[SDCBC] Sprinter good!

[Thomas Reynolds]

Maybe that was a troll, but I'll bite.  I'd really like to know the
details of the $20/week in parts and $250/year in clothing.

I ride about 10K miles/year, about half of it commuting miles.  I'm
still using the same couple of yellow-green jerseys that I bought four
years ago.  Maybe I need to talk to my wife about increasing my bike
budget.

Tom

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:28 AM, John Eldon <j.eldon at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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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