When is a bike beyond economic repair?
Ah, the joy of the bike ride: the freedom; the exercise; the wind in your hair; the money saving!
Well, yes and no.
A few weeks back I was evangelising on the benefits of going car-less. I mentioned how some of the money saved went to pay for the occasional hire car, but I conveniently overlooked the cost of my favourite form of transport: keeping a bike on the road, or in my case a mountain bike off it.
It’s tempting to see the bike as a free ride, costing nothing more than the odd bottle of oil and an energy bar here and there, but I’ve just had a reminder of how that’s not really the case. If you’re a keen biker, and particularly if you make a habit of riding off road, the chances are you’ll encounter the occasional big bill.
And I mean big. I’ll admit that I’m fussy after some bad experiences with cheap parts, but I learned today that the cost of getting my 10-year-old bike back into tip-top shape would be just shy of ?
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Originally posted 2008-08-20 18:38:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
