Hybrid and MTB frames - possibly dumb question

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Sandy Morton
('[email protected]') wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Simon Brooke <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What do you currently spend in a year - total - on commuting?
>
> I must hang my head in shame and admit that I spend nothing on
> commuting - it take me 20 seconds to walk from the house to the shop.

Ha. Roll out of bed, rummage around for a shirt, pull on a pair of
shorts, shamble down corridor, switch on kettle, balance ghastlies on
nose, slump down at desk, sorted. Twenty seconds walk? Too energetic at
this time in the morning.

But, you know, we're privileged people.

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[Dave Larrington]

Richard Corfield wrote:

> I'm told that disk brake pads last longer. Mine are wearing down at
> about 900 miles, but still seem to have plenty of life (and
> adjustment) left.

FWIW, I'm on my 4th set of front and 2nd set of rear pads in 15,000 km on
the Speedmachine.

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On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 09:46:07 +0100, Richard Corfield
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>>What do you currently spend in a year - total - on commuting?
>>

I reckon a cheap but new car might come out a bit like this per month:

Lease & Maintenance £275.00 (or finance, depreciation & maint)
Tax £15.00
Fuel £58.50
Parking £10.00
Insurance £40.00

ie in the region of 400 ukp per month.

Not sure how to cost a bike but, say 360 ukp bike written off over 3
years would be 10 ukp per month for the bike. Say, 5 ukp for
maintenance. If you throw in a bit of contribution for waterproofs
cycling clothes, you're still going to come in at under 20 ukp per
month.