Avoinding the credit crunch

• The annual cost of maintaining a bike is £75*. If you are bikeless, then a new good quality city bike will cost around £300 plus a lock at £30.
• The average cost of maintaining a car each year is £273*, add to this petrol at £330†. This means that using a bike should easily pay back in the first year of use, even if you have to buy a bike.
• The average family spends one in 6 pounds on travel – think how much you'll save if you travel by bike*

* source Sustrans

† for a 6 mile each-way commute to work working 44 weeks a year at 40 mpg and petrol at £5/gallon

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