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Dollars per kilometre.
NB: Originally posted elsewhere on the Global Riders Network and appears via syndication.
What do people consider as reasonable value for bike usage?
For example, if you paid $3000 for a bike and covered 5000 km on it would you say that you'd got your moneys worth from of it?
How many k's would you expect to get from your bike and how much did you pay for it?
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I'd ignore the kilometers and go by how much fun you had along the way.
As Bliss n Eso say "Enjoy the ride, it's the best bit"
You can't put a price on fun !
To infinity and beyond.
I don't like to sell so if I'm still getting use out of my bike in 20years, then its had a good life and was worth every penny that went into it.
I expect to get much more than 5,000 km from my bikes!
How much do they cost Craked? (Part B of the question.) Maybe we can work out a kilometres per dollar average.
I sold my first bike before I did 300k's on it. That was mainly because when I got into cycling I didn't know I was going to love it so much.
Id expect to get years out of my Epic and my Tarmac roadie. Two great bikes so they will be ridden until the wheels fall off then I will get new wheel and keep riding them.
I May however buy a cruiser. Big handle bars flat pedals cushy seat basket on the front for the milk n bread. Pimpen aint easy
Is better to compare with other exercise and sport for my MOF. For me fitness and well being is important
An aluminium frame IMO won't make it to 10,000 km off road usage- at least by someone who rides it quick, neither Will a wheelset last that long nor a fork or shock.
Having said that, nothing all fails together, you are constantly replacing bits such that the frame will likely have a different crankset, shifters, wheels and fork and shock b the time it reaches 10,000, and half f those by 5000 km
It's an expensive sport if you ride in poor conditions, and if you don't want to do major maintenance after a wet tish ride ( like pulling apart headset, bb, wheel bearings, fork uppers etc)
I think I would have been at $100/km a few years ago on one of my bikes, it sucked!
But the major things I've bought for my current bike (4.5 years old) would be something like this....
Bike ($1400)
Crankset & BB ($170)
Cassette ($60)
Tubeless rims ($600 s/hand)
Tyres ($400)
Grips ($40)
Chains ($100)
Pedals ($50)
Servicing ($300)
Seat ($80)
Brake parts($200)
All up, $3400 or so for 4.5 years of riding.
In that time I've probably done 15kms a week offroad on average, which is about 3510kms. Just under $1/km.
Bear in mind that I probably drove 50km/week (average) to get to the trails, at $0.75/km (ATO rate) that's $8775, or $2.50/km ridden.
Which I think means I need to sell the car & ride more!
Amount of km's out of bike would be determined by the quality of parts on the bike and maintenance... As for value. I have a 2003 Avanti Aggressor (10 years old!) sitting out the back that still gets ridden today. Cost $2100 back then and has covered many thousands of kilometers since. Now thats value for money!
Mtbing is far less than anything else I've been into as much such as snowboarding and wakeboarding.
Only beaten by my kayak.
I'm happy with that.
Great question, and I have thought about this before. My road bike is now down to less than 30 cents per km. My mountain bike is still at $2.25 per km.
A worthy investment I reckon.
Mountain bike is 6 months old and still at $20/km. Lol.
Road bike less than $5/km.
Probably better to compare the two on $/hour.
As others have said, Its less about cost/x and more about the enjoyment I get.
If your'e anything like me, time is always an issue, and If I wasn't cycling id probably just sit on my arse as I wouldn't be able to sufficiently commit to another sport. From that perspective, cost/x becomes irrelevant.
Ohhhhh, this includes purchase price, mine was jut parts alone hahaha.
I bought a Battaglin roadie second hand in 2002 for $600 rode it until 2009 and conservatively did about 14,000 - 15,000 km's in those 8 years and then traded it in and got $1,000.