Originally Posted by
lil brown bat
$3.40 a day in transit fares, plus a lot of aggravation.
I am a reverse commuter; 14 miles outbound from Kenmore Square, Boston to Norwood by bicycle, and $5.25 for a one-way, relaxing half hour train ride back to Boston in the evening on a nearly empty train
;-)
I have all my maintainance done by my shop, very roughly about $600 per year, parts and labor (Bridgestone RB1 circa 1990, and Cannondale Mountin Bike (?) about five years old, bought used).