Originally Posted by
sm1960
25 mile round trip. Car gets 25mpg. I save nothing. Anything that may have been saved is easily spent on more bike stuff. Cycling shoes = 22 gallons of gas, new head light = 34 gallons of gas, cool new mirror = 5 gallons of gas, some nice wrap around glasses I always wanted = 40 gallons of gas.
And if you had to replace your bike shoes every 550 miles ( 22 gallons times 25 mpg ), then you would have a good point. Fortunately, most people don't wear out several pairs of bike shoes per year.