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Bikes and gear

Budget and prices

What the total comes to once everything is counted.

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Close-up of a city bike's chainset, full chain guard and rear wheel on brick paving — A full chain guard keeps the chain enclosed, which is why city bikes stay clean in normal clothes.Photo: bukk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Bicycle repair tools, spanners, hammers, pliers and a hub laid out on a cloth on the ground

Budget and prices

What a bike actually costs per mile

Chain, tyres, pads, lube and a yearly service add up to about 12 cents a mile. The bike itself is usually the smaller half. Full arithmetic shown.

Updated 11/3/2026 · 9 min

Photo: Ibrahim Husain Meraj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons