Originally Posted by
timvan_78
I'm doing pretty well on most of my bikes, EXCEPT my higher-end mountain bike:
-Expensive bike ($1700 used),
-expensive complicated, unfamiliar components (hydraulic brakes),
-hard use (more crashes, riding over roots/rocks, jumps, etc),
-shorter distance rides,
-more infrequent rides (i.e. not daily).
It's fun though.
I think it would make sense to put these expenses in the recreation budget rather than the transportation budget.