Also cars require maintenance too, and a hell of a lot more of it and it’s a lot more difficult and expensive.
Going by kilometer driven/ridden my first car for sure cost me way less to maintain than the bicycle I had at the same time. Of course it was an old bike (10 years old at that point). But then the car was also nearly 30 years old.
Fuel costs put it back in the bike’s favour of course. But in terms of maintenance and repair, over one summer I rode maybe 500-1000 km at most and must’ve put like 200 EUR into the bicycle, and drove maybe 5000-6000 km and put like 100 EUR into car maintenance and repairs.
Bikes tend to be cheaper to maintain because the mileages are significantly less.
Yeah if you discount insurance, oil changes, and gas money; then over a 6th month period you might spend more money on parts for a bike than a car. Maybe.
I literally said the math will change to favour the bike if you include fuel?
Oil change was included in that figure and insurance costs next to nothing if you’re getting liability only (and you can’t really get full coverage on a 30 year old car).
Think over the 4 years I owned that car, I spent a total of 200 euros or less on maintenance and repairs since it sat for the better part of the last 3 years I owned it.
Most of the rest of my cars haven’t been this cheap to maintain, but then again they’ve also done a lot of mileage for me.
Going by kilometer driven/ridden my first car for sure cost me way less to maintain than the bicycle I had at the same time. Of course it was an old bike (10 years old at that point). But then the car was also nearly 30 years old.
Fuel costs put it back in the bike’s favour of course. But in terms of maintenance and repair, over one summer I rode maybe 500-1000 km at most and must’ve put like 200 EUR into the bicycle, and drove maybe 5000-6000 km and put like 100 EUR into car maintenance and repairs.
Bikes tend to be cheaper to maintain because the mileages are significantly less.
Yeah if you discount insurance, oil changes, and gas money; then over a 6th month period you might spend more money on parts for a bike than a car. Maybe.
I literally said the math will change to favour the bike if you include fuel?
Oil change was included in that figure and insurance costs next to nothing if you’re getting liability only (and you can’t really get full coverage on a 30 year old car).
Think over the 4 years I owned that car, I spent a total of 200 euros or less on maintenance and repairs since it sat for the better part of the last 3 years I owned it.
Most of the rest of my cars haven’t been this cheap to maintain, but then again they’ve also done a lot of mileage for me.