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Bicycle Running Costs: How Much Does Your Bike Cost To Run Per Kilometre?

sheltron — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:00:26 +0000

I have 2 bikes: a road bike that I used for triathlons in 2008/2009, and a mountain bike for commuting (with road slicks).

Road Bike Costs (3 years)

Initial purchase (second hand): $600
Initial upgrades: $600
Servicing, tyres, cables, brakes, innertubes, puncture kits: $460
Residual cost: -$400
Total Costs: $1200

Kilometres travelled:

9 months x 100km/week = 4,000 km

Cost per kilometre:

$1200/4000 = 30.0c/km

Mountain Bike Costs (6 years)

Initial purchase (new): $500
Lights, night gear: $300
Tyres: $80 x 6 = $480
Innertubes, puncture kits: $10 x 16 = $160
Servicing, cables, brakes: $400
Residual cost: -$100
Total: $1440

Kilometres travelled:

3 years commuting = 50 weeks x 4 days/week x 15km/day = 3000km
3 years casual = 150 weeks x 5 days/week x 6km/day = 4000km
Total: 7000km

Cost per kilometre:

$1440/7000 = 20.6c/km

Conclusion

The bicycle running costs overall are $2640/11,000 = 24c per kilometre

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