Originally Posted by
Maelstrom
For me, this would need to have an adaptation for how technical or slow something is. Cost per hour might be more universally applicable. Right now my cost is 5$ per mile which doesn't represent the truth of the roi.
My cost per hour is 3$. Since some of my rides are short and extremely technical/slow and most are not overly fast on the trails I ride, this measurement makes more sense. In a 9 month period.
Interesting notion; MTB riding amortizes cost per mile slower than road riding (because MTB has a lower mph than road riding), but if you switch to a cost per hour metric, MTB vs road are make more comparable. Plus that way you can look at it in terms of how much did your cycling enjoyment/entertainment cost (vs something more like how much did your cycling utility cost)