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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
I used to commute 16km each way by bike, which cost me about $1200/year in things like tyres, brakes, tubes, wheelsets (brake surfaces wear out) and so on. 10% GST means I was paying about $120 a year in defacto road tax.
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Holy smokes dude, get a cheaper bike? Or is Australia just expensive like that?
In middle school and high school I rode overall maybe 10km a day and I never spent that much on parts. Never changed a brake pad, wheels only replaced if hit by a car (happens a lot :/) and tacoed, otherwise done with the cheapest replacement. Tubes and tires were always the cheapest (although I got sick of switching tubes and started using the extra thick ones that basically are impossible to puncture).
Theft was the biggest cost, and I'm pretty sure in 5 years and thousands of miles I did not go through 1000 dollars in bikes + components.