spook said:tend to keep a spreadsheet of all work done on the bike. i've been
riding this particular bike for 13 months now. in the last year the
total i've spent keeping it on the road has been $2k. a weekly train
ticket is $40 so in the last year the total cost would have been about
the same .... where am i saving money again?
spook said:endroll wrote:
i had to get a repair on my cannondale jekyll today. i typically ride it
3-4 days a week return to work which is about a 70km round trip. i also
tend to keep a spreadsheet of all work done on the bike. i've been
riding this particular bike for 13 months now. in the last year the
total i've spent keeping it on the road has been $2k. a weekly train
ticket is $40 so in the last year the total cost would have been about
the same .... where am i saving money again?
i don't actually ride it to save money so it's hardly a disappointment.
In the end, it's still better than driving (which I normally do) and heck it's an excuse not to ride at 0600 but a couple of hours laterspook said:aeek wrote:
>>tend to keep a spreadsheet of all work done on the bike. i've been
>>riding this particular bike for 13 months now. in the last year the
>>total i've spent keeping it on the road has been $2k. a weekly train
>>ticket is $40 so in the last year the total cost would have been about
>>the same .... where am i saving money again?
>>
>
>
> gym fees, if youre into such
good point, but i still visit the gym, though fortunately it's paid for
by work.
BrettS said:spook wrote:
> but lets see. i've been through 6 tires on it in 12 months, average cost
> is around $50, so there's $300 there. blew the back shock out which was
> a $500 replacement. admittedly it was under warranty but servicing time
> is around 21 days so i replaced and had the blown one repaired (so i now
> have a spare). blew the back rim to pieces, (sun ds-1 ... piece of junk)
> another $250 there, killed two standard bottom brackets (~$100 each)
> before going to a 4 bearing downhill stength bb at $180 (total $380
> excluding fitting) replaced the chain and cassette twice (approx $400
> total). forks serviced and resealed twice, $100. a handful of slime
> tubes, $100. finally i replaced the saddle at $90 as i'd bent the rails
> on a nasty off. total a little over $2k
>
> there was also a few full services in there by the lbs when i was too
> lazy to pull the driveline and frame down which run about $100 a shot
> and i didn't count as i could have done it myself.
So really what your saying is that you are *NOT* just commuting. If you
drove your car the way you ride your bike you'd be out of pocket quite a
bit more than $2k...
spook said:hippy wrote:
>
> $2000 in a year to keep it going?!?! WTF?!
> Buy a kmart bike and chuck it every month!
> Commuting on a Jekyll is a bit of overkill.. do you race it or
> something as well? Coz that would be different..
>
> $300 for an okay SS mtb. Maintenance for the year? None.
>
yeah $200 every month on a disposable bike doesnt get me to 2K per year
... oh wait it does ;-)
[snip]
brett
maybe he commutes from the top of the rialto, via the stairs, through albert park lake (the lake), along the light rail, through the City Loop, and finally down Swan St Richmond, jumping errant taxis as he goes. Possibly a loop through the Boulevard and over the side of the pipe bridge.hippy said:What he said. If it was JUST a commuter, you'd have cheap slicks ($120/yr), blowing a shock just wouldn't happen on a commuter and if it did I'd be worried about the quality of the bike, besides RIGID ROCKS!
Destroying a rear wheel wouldn't happen commuting unless you were unco or your commute happened to be off-road and a replacement would definately be less than $250 on a COMMUTER
Killing BB's??? WTF? again, not on a commuter with normal use and if you did it would almost certainly take more than a year and would cost $50 to replace - DH BB?? Not on a commuter!
I seriously doubt most commuters would have to do a chain and cassette swap each year, let alone two and if you were using commuter-spec parts it would've cost ~$100 for each swap.
Two fork services in a year? Not commuting and remember, rigid rules
Slime tubes - $100? Patches $5/yr.
Bent saddle rails due to a crash (probably mtb'ing right?) is hardly commuter use.
Basically what you're are saying is that the bike is not at all a commuter. Almost all the costs you listed are related to recreational use. Like I said, $300 for an older mtb, leave the gears on it if you want and the yearly maintenance would be almost $0. You should see what people use in NL!
Bike not running smoothly? Replace it with something nice, new and red.. because we all want to get to work as fast as possible, right?
hippy
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