More cycling.

[armb]

Cycled into work this morning, but Nice's have still got a wrong rear caliper, so collecting the car will have to wait for tomorrow ("third time lucky"). It looks like it will be a nice evening again though. Estimated I could save about £700 a year if I cycled the whole way both ways all summer (fuel saved + reduced servicing costs), but I think I'd have to start gradually, and there's always the danger I'd blow the more than the savings on bike upgrades. (I used the Ka yesterday and didn't cycle at all - still vaguely thinking about a folding bike, but the bike man on the market didn't have any the last few times I've been through the market.)

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[ewx.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask, "how do you spend £700 on bike upgrades," but on reflection, I think I'm better off not knowing...

"how do you spend £700 on bike upgrades"? Easily.

[armb.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine bought a Windcheetah for a commute that is a bit over half of mine (though in the opposite direction - lived in Cambridge, worked (for a while) in Commercial End).
Less extreme, plenty of normal bikes cost that much.
Even keeping the same bike, maybe some suspension (hub, fork, or seatpost), upgrade to STI gear levers (maybe with more gears), better lights (though maybe not going this far). Or perhaps Rohloff hub gears. Or maybe a hub dynamo (probably Shimano rather than the more expensive though more efficient SON).
Better/more cycling shoes and other clothes.