> One for the serious bike users among you (anyone here other than bluepork, ewx and perhaps lethargic_fan?)
Not well phrased. I had to read that about 4 times before I meant you realised "Are there any serious bike users among you apart from those I know about already, those being bluepork, ewx, and perhaps lethargic_fan, who would like to answer the question, in addition to those named people," rather than "One for the serious bike users among you (bluepork, ewx, and lethargic_fan, don't bother answering because you're excluded on grounds of not being serious bike users)", which is admittedly, rather odd given you know how much I cycle, or even "One for any serious bike users out there apart from bluepork, ewx and lethargic_fan", excluding us from answering even though we are in fact serious cycle users, perhaps because you already knew what our answers would be, although that would also be strange because I don't recall ever discussing it with you. See what I mean?
I hope you appreciate me moaning about your poor English through the use of an unnecessarily long sentence.
Anyway, I digress. I'll now answer your original question.
I'm in the first year of owning a new bike, so right now, I'm not in a typical place regarding servicing costs, and the bike I just got rid of was in it's 22nd year, so I don't think that was typical either. I'm not sure that creating an average on that basis is very representative.
In addition, I would find it difficult to separate out the money I spend on maintenance from the money I spend on cycling as a whole. I'm a sucker for buying new kit and fancy accessories (£80 on a front light, for example), which, I suspect, puts me at the opposite end of the scale to you. I would never dream of wrapping my expensive new bike in tin foil to protect it from thieves, like you did. I did, however, buy fancy spindles which only unlock when they are upside down though.
The final difficulty is that I have attempted lots of repairs myself, which sometimes involve buying specialist tools. These are a one-time only expense on each occasion, and they have sometimes been followed up with me admitting defeat and taking my bicycle to a shop anyway. I undoubtedly save some money by doing simple maintenance myself.
So in conclusion, I've no idea.
I reckon that if your bike is in good working order, you might only need occasional new tyres, brake pads and puncture repair supplies, so you could expect to spend under £50 a year. However, if you get into the habit of crashing your bike, you are obviously going to need to spend a lot more. Also, I would expect to get a professional service once every year or two, at whatever the cost of that is.
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Date: 2011-02-02 02:26 pm (UTC)Not well phrased. I had to read that about 4 times before I meant you realised "Are there any serious bike users among you apart from those I know about already, those being bluepork, ewx, and perhaps lethargic_fan, who would like to answer the question, in addition to those named people," rather than "One for the serious bike users among you (bluepork, ewx, and lethargic_fan, don't bother answering because you're excluded on grounds of not being serious bike users)", which is admittedly, rather odd given you know how much I cycle, or even "One for any serious bike users out there apart from bluepork, ewx and lethargic_fan", excluding us from answering even though we are in fact serious cycle users, perhaps because you already knew what our answers would be, although that would also be strange because I don't recall ever discussing it with you. See what I mean?
I hope you appreciate me moaning about your poor English through the use of an unnecessarily long sentence.
Anyway, I digress. I'll now answer your original question.
I'm in the first year of owning a new bike, so right now, I'm not in a typical place regarding servicing costs, and the bike I just got rid of was in it's 22nd year, so I don't think that was typical either. I'm not sure that creating an average on that basis is very representative.
In addition, I would find it difficult to separate out the money I spend on maintenance from the money I spend on cycling as a whole. I'm a sucker for buying new kit and fancy accessories (£80 on a front light, for example), which, I suspect, puts me at the opposite end of the scale to you. I would never dream of wrapping my expensive new bike in tin foil to protect it from thieves, like you did. I did, however, buy fancy spindles which only unlock when they are upside down though.
The final difficulty is that I have attempted lots of repairs myself, which sometimes involve buying specialist tools. These are a one-time only expense on each occasion, and they have sometimes been followed up with me admitting defeat and taking my bicycle to a shop anyway. I undoubtedly save some money by doing simple maintenance myself.
So in conclusion, I've no idea.
I reckon that if your bike is in good working order, you might only need occasional new tyres, brake pads and puncture repair supplies, so you could expect to spend under £50 a year. However, if you get into the habit of crashing your bike, you are obviously going to need to spend a lot more. Also, I would expect to get a professional service once every year or two, at whatever the cost of that is.