Just a bit of fun with some fag-packet calculations
I got thinking last night about the cost per mile of the bikes I own / have owned; being defined as total equipment cost over the number of miles covered; the cost being adjusted if you like when the bike's used instead of another means of costly transport.
My old Giant cost me maybe £400 over its lifetime and covered around 6500 recreational miles for a cost of around 6p/mile (or maybe 5p when factoring in the cost of the bus pass I didn't buy during my final year of uni). My Boardman probably stands at about 36p/mile and my Genesis about £2.30/mile...
I generally use my bikes either for recreation or for trips that would otherwise have been done on foot, and rarely have I undertaken journeys on the bike instead of the car. However, having done a couple recently it feels good to have (so far) saved a whopping £10-15 in fuel!
I bet some of the hardened commuters are well into negative territory - how much is your ride costing (or saving) per mile?
I got thinking last night about the cost per mile of the bikes I own / have owned; being defined as total equipment cost over the number of miles covered; the cost being adjusted if you like when the bike's used instead of another means of costly transport.
My old Giant cost me maybe £400 over its lifetime and covered around 6500 recreational miles for a cost of around 6p/mile (or maybe 5p when factoring in the cost of the bus pass I didn't buy during my final year of uni). My Boardman probably stands at about 36p/mile and my Genesis about £2.30/mile...
I generally use my bikes either for recreation or for trips that would otherwise have been done on foot, and rarely have I undertaken journeys on the bike instead of the car. However, having done a couple recently it feels good to have (so far) saved a whopping £10-15 in fuel!
I bet some of the hardened commuters are well into negative territory - how much is your ride costing (or saving) per mile?