Cycle to Work- rich people's tax perk?

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    PBlakeney wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    Lack of imagination there!
    Imagine all the holidays you can get instead of bikes.
    Mallorca already this year and the Pyrenees to come. And that's just the cycling ones!

    This is about a 'rich persons tax perk' - we can have new bikes and holidays! :D
    Faster than a tent.......
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Veronese68 wrote:
    One guy bought a Brompton so he could get the train and cycle from the station. This worked so well he has now bought a bigger house near the coast because the bicycle combined with train has allowed him a much longer commute. He never would have entertained it had he still been driving.
    So you're saying it's actually an over-complicated way of encouraging people to buy bigger houses?!? The C2W scheme should be providing affordable housing. I'm writing to my MP...
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    Rolf F wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    Lack of imagination there!
    Imagine all the holidays you can get instead of bikes.
    Mallorca already this year and the Pyrenees to come. And that's just the cycling ones!

    This is about a 'rich persons tax perk' - we can have new bikes and holidays! :D
    Lets be honest.
    Rich people can have anything they want.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    PBlakeney wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Have you just occasioned upon the counter-argument to N+1?
    Possibly. I only see the need for 3 bikes. One "good" weekend summer bike, 1 commuter, 1 trail bike.
    Why a good commuter? Reliability & enjoyment, 16 miles each way.

    I have 4 bikes because I am considerably richer than yow.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    drlodge wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Have you just occasioned upon the counter-argument to N+1?
    Possibly. I only see the need for 3 bikes. One "good" weekend summer bike, 1 commuter, 1 trail bike.
    Why a good commuter? Reliability & enjoyment, 16 miles each way.

    I have 4 bikes because I am considerably richer than yow.
    No. I have more money because I didn't buy another bike.
    But then I had holidays, so yes. :lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,798
    TGOTB wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    One guy bought a Brompton so he could get the train and cycle from the station. This worked so well he has now bought a bigger house near the coast because the bicycle combined with train has allowed him a much longer commute. He never would have entertained it had he still been driving.
    So you're saying it's actually an over-complicated way of encouraging people to buy bigger houses?!? The C2W scheme should be providing affordable housing. I'm writing to my MP...
    No, I'm just bitter because my house is small and my bike is large.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    drlodge wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Have you just occasioned upon the counter-argument to N+1?
    Possibly. I only see the need for 3 bikes. One "good" weekend summer bike, 1 commuter, 1 trail bike.
    Why a good commuter? Reliability & enjoyment, 16 miles each way.

    I have 4 bikes because I am considerably richer than yow.

    5 bikes. Do I win!?
    Ben

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    Ben6899 wrote:
    drlodge wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Have you just occasioned upon the counter-argument to N+1?
    Possibly. I only see the need for 3 bikes. One "good" weekend summer bike, 1 commuter, 1 trail bike.
    Why a good commuter? Reliability & enjoyment, 16 miles each way.

    I have 4 bikes because I am considerably richer than yow.

    5 bikes. Do I win!?
    I doubt it.
    Not by a long chalk. I could name one guy with 13, plus his wife's who races so quite a few in that house.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Is he rich?
    Ben

    Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Ben6899 wrote:
    drlodge wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Have you just occasioned upon the counter-argument to N+1?
    Possibly. I only see the need for 3 bikes. One "good" weekend summer bike, 1 commuter, 1 trail bike.
    Why a good commuter? Reliability & enjoyment, 16 miles each way.

    I have 4 bikes because I am considerably richer than yow.

    5 bikes. Do I win!?
    No. Even my 9-year-old daughter has 3.5.

    I bet you don't even own two identical bikes...

    I'm not rich, though I'd probably be a bit closer if I stopped buying bikes.
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Is he rich?
    No.
    Wonder why?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,798
    Do two unicycles count as one bicycle? Neither of them were bought on C2W if anyone is worried.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    I once saw a very impressive performance by a guy who had a separate front wheel / handlebar assembly for his unicycle. Since he was a professional performer, using it for work, it may have been tax-deductible.
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Just trying to figure out how many bikes I own. Is it:
    1. Fully assembled, working bikes?
    2. Fully assembled bikes which have worked in the past, and will hopefully work again once the broken bits have been fixed?
    3. Fully or partially assembled bikes (includes bikes missing things like chains, chainsets, wheels etc)?
    4. The number of complete bikes I could potentially assemble using the various parts in my house/garage?
    5. The number of framesets I own?

    To illustrate the dilemma, I have two identical CX bikes which share 5 wheelsets; neither of these is rideable at the moment, and one is missing pedals and a chain (the chain ended up on my commuter, and I don't have enough pedals to go round). I also have a large box of spares, including a complete spare frameset. Does this count as no CX bikes, one, two or three?
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    TGOTB wrote:
    Just trying to figure out how many bikes I own. Is it:
    1. Fully assembled, working bikes?
    2. Fully assembled bikes which have worked in the past, and will hopefully work again once the broken bits have been fixed?
    3. Fully or partially assembled bikes (includes bikes missing things like chains, chainsets, wheels etc)?
    4. The number of complete bikes I could potentially assemble using the various parts in my house/garage?
    5. The number of framesets I own?

    To illustrate the dilemma, I have two identical CX bikes which share 5 wheelsets; neither of these is rideable at the moment, and one is missing pedals and a chain (the chain ended up on my commuter, and I don't have enough pedals to go round). I also have a large box of spares, including a complete spare frameset. Does this count as no CX bikes, one, two or three?
    How many people could you invite round tomorrow morning to go for a group ride on your bikes?
    That many. +1 including you. :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    PBlakeney wrote:
    How many people could you invite round tomorrow morning to go for a group ride on your bikes?
    That many. +1 including you. :wink:
    Brilliant! This means I can quite honestly tell anyone who asks that I only have 2 bikes :-)
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    TGOTB wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    How many people could you invite round tomorrow morning to go for a group ride on your bikes?
    That many. +1 including you. :wink:
    Brilliant! This means I can quite honestly tell anyone who asks that I only have 2 working bikes :-)
    Nearly. :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • andy9964
    andy9964 Posts: 930
    PBlakeney wrote:
    My £2k bike has given me 5 years of pleasurable commuting.
    Would it have been better to buy 5 x £600 bikes?
    Well, you would have been £1k worse off for a start :D


    Can't believe that wasn't picked up
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,255
    Andy9964 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    My £2k bike has given me 5 years of pleasurable commuting.
    Would it have been better to buy 5 x £600 bikes?
    Well, you would have been £1k worse off for a start :D


    Can't believe that wasn't picked up
    Precisely! :lol:


    Less tax of course
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.

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