Originally Posted by
wphamilton
A guy on another thread was way high on his "cost of commuting" and got a little bent out of shape about it, but he is right about one thing: Given a choice, we generally do it if we enjoy it and not for the savings. And however we most enjoy doing it, with the equipment we feel like paying for. It doesn't have to cost much more than, well, nothing, but the more you want to enjoy it train or branch out into other cycling pursuits the more it costs.
I'm probably in the middle on that in that I won't buy the equipment if I don't feel like I've earned it through gas savings, etc. There is a 'minimum' I'll purchase like blinkie light, etc. for safety or the law but other things I have to justify to myself. The wife says "get it" but I don't like letting go of the wallet like that.