[SDCBC] Sprinter good!

[John Eldon]

You get only 3 years out of a $3k bicycle? I commute on a 35-year-old Peugeot with ca. 1980 derailleurs and a ca. 1990 crankset. By building it primarily with used parts, I have kept the cumulative average cost of ownership to under $20/year.

Ton Van Daelen <tvandaelen at accelrys.com> wrote:  
Just curious, has anyone ever calculated the cost of bike commuting?  
 
E.g.:  
$3000 bike, depreciating $1000 per year 
Parts: $20/week 
Extra food: $15 week 
Clothing: $250/year 
other? 
 
That's $3000/year. My commute is 7.5 miles each way, 3500 miles/year. So over $1 per mile??? 
 
If I add my non-commute miles it brings it down to less than a dollar. So thats not too bad I guess. 
 
- Ton 
 

 Ton van Daelen, PhD
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