Just sat down and worked up what it would cost to start from scratch to race a whole season in the north
Bike - £1800+ (my haro cost bout 400.00 as is and repairs are not lot )
Kit - : helmet free from russ :daumenhoch:body armour etc round 100.00 last ages)
Licence - £32
Race Fees - £7.00 a race average say 7 meets per season
Travel Expenses - £10.00 average again diesel per meet
Food and drink - £0.00 bring sarnies and drink can stella and wham bar with 20 roll up
Total for 1 seasons regional racing in the north is £670.00 including bike which has so far lasted 2 seasons
Obviously you can massively reduce or increase costs but i find it quite a cheap sport in general