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Effect on annual driving
The electric bike has reduced my annual miles in my car by about 20%.
2012: 19 fills @ about 600+ miles each
2013: 19 fills " " " " "
2014: 19 " " " " " "
2015: 16 " " " " " "
2016 (first half): 8 fills for a rate of 16 on the year
The electric bike got on the road June 10, 2015.
That is about 2000 miles a year, which is about what my cycle log shows. I need about 30 gallons to drive 2000 miles. So it is optimistically $100/yr... at that rate I need 13 years for the bike to pay for itself in gasoline alone. But it was also a gym fee replacement... what's that worth annually? Who cares... bike is great.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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