Friday, November 4, 2011

Gear: Cost to Outfit a Bike Commuter

From Richmond.com online...

Gear: Cost to Outfit a Bike Commuter

Gear: Cost to Outfit a Bike Commuter

By 2015 when the World Road Cycling Championships are here, all of Richmond will have welcomed cycling and become bike-friendly, so you might as well get on board. OK, maybe not, but Richmond should be a less intimidating place to ride a bike in the next three years.
Are you tempted to start bike commuting but fear how much the gear might cost? Seems like a reasonable doubt, until you think about how much money you can save by biking instead of driving.
According to a post in The Urban Country, 500 hours a year -- or two hours each day -- is roughly the equivalent to what the average American worker will work in order to pay an average of $11,000 for their automobiles.

Read on here.

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