What purchase have you made that you consider the best value for money?
The best value for my money has been my Alpinestars protective airbag vest I use when racing. They use similar tech to a car airbag and it inflates if I fall off the bike. They cost more than €1,000, but they have definitely saved my life more times than I would like to remember.It’s local for anything that I can. I feel we need to support local, family-owned businesses and not tech billionaires who have competitive advantages that cannot be met.
I replaced my laptop recently. I felt bad about spending what I did on it but then I realised how many years I got out of my last one. When you break something down to cost in use, buying quality really does make sense.The biggest purchase I have been saving up for recently was the entry fee for the Dakar Rally – it was a whopping €18,000. I actually qualified to race last year but did not have half the savings or sponsorship that I have worked very hard to achieve for this year.