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I’ll use the bike more than just one day
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Wedding venue alone is costing more than the bike
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She got an engagement ring
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Good chance her wedding dress will be poor value per wear
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But yes I do want to get married so
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Don’t need to hire a wedding car now though.
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She’s punching above her weight.
I know. No-one has ever said that.
You’re welcome.
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Don’t worry, I tell her regularly.
I’m an Ironman ™ doncha know!
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There are actually so many ‘money pits’ with Weddings; if you’re not pretentious, lots of money to be saved.
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Absolutely this. Please please please don’t get sucked into the “have to haves” that all of insta and tiktok try to tell you you “need”. It’s still not a cheap adventure however much you try to save but the important part is the people and your attitude. The rest is just extra. But it is a really magical day.
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But at the same time it is a once in a lifetime thing (for most). We spent a fair few £ on ours, especially considering our wages back then, but I don’t regret a single penny of it as it was truly an amazing day.
It all depends on your circumstances of course. This was our first big life thing i.e. before buying a house and kids, so we didn’t mind splashing out a bit.
We weren’t frivolous, and did tonnes of work ourselves. But we very much did what we wanted and spent in areas that were important to us. That said, I have no doubt that things were relatively a fair bit cheaper back in 2012!
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I think things were ‘relatively cheap’ until the post Covid inflation.
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I’ll comment in the Financial wizards, little help please
Wish I’d spent a little more on my wedding suit… I hired it from Slaters which in retrospect was a bit tight of me. Everything else, the dress, venue, food accommodation was amazing and money well spent. Probably £15k all in 12 years ago so a bargain in comparison to some. Big country house, NE Scotland, dinner, 10 bedrooms, 60 guests, exclusive use for 1.5 days was £10k. I enjoyed spending it 
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not seen one of them in the wild in a very long time!
wouldn’t be allowed in a WT non-drafting event now as it’s not an approved frame
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I like that, when I first started in triathlon one of the guys I rode with regularly had one of these. I also like yellow bikes.
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That’s one of the things I really like about that bike. Like an old school MTB.
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Thats a gravel bike from the 80’s. No one understood at the time.
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That pannier looks a bit flimsy 
Ps. Are those fasteners down the fork legs for bags of some kind too?
They are, either bags direct or front rack
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