Originally Posted by
mnaines
I know that commuting by bicycle greatly reduces a person's temptation to impulse-buy
I'll have to disagree there. For impulse spenders the impulse is just redirected to bike gear. I've seen this again and again.
But to answer your question, I save quite bit just in gas, wear/tear, and bus fare. My truck is a gas guzzler. The bus just flat out sucks and can take up to 3 hrs to get to work instead of 1 hr by bike and 20 min. by driving.
The amount of food I eat lowers my "profit margin" a bit, but I'm eating way more healthier. I can't put a price on how good I feel physically from biking as much as I do. My hockey game has increased exponentially as well. Again, that is priceless now that I'm on the back end of my 30's and my game should be declining.