how much did your daily commuter cost

[biggs682]

my current daily commuter has so far cost me

£50 purchase fee from e bay plus £20 carriage charge to get it here

my Marin Bear valley currentley my spare commuter cost me £250 back in 1992 instead of the list price of £750 ,due to the fact it had been vandilised in selling shop , and had had its transfers part pulled off and tyres slashed

 

[Hip Priest]

Apollo Vortice Urban MTB £179.99

I'm planning to spend 3-4 times that on a new road bike, but I'll still use the Vortice for commuting. Don't want to leave a decent bike locked up in the street all day.

 

[jowwy]

Approx £180 - after i put on new tyres and pedals

 

[beanzontoast]

I spent about 200 quid on one of the 2009 Subway 1's (last few still being cleared when I looked a couple of weeks ago) and it's been a solid, not too heavy and dependable machine. Aside from the security considerations of using an expensive bike for year-round commuting, the crud off the roads and what it can do to components makes you look for cheaper alternatives.

 

[Dave W]

My Boardman team hybrid was £700.

 

[ufkacbln]

£3,200

HP Velotechnik Gekko fully outfitted with mudguards etc and Rohloff gearing

.. and it fits in my secure locker at work!

 

[BentMikey]

You might like to put some options of over £2k and £3k, or more. Some people here have very expensive rides.

 

[Holdsworth]

My tourer/commuter was £500 + £70 for the panniers and bottle cages.

 

[potsy]

£650 for my Secteur Sport, and about the same again on upgrades/accessories/etc.

 

[biggs682]

added the higher values as requested

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Pearson touche Fixed with mudguards, carrier and gaterskins £630 almost four years ago. Most expensive commuter I have ever had. Before the Pearson most of my commuters have either been cobbled together from spare parts or brought second hand. The Pearson now has a 68" (46x18) gear, 165mm cranks, is wearing Bontrager Racelight tyres and has covered around 12000 miles.

 

[gaz]

I also have the touché but with a few extras. Cost around £800

 

[perplexed]

About £300 for a hybrid, plus some cheapo mudguards and a rack and about £50-60 worth of lights...

 

[Keith Oates]

£3,200

HP Velotechnik Gekko fully outfitted with mudguards etc and Rohloff gearing

.. and it fits in my secure locker at work!

How long does it take to fold the trike and get it into the locker and the same to remove and unfold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ufkacbln]

How long does it take to fold the trike and get it into the locker and the same to remove and unfold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

About 45 seconds as I have to remove the inner wheel.

NOt ultra fact, but I like my trikes, and the Catrike had been interfered with twice.

Look at about 0:38 onwards

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