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Old 11-24-13, 11:50 AM
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acidfast7
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
I suspect that would be the typical maintenance cost of any relatively lightly used single speed bike, no matter what its purchase price or source.

I know the Walmart bashers/LBS devotees fill BF with posts about how low cost bikes without LBS provenance fall apart in a week, but I believe that is only so much trash talk from people with an agenda.
actually that one of the reasons I wanted to try this ... to see where the sweat spot is. I don't think that a $100/£100/€100 walmart is good value ... but i think $295/£295/€295 is a good price point ... I would imagine that the $£€200-300 range is probably the sweet spot.

i'm sorry that i don't use it more ... but 20km round-trip commuting is kind of standard for a bike commute in europe ... is it not?

as is between 150-200 working days/year?

please consider me at least an average commuter
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