Claire, when you talk about "cycle chic", what sort of thing do you mean?
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Active stats - costs of cycling v other transport options
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@fimm, mostly non-sporty-looking garments with a technical element for city cycling. I have a bad habit of snapping up merino in the sale and have a saved search on eBay for Rapha... I also regularly check Cycle Chic and Velo Vixen for sale items. Saying that, I'm trying to curb the spend a bit! I bought a Cafe Du Cycliste top in the sale over Xmas and haven't purchased anything since.
@instography Yeah, the leisure/hobby element is a fair point. Last month I didn't cycle much for leisure. But a leisure spend will be relevant for loads of other people.
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My cycling wardrobe is my wardrobe. It's mostly outdoors kit rather than Lycra.
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The Dr marten boot is a style icon?
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The point about leisure spend is a good one, although I'm also not sure how useful it would make the comparison.
Case in point, I just bought some new suspension forks - they'll never be used in any kind of transport capacity and cost about the same as a year's worth of fuel for the car. But how do you price the value of your leisure time? Clearly different for everyone, whereas at least gym membership and commuting are (a little?) more standardised.
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I got some industrial Docs in July. Steel toes, fleece lining, commando soles and half the price of the ordinary ones.
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I went through a long phase of buying *loads* of cycling kit, parts, bits, accessories.
A lot of it is lying around in the garage or the wardrobe... :-)
This year, I've spent £0. Yep, nothing so far. I'm slowly using up
allsome of the stuff I've 'stockpiled'. Oh, might need new batteries for the rear light on my old Raleigh. I'm sure there'll be some maintenance and spares required at some point soon on the most regularly used bikes.I cycle most days, though I don't cycle for commuting purposes any more: I walk to the train station.
Part of the expenditure reduction is related to a relative lack of 'hobby' cycling recently, due to the foul weather. That's due to change though... But there are only so many cycling caps, jackets, longs, panniers, etc. that you actually need!
*Top tip*: When running Schwalbe Marathon or Marathon Plus tyres, I find the requirement for new inner tubes reduces to practically nil.
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March stats, £95 down for year (don't know what's happening with formulas)....
April* spending so far, should end up 'even' for April as 'project' spending now mostly done...
hmm, must include a Total spend, and separate discretionary and mandatory purchases too. I'm 'up' by quite a bit if you don't include the hobby spend...
*I know it's not actually April yet, but base my spending on salary dates, not calendar month.
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I haven't spent anything at all on commuter cycling this year. If I can keep this going it will make an easy comparison by year's end :)
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The Great Edinburgh Bike Experiment – March, April and May I’m a bit behind with my Great Edinburgh Bike Experiment.
The stress of the house move got in the way of regular updates and I’ve only now looked at all my data. This is cool in hindsight, because any savings and my mileage will look more impressive…
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I still haven't spent anything on commuter stuff so I am really storming this year (although technically I have bought a new frameset for the winter, I don't think this can count yet as it's still bagged up).
Last week we bought a new car and so far it has cost over £14 per mile driven, so I don't think the bike side of the equation is in any danger either way!
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Thanks for the mention! Someone mentioned on Twitter re the societal benefit in monetary terms afforded by cycling. They stated it was 0.16c Euro given to society for every mile cycled. So might have to tot that up at the end of the year if I can find the research to back up the number...
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I dont know how typical I am, but I spend virtually nothing on my cycling.
This year so far it is only a set of brake blocks and a chain - total cost less than £20. Reckon I am due a new gatorskin on the front in the summer. I know I am kidding myself though as I have loads of barely used clothes / batteries / stuff I bought in sales etc in previous years.
Car costs are horrific by comparison - I have a company car which I am seriously thinking of binning next year, as the cost in tax is astronomical - especially for something I drive maybe once a week.
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There was a Canadian thing where someone had worked out the various societal costs/benefits of all modes of transport. Currently trapped in an area of low internet which Google refuses to work with.
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A looong one -
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Valuing the social impacts of public transport
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This report was commissioned by the Department for Transport which has granted permission for publication in this form. The findings and recommendations are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department for Transport.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/226802/final-report.pdf
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http://movingforward.discoursemedia.org/costofcommute/
"The 003 Main Street bus, which runs between downtown Vancouver and Marine Drive SkyTrain station, is such an efficient way of moving people that it actually saves society two cents every time a passenger travels one kilometre.
That is just one insight from the Cost of Commute Calculator, an interactive tool we developed that aims to capture the full cost and benefit of driving, taking the bus, cycling and walking in Metro Vancouver. Big ticket items like the cost to build road infrastructure or operate buses typically dominate debate over the ongoing transit referendum in Metro Vancouver. In addition to those, this calculator also considers the costs of less obvious impacts like emissions, climate change, accidents, congestion and even noise pollution."
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