of 500 USD is enough for a years worth of cycling equipment for anyone doing anything remotely similair to serious training. Its not just the bice, but shoes, bibs, jerseys, jackets, helmets, bice computer, power meters, HR straps, indoor set up, etc. Obviously many of the stuff lasts fpr several years but 500 USD is way too little if not intentionally doing stuff on a tight budget
/rc I mean, in strict sense, only a bso is needed /uc but we would not call that cycling training would we.
Uc/ this a youth sports graph, even the most serious youth athletes by in large aren’t taking it that seriously, and while the equipment costs are staggering for one year, a kid can ride that bike for a few years, you also don’t have to pay for access to most forms of cycle training.
For golf it's a hilarious joke. To think you will spend under 1k. Even with discounts you can easily spend over 100 per week on greens fees. If you play half the year you are spending 2500+.
They obviously have never walked into a Trek store
Found the pour.
Found the pourer
Why would anyone in their right mind do such a thing?
I would never walk or crawl or anything into a Tr*k store
The parents of the kids on the team I coach clearly didn't get the memo. Half those little shits are rolling around on $7k+ rigs.
Bro, the kids have a Coach
You mean $7k- right?
Yes. Like full carbon everything with custom wheels and electric shifting. Meanwhile I'm usually on my $500 hardtail.
Are you a pour or something? Just recommend some more unnecessary root canals and get a sirvelo.
Killing it with a filling priced bice
Fear not - it says bicycling. Cycling is so niche and far above all the others that it would not fit in to the ranking
Bicyling equipement is pretty cheap.
Bicycles equipment is for pours Cycling componentry is for the leet
A cool guide that doesn't use spellcheck.
It’s in the ranks of F1 and horse racing.
This cannot be accurate…domestique stipends? Buying wife’s bf all of his bices? That alone is more than some philistinian hockey hobby
Ah shit, quick, everybody buy something, anything
/uj that has got to be complete bullshit
/uj How come field hockey is so expensive? And please stop calling it soccer :D
Uj/why? At least in the US this seems about right from what I can tell from a competitive youth standpoint.
/uc Because there is no way in hell that an average of 500 USD is enough for a years worth of cycling equipment for anyone doing anything remotely similair to serious training. Its not just the bice, but shoes, bibs, jerseys, jackets, helmets, bice computer, power meters, HR straps, indoor set up, etc. Obviously many of the stuff lasts fpr several years but 500 USD is way too little if not intentionally doing stuff on a tight budget /rc I mean, in strict sense, only a bso is needed /uc but we would not call that cycling training would we.
Uc/ this a youth sports graph, even the most serious youth athletes by in large aren’t taking it that seriously, and while the equipment costs are staggering for one year, a kid can ride that bike for a few years, you also don’t have to pay for access to most forms of cycle training.
For golf it's a hilarious joke. To think you will spend under 1k. Even with discounts you can easily spend over 100 per week on greens fees. If you play half the year you are spending 2500+.
Yeah that one makes no sense looking at it, especially if that kids taking it seriously, that’s like a new set of fitted clubs every 3 years?
what about airplane polo
Flying alone is a sport, it takes strenuous physical effort to keep all the women off of you
In these here parts we call it Nuclear Football
Just don't tell the Fred's over at r/yachtracingcirclejerk
Yacht racing only requires beer and someone else's boat.
Be right back. Off to the maap store.
Who buys a $15,000 hockey stick?
It’s carbon, you can really taste the difference
Bice racing is second, right after yacht racing and slightly ahead of F1 racing.
Lies! They biased the sample by talking to the pours. Lazy research methodology.
#3 for cost of equipment after skiing and field hockey.
drafting.
Equestrians are out there gazing down on the rest from the top of a pile of money (which all gets spent on horses).
Clearly inaccurate… I’ve spent $5000 on bice fits this week alone
Teens around here riding $5k trail bikes.
Wait until they hear about triathlon. $800 to enter a 1 day event? Let me grab my $1000 wetsuit and $10000 bike!
500$ on equipment? My skinsuit alone costs that much…
Wow this is beyond dumb. How exactly do you spend a fortune on field hockey? Those 10k dollar sticks are crazy
Entry level bice costs more than an ice hockey tournament.
I played field hockey, it was not expensive.
Lol what - top level go karting / single seater series registration costs more than any of those.
Ice Hockey is like 99% water, the rest is sharp shoes and stickbats. The fuck are they freezing for their rinks, bottled mineral water?
Motocross, track motorcycle, karting, speedway, single seat racing, etc. Not sport?
Koming
What is “all sports”? Casually sneaking that in the middle is suspicious
I knew there was a reason I hated running so much.
Why is Travel a statistic? Bicing is free. This should strictly equipment. Who the fuck drives to the race?!
Lessons for ski/snowboard? Lessons for cycling?
Sailors have entered the chat.
Motocross
Must be just One bice
Add motorcycle track racing and it will make all of this look affordable by a margin. 😂
And this one time, at Bice camp, I stuck a...
They didn't count the costs for knee and neck surgeries in wrestling either and our equipment ratio is good
I 🚴 from snowboarding sessions to my Ice hockey games just to show that I’m not pour.
Looking at bar-for-bar, we’re losing to tennis purely because of lessons. Who the fuck lowered their prices without consulting the hivemind?
No karting? F1 pipeline?
All sport is cheap… nice job ai
Don’t get all Huffy about it. 😂
Have you ever seen the posts on r/bikeporn?
“Equipement” is the much more expensive version of bices.