How much bike is too much for commuting?

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  • rickyrider
    rickyrider Posts: 294
    nation wrote:
    I had the "you're mental spending that much on a bike" conversation with one of the engineers at work when I got my Defy (which was only £600, and on C2W so I won't even have spent that much on it by the time it's mine).

    I pointed out that he drives to work in a BMW M3.

    Yep - this attitude that bikes are toys and should be priced accordingly always makes me laugh. I've been trying to get my company onto CTW and when I explained it to my boss saying that it allowed you to purchase bikes up to £1000 she laughed like I was completely crazy. I was tempted to point out that her hobby involved owning and stabling THREE horses... i decided on the tack that I'd save myself the value of the bike in little more than 6 months of rail fares. At which point she started to see the light...

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