Jimmeee

Sorry folks but 'TCO'? Does it mean Total Cost Overall?

I've no idea if the second hand bike is overpriced but presumably from the shops point of view they've already paid for it, had use out of it and now are looking to realise some £. Make them an offer

:-) I had considered this but what I think I'm going to do is drive part of the way, park up and cycle the rest of the way. Then reverse it. The motorcycle/scooter suggestion was tempting too but i do love to cycle and although it would save costs on fuel, buying a motorcycle would wipe out any financial benefits

I'm starting to think along these lines myself. ive talked myself out of the 'souped up' electric bike. A scooter might improve my fuel costs (60-75mpg v my current 53mpg) Insurance would be around £100 fully comp and road fund guessing at £20? Thanks again, everyone, for your help. The weak link in all this is probably me :-) maybe I should be looking at (say) replacing one journey a week and then seeing if it 'kills' me or, hopefully, i get fitter and up it to 2 journeys.... what i did in a previous job with a similar commute distance was to drive 2/3rds of it with my conventional pushbike in the back then cycle the final 7miles. Altogether more managable :-)

Ah. I thought it was possible to register a derestricted bike as a 'moped' but I'll look into that. I saw a vid on you tube where a chap fitted indicators and brake lights.... and reregistered

Thanks for all the replies. Very usefull and has given me a lotlto think about. Im impressed that a 250w ebike is able totmske the journey (that seems to be the consensous) i can see that being able to charge the battery at work would be very handy or taking a spare charged battery. I was thinking about it again today and even an hour and a half each way would turn my day into a 17+hour day. I'm reasonably fit but in my late 50's so Im not looking at doing that 4 days a week with any relish. I'm going to look into 'deristricted' e biking. Though I would have to do it legally as I drive for a living and won't risk my licence in any way

hello good people I currently have a17mile each way commute in my car. Its mostly along a busy dual carrige way. Definately not a road I would want to cycle along. It is possible to get to my work from my village using back roads but this would bring the distance travelled to nearly 24 miles and the terrain is up, down with NO flat sections. Strava estimates it is around 3hrs of conventional push biking. I'm pretty sure I couldnt do it in that time. I'd like a maximum journey time of 1 and a half hours -ideally less. So thats an average speed of around 15mph. Presumably i could exceed that on the downhill sections but how close to my desired 15mph am i likely to be on the uphill stretches. I work very long shifts (anywhere between 10 to 14 hours) and I dont know for certain that I'd be allowed to charge a bike at work, so ideally id like the bike to be able to make the journey, sit there for up to 14 hours and then make the journey back before needing to be charged again. Maybe thats just too much for an ebike? I've attached the proposed route and its profile I'm currently considering the Kalkhoff Voyager. Anyone got any experience with them? 23.6 mi Road Cycling Route on Strava -.pdf