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I'm slowly but surely transitioning from driving to cycling to the point I'm going to have to change jobs to stop driving all together. While this surely has many health and environmental benefits, I was wondering about the financial benefits. Those of you who have already made the transition, how much have you save by not driving?

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

Of course, but comparatively, it's far less expensive to maintain a bike.

And if they are maintained (i.e. waxed chain), then those costs go down even more.

Every major repair on my car(s) over the last 25 years could have bought mutliple brand new bikes. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

[-] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Also keeps your health up for longer to use a bike! If you've got health insurance then that probably matters even more.

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