Cycling

I am set to borderline bankrupt myself come the new year when I pour all the money I’ve ever had (and not had) into purchasing a new bicycle. And then maybe some new wheels, because the excellent ones that come with it aren’t quite perfect. And a saddle. Maybe a premium bottle cage.

This stuff, along with regular maintenance, certainly adds up. But the Guardian reckons that “apart from giving up smoking, there is no other change to one’s daily working­ pattern that can produce such large savings.” And we’d (obviously) be inclined to agree.

Commuter Style: Penny in Yo’ Pants

Anything Else

You know better than anyone how much you spend on transport. Because that number is ingrained on your inner eyelids. You see it every night before you go to sleep. You get angry thinking about how all you get in return for that price-tag is misery. You know all this.

But let’s think about the health costs too: not cycling to work means your missing out on some awesome benefits. In particular, more years in which to spend the money you’ve been saving. A Danish study of 30,000 people over nearly 15 years found that cycling to work, even when accounting for other exercise completed by participants, lowered the risk of mortality by 40%.

Winner: We’re gonna go for cycling.