where are you eating? Apparently a Bentley uses about 30p/mile in fuel, so ... coffee and cake comes to something less than £6 usually, even in London.
Caviare is quite pricey in most places I find
Cost per mile of cycling
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Caviare is quite pricey in most places I find
jefmcg
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Waiting for you to post a list of cycle friendly cafes that serve caviar. Though I might wait until the app comes out.Caviare is quite pricey in most places I find
subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
servicing labour costs me nothingAm I misunderstanding it or if you're given a bike, then apparently gear+servicing is free too?
Sigh , RTSP - or was reading not a strong point
jefmcg
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I read it as "put the total amount you have spent on your bike in this box == original price + extra equipment + servicing costs"Am I misunderstanding it or if you're given a bike, then apparently gear+servicing is free too?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I wouldn't put it past http://www.creakeabbeycafe.com/ which is just down a B road (well, up a long drag of a hill) from Chelsea-on-Sea.
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User6179
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About 10p a mile for me, would be 15p if I used a LBS .
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
What's Real Time Streaming Protocol got to do with this?Sigh , RTSP - or was reading not a strong point
I read it as "COST OF BIKE" = BOX "+ gear & service?" as if you've got to add up receipts anyway, it doesn't seem any easier than checking the tracker for the mileage and doing some division.
Regardless of what the cost is, it beats sitting/standing on a poxy tube or being in the car unless i am desperate, the freedom and benefits of cycling far outweighs the cost for me personally.
but on the basis the calculator just told me the new bike has already paid for itself, time to go buy another! ;-)
but on the basis the calculator just told me the new bike has already paid for itself, time to go buy another! ;-)
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mattobrien
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- Sunny Suffolk
I hate it when I have to thin about things like this.
The easiest one for me is my more recent winter bike, that is coming in at £2.19 / mile, although I have only covered 1,164 miles on it since Nov, so plenty of scope for the cost / mile to come down as the mileage goes up.
My summer bike gets more scary as it is still well over £1 / mile and that is with three seasons use and plenty of miles. On-going costs aren't too bad, but I suspect I'll struggle to get it below £1 / mile as I fancy some new wheels at some point...
Finally looking at my Lotus, not a bike but worth including for comparison, that is coming in at around £1.53 a mile, over the nine years of ownership. That includes depreciation, insurance, servicing and fuel estimates. It would be lower if I drove it more. Must try to do that this year and try to break the 2,000 miles in a year for the first time in a long, long time.
The easiest one for me is my more recent winter bike, that is coming in at £2.19 / mile, although I have only covered 1,164 miles on it since Nov, so plenty of scope for the cost / mile to come down as the mileage goes up.
My summer bike gets more scary as it is still well over £1 / mile and that is with three seasons use and plenty of miles. On-going costs aren't too bad, but I suspect I'll struggle to get it below £1 / mile as I fancy some new wheels at some point...
Finally looking at my Lotus, not a bike but worth including for comparison, that is coming in at around £1.53 a mile, over the nine years of ownership. That includes depreciation, insurance, servicing and fuel estimates. It would be lower if I drove it more. Must try to do that this year and try to break the 2,000 miles in a year for the first time in a long, long time.
OK, I'm ignoring capital purchases for my calculations, if only because I own my bikes outright, so there are no ongoing "costs" other than replacing consumables and wear and tear. Also not including cake. I'm a realist. I'd eat it anyway.
For the last year for my road bike (not including the MTB) I've purchased the following
2xTyres (£9 each)
5xInner Tubes (£9 on offer at halfords, minus BC discount)
BC Membership - £32
Puncture repair patches (not sure, probably around £5)
Bar Tape (£6)
Brake Pads (£10)
I have spent other stuff on cycling, most notably tools, but I'm not counting them in as a cost per mile, largely because they are not solely used for my bike, and they are a one off purchase. Unlike Servicing.
This adds up to £80, I'm going to round it to £100, just in case I've missed something off.
I've ridden 2500 miles in the last calendar year on that bike for a total cost of 2.5p per mile. If I limit it to commuting miles only, then it is 10p per mile cost.
Quite reasonable I think.
For the last year for my road bike (not including the MTB) I've purchased the following
2xTyres (£9 each)
5xInner Tubes (£9 on offer at halfords, minus BC discount)
BC Membership - £32
Puncture repair patches (not sure, probably around £5)
Bar Tape (£6)
Brake Pads (£10)
I have spent other stuff on cycling, most notably tools, but I'm not counting them in as a cost per mile, largely because they are not solely used for my bike, and they are a one off purchase. Unlike Servicing.
This adds up to £80, I'm going to round it to £100, just in case I've missed something off.
I've ridden 2500 miles in the last calendar year on that bike for a total cost of 2.5p per mile. If I limit it to commuting miles only, then it is 10p per mile cost.
Quite reasonable I think.
If I only count the cost of usual parts I get through each year, it's below 5p a mile for definite (I do my own work, so no labour cost there). However, If you start to include things like the original cost of the bike, and parts that get replaced less often than once a year (like wheels for example) then it's much more.
Of course if you want to be even more accurate, I could say I need to include certain food and such. For example, I eat another snack a couple of hours before leaving work for my cycle home (I commute 20 miles each way), that I wouldn't need if I was not riding.
All that aside though, the benefit in terms of fitness and the fact that I enjoy it (even my commute, sometimes) is immeasurable.
Of course if you want to be even more accurate, I could say I need to include certain food and such. For example, I eat another snack a couple of hours before leaving work for my cycle home (I commute 20 miles each way), that I wouldn't need if I was not riding.
All that aside though, the benefit in terms of fitness and the fact that I enjoy it (even my commute, sometimes) is immeasurable.
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ChrisEyles
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On seeing the size of my lunch, several of my friends have commented that cycling can't possibly be saving me any money... possibly true, but I do get to eat a lot of cake
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I agree with both @si_c (I'd eat it anyway) and @Mile195 (fitness dividend) but try to eat healthy food as much as possible. I fear that far too many cyclists think that they can eat stodge just because they ride... but that's probably a bit off-topic for this discussion if we're not including the extra cost of bad foodsOn seeing the size of my lunch, several of my friends have commented that cycling can't possibly be saving me any money... possibly true, but I do get to eat a lot of cake
I unfortunately work with a poor chap whose job is to analyse the nutritional content of food and produce reports on how to stop us all getting fat.On seeing the size of my lunch, several of my friends have commented that cycling can't possibly be saving me any money... possibly true, but I do get to eat a lot of cake
Lunch yesterday apparently had 23 spoons of sugar in.
