Timeline for Did I pay too much for repairs on road bike? Should I have bought new?
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| Feb 24, 2017 at 5:08 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @ROIMaison correct - its a logical test called "reduction to absurdity" which can show up the absurdities in the original. | |
| Feb 23, 2017 at 10:44 | comment | added | DWGKNZ | @Criggie - for comparison IRD has set the mileage rate for 2016/17 at 72 c/km for total running cost of a vehicle. | |
| Feb 23, 2017 at 9:18 | comment | added | ROIMaison | Good answer, but I don't like the counter-example. OP can buy a new bike instead of performing the repairs. Thus it's either buying a new bike or performing the repairs, for the car+petrol analogy this is not the case. Even if you buy a new car, you'll still have to pay for petrol | |
| Feb 23, 2017 at 0:37 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Expanding point from comment.
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| Feb 23, 2017 at 0:35 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @MarkSegal Good point - updated answer. | |
| Feb 22, 2017 at 23:03 | comment | added | Mark Segal | Woah, you ride a dirt cheap road bike and spend 10.1 c/km. That's only slightly lower that what you'd expect to spend on a car. And damn, you don't have to pedal in car. (I spend a lot more on my MTB and there's no way I've done 7k on it) | |
| Feb 22, 2017 at 21:31 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Accuracy in numbers
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| Feb 22, 2017 at 20:19 | comment | added | Joe R. | Yes - as I've ridden a lot more recently, it could make sense to buy a higher quality machine since repairs would be about the same as you said. Great idea breaking it out over the length of time riding. Car maintenance metaphor is spot on as well. (Except my legs are the gas, so maybe should buy more leg juice?) | |
| Feb 22, 2017 at 19:40 | history | answered | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |