The weekend ride partly with the Niagara Frontier Bicycle Club, and partly alone, featured some variety roads through Tonawanda, Lockport and Wilson. On the previous day it had rained. Fortunately the weather was ride worthy today. 62 miles.
From rec.bicycles.tech Usenet newsgroup :
An interesting but very incomplete analysis of the true costs of
commuting by bike.Take the average commuter that lives 20 miles from work. To make an
8-4 work schedule that commuter will have to get up at 4:00 to begin
riding at 5:00 to arrive at work by 8:00. The commuter then does the
same in reverse and arrives home at 7:00 The times assume he is able
to find a lot of flat and downhill both ways with few traffic and
stoplights.Incremental cost: New bike every year plus repairs $2,000; Medical
expenses from road injuries $2,000When it snows, or rains the commuter is either off work and not paid
because he cant make it in, or he is forced to get a hotel room close
to work because he can't ride home in inclement weather.Incremental cost: Lost wages $5,000; Hotel rooms $1,000
Tiring of those exceedingly long riding days and days missed with no
pay the commuter decides to shorten his commute by moving closer.
After some research he determines that to reduce his commuting distance
by half he will have to pay twice as much for the same house because he
is much closer to the big city now.Incremental Cost: $200,000
The commuter works in sales and he is asked to make a presentation to
two potential clients, one located 90 miles south on the coast and the
other 45 miles west in the mountains. The commuter presents his boss
with the proposed 6 day ride to cover both potential customers and is
promptly fired.Incremental cost: Annual salary $100,000
Before the commuter has a chance to shorten his ride, his wife sues for
Incremental cost: Alimony and child support for the next 20 years.
divorce because he is gone so long from home that she became lonely and
had an affair with the cable tv repairman.
John S. wrote:Not as flawed as yours.
> An interesting but very incomplete analysis of the true costs of
> commuting by bike.> Take the average commuter that lives 20 miles from work. To make an3 hours on your bike for 20 frikkin miles? Thats a speed of 6 miles per
> 8-4 work schedule that commuter will have to get up at 4:00 to begin
> riding at 5:00 to arrive at work by 8:00. The commuter then does the
> same in reverse and arrives home at 7:00 The times assume he is able
> to find a lot of flat and downhill both ways with few traffic and
> stoplights.
hour!!! Tell you what? You'd do better on foot!> Incremental cost: New bike every year plus repairs $2,000; MedicalWhat are you Lance Armstrong? Im not harrassing you because of your
> expenses from road injuries $2,000
speed, but given the fact that you said you take 3 frikkin hours to do
20 miles, and on top of that, you want a new bike every year,...thats
inexcusable!!! Expenses from road injuries?? 2000 dollars worth of
road injuried for 6mph??? What are you, a toddler or something???> When it snows, or rains the commuter is either off work and not paidThats when you need a car. Hope you drive faster than you ride a bike!
> because he cant make it in, or he is forced to get a hotel room close
> to work because he can't ride home in inclement weather.
And jesus, get some clothing man! Now you want to get a hotel room too?
No wonder your wife bonked someone else.> Incremental cost: Lost wages $5,000; Hotel rooms $1,000I will pay twice more in INCREMENTAL EXPENSES to get your brain fixed.> Tiring of those exceedingly long riding days and days missed with no
> pay the commuter decides to shorten his commute by moving closer.
> After some research he determines that to reduce his commuting distance
> by half he will have to pay twice as much for the same house because he
> is much closer to the big city now.> Incremental Cost: $200,000
> The commuter works in sales and he is asked to make a presentation toIf I were your boss, I would fire you...ofcourse....with my rifle!
> two potential clients, one located 90 miles south on the coast and the
> other 45 miles west in the mountains. The commuter presents his boss
> with the proposed 6 day ride to cover both potential customers and is
> promptly fired.> Incremental cost: Annual salary $100,000
> Before the commuter has a chance to shorten his ride, his wife sues forHopefully the cable tv repairman has more brains than you. Besides,
> divorce because he is gone so long from home that she became lonely and
> had an affair with the cable tv repairman.> Incremental cost: Alimony and child support for the next 20 years.
having your nuts on your saddle for the '6 hours every day' as you
mentioned for god how many months, coupled with all the 2000$ worth of
injuries, I wonder how you pieced youself together to bonk your wife
and get this 'child'.
Being a nice guy, I have forgiven you for your wild fantasies. You need
to work for cartoons.
This is an interesting post from the Usenet group, rec.bicycles.rides that I happened to read today.
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"Too bad our economy rolls on four wheels. Many of us are enslaved to
Yep, just like you deserve to be free from a bad marriage (tell me
about it), you deserve to be free from the enslavement of the
automibile. Well, then you can get into a hot romance with a red (or
whatever color you like) bike or recumbent. They are simply cool as
well as more troublefree and cheaper. And they'll give you a nice
attention-getter physique wich is bound to end in a torrid affair
(unlike an SUV with tinted windows meant to hide a short fat man).
Anyway, whatever your reasons, don't tell you wife... ;)
Cars: True Cost of Ownership
Gasoline is $3.11 per gallon in Port Townsend this week (unleaded
plus). Some feel this is expensive, but gas prices in the USA are cheap
compared to the rest of the world where upwards of $6 per gallon is
more the norm. If your car gets 20 mpg, you currently have to pay
$2300+ for a years (15K miles) worth of gas (per car) - such a deal.
http://ptslacker.blogspot.com/2006/04/cars-true-cost-of-ownership.html
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