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Posted: 16:35 - 27 Nov 2017 Post subject: Commuting long distances |
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Anybody else feel like commuting 100+ miles a day on the bike, just to save time and money* gets a bit tiring and annoying?
I have a car: an mx-5 which will get 25-30mpg on a steady motorway cruise which makes my 110 mile a day journey about £6.50 a day more expensive than using the bike*. I can't really justify this extra expense over taking the bike.
The rain and cold have been pissing me off recently as has the wind which on the motorway at 70+ can get really shite and they have just started salting the roads. There is also the traffic to contend with which i can get around most of the time by leaving a bit earlier and later in the evenings. Not to mention the occasional close call and the feeling i get that being on a bike in the pissing rain when i can't see 25 feet in front of me that the motorway at speed is not the right place to be
I had no intention of 'putting the bikes away for the winter' but my mother has just offered me, for free , a 1.2 corsa B with 40k on the clock, MOT'd until April next year. It should get 45 to the gallon on this run so i am considering using it as a winter beater... Insurance is cheapish as is the tax..Seems like the obvious thing to do no? Cheap beater car until the weather improves?
*not taking into account C&S, tyres etc etc
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To some degree, it depends on what your journey is like .. For me, I have to negotiate, the M6/M5 junction, M6 past Birmingham, and the M6/M42 junctions in particular, and being able to filter makes a hell of a difference. Although, I have started to consider, when heavy rain is forecast, I may use the car. As for snow, ice, wind, sun and below freezing temps, well none of that bothers me ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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Take the car. I would, if parking were cheaper. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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You're one of these contentious fuckers that makes an argument of nothing (see above and other threads). Anyway what part of my post was directed at you? |
Actually, no, not really at all, but, it was on the thread, and you said it's distance that matters, whereas for me, it's more traffic, then weather before distance comes into it. Everybody is different, which is good, but perhaps if you'd have said, that for you it's distance that matters.
As regards moving, as I said, it's not always possible, when I was younger and single, moving was easy, not that's no longer the case, which I suspect is the same for many more people on here. ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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I commuted 20 miles each way all year round, wasn't too bad, wouldn't want to do 50 or more though. |
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I'm not convinced 25 kpa is ever going to be economically viable on a bike, unless you're very well paid, or your car is ridiculously expensive to run.
I'm doing slightly more than half that and, although the bike gives me better mpg, I would be doing 3-4 oil and filter changes, a couple of sets of tyres, plus whatever else goes, like bearings, fork seals, brakes etc; and I don't have to worry about C&S sets.
On the other hand, my Merc will need one full service a year (less than 100 quid in parts) a set of tyres maybe every other year (for less than one pair of decent bike rubber) and everything else is going to have a life of 3 years plus.
Adding in the sheer discomfort of riding through the Winter (I'm an old fart now) and I would take the free Corsa, leaving the bike for when the weather gets better. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 148 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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