Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
Doubtful if a bakfiet could ever pay for itself in home use, rather than commercial use. An exception would be if you used it to replace a second car that was used exclusively for short shopping trips near home that involve many packages and/or children. Even then a bike trailer combo makes better economic sense.
It should make a nice, though expensive conversation piece when meeting strangers on the bike path or at the Whole Foods Store, even better than walking a cute dog.
Yeah, I didn't think in terms of it paying for itself through it's own labor. You're right, that's probably not possible without turning it into some kind of tourist taxi for the bar district or something like that. Which I would not be willing to be bothered with.
I was just thinking that the cost savings of not paying for a car would equal it out after a couple of years. But also, I would imagine that any repairs would be quite expensive, and that parts would be hard to find.
Yes, all-in-all, just throwing a heavy duty bike trailer behind an old touring bike would be far more cost effective.