http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: What my bike has cost me... en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:50:57 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25818 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:57:02 +0000 wingpig 25818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>£400 EBC with about that much again of consumables and maintenance since May 2005 with about two years' gap in total since then, multiplied by roughly what I did at least each working day during the times of regular use puts me somewhere safely beneath fivepence per mile. In comparison over the last few years I could wear out a pair of £55 trainers in six months averaging about seven miles a day which is comparable at £0.047/mile, though shoe-miles take more time to achieve. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25814 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:39:47 +0000 Stepdoh 25814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Weel, my £75 Bike Station Job, plus about £150 of new bits and bobs over time + £25 frame from ebay when that gave up gets me to £250. Plus say another £100 of 'stuff' gets me to about £350 over two years = £175.00</p> <p>Say I do average 80 miles a week commuting, 45 working weeks a year is 3600 miles so about 4.8p a mile. Return trip to work is 96p a day. Going by bus for me is £4.80 (due to having to use Lothian and Wurstbus)</p> <p>Not high-fidelity cycling certainly, but pretty cheap. And then again it's not really mindless money like putting petrol into the car it seems more fun buying bits for the bike and fettling them, even something as quotidian as chain lube. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25800 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:08:51 +0000 Dave 25800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For us, the car cost ~17p/mile fixed &amp; maintenance cost over the first year, and it gets about 13p/mile fuel. </p> <p>I haven't included depreciation or anything because we bought it well-used and will drive it to the scrapyard.</p> <p>By that measure, the commute costs £1.20 each way - the same as getting the bus (so if we both go in the car, it's half the cost!).</p> <p>Of course, I could be riding a £200 EBC bike, in which case the cost of ownership factor would be down at 5p a mile already, and heading southwards! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25786 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:59:15 +0000 ruggtomcat 25786@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Err, im a luddite, but whats the average cost for cars? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25767 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:42:48 +0000 kaputnik 25767@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've a £200 frame that has gone zero miles... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25756 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:33:52 +0000 chdot 25756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Certainly justifies paying mileage to (eligible) cyclists.</p> <p>There was a <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1391">similar thread before</a>, to give some comparisons. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2421#post-25754 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:01:37 +0000 Dave 25754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just finished bringing my equipment log up to date after the protracted xmas-and-also-getting-ready-for-pbp session that has been the first two months of this year.</p> <p>I've spent more on "wear" items in the last 8 weeks than in the life of the bike (since mid 2009) so the mileage figure has taken a beating - but I suppose this makes it more realistic, or at least, more worse-case.</p> <p>The headline figure is: 3.5p per mile. That's what it costs to keep on the road.</p> <p>The cost of ownership isn't so impressive - 33.2p per mile. All in, my 4 mile direct commute costs me £1.50 each way, even more expensive than getting the bus! </p> <p>(And if I make it 27 miles by taking the extended loop, that's a cool £9.90) </p>