Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I'm not saying you should divide by time rather than miles. I'm saying that the result (cost per mile) is a function of the time at which you do the measurement. To me, that seems useless. Furthermore, you are taking the measurement at different times for the car and the bike. That's why the car comes out ahead. If you did analogous measurements, your comparison would be entirely different.