I'm buying an electric bike in a week or 2....
I have a road bike and a hybrid. I recently started riding to and from work. It's awesome. I like to leave early and drive slow, destress on the way to work and home. Riding is that times 10.
My commute isn't really that bad. Only one nasty hill on the way, and if I take the short way back (18 miles) there's 3 nasty hills or I can take a longer way (25 miles) and avoid all hills on the way back.
I snapped a derailleur hanger on my hybrid on a nasty hill and got that fixed, and my road bike is not designed for these hills at all. My free solution is to get off and walk the bike.
I crunched the numbers, I've already saved roughly $150 on gas. And with this purchase if I ride it into work 40 times, then it will have paid for its self with the money I saved on gas. I work 20 days a month, not counting OT. I'll have plenty of days between July and November to ride it in while it's nice. We will see how long it takes before it gets too cold/wet.
This is financially a good decision also healthwise.
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