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Yeah, I know, I know, sorry.
I'll add, that the best trails near by are 45 mins away at moose mountain, so 2x50km plus shuttle gas for a few of the laps, its a quarter tank in the truck, so about 30$. TBH, if you look it up, moose is basically a user supported back country bike park/shuttle hill complete with $90k machine build jump trail, so its worth it, but it still hurts a bit....
Not me:
Flight66
https://www.trailforks.com/video/61792/
T-Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYKavrSvtc&ab_channel=Top2BottomMTB
The usual weekend getaways, for example Finale Ligure is a 4 hour drive and the gas, shuttle prices have literally sky rocketed - around a 20%-30% increase which makes things even expensive for us against the euro. Luckily we have enough trails around where I stay but who doesn't like Italy right?
The worst part is that 65% of that is tax. Crazy.
I already ride an ebike, which allows me to access 3 different loops without taking my car in a reasonable amount of time, i'd say even before high gase price I reduced my car usage by 50% for mtb rides.
Last week I rented an electric van, I was really worried about the range, but it turns out you can easily do 2hours of mountain roads out and back on a 75KWh battery in a heavy van loaded with gear. I definitely see myself getting an electric van/minivan in the next year which would affect my riding from the point of view that I would be restricted to a closer area than my current diesel minivan. That being said I very rarely drive more than 1.5hrs to a trail (I live in the Alps...)
As well as the fuel cost this is also because post lockdown, UK hotel and campsite prices are significantly higher with less availability, in part driven by the cost of running the places increasing but also because a lot more people having home vactations - will save my cash for some autumn trips
I know, financing a depreciating asset sounds like poor math but gas in my truck + ICE cost to maintain is a lot more than financing cost + taxes on a new car + depreciation factor. Electricity in Idaho is almost free, so that's nice too. (for those paying attention, the right call would be "Brines, just go buy a prius or even an outback...your math only works at 17mpg)
What gas prices is impacting is my willingness to load up the old diesel truck/camp+trailer and drive any kind of distance, or even bring that rig anywhere at all. Crazy to think, but at 10MPG over 1000 miles of driving I'm spending $500+. That literally will get me a hotel room for a few nights and I drive the car.
Semi related, parts are killing me as I'm starting to see increases and gone are my days of discounts/hookups/working for a shop/being a very hypocritical influencers etc. I raced XC yesterday and the tab of broken parts (fork damp + tires) was just under $500. Ouch.
Truck I owned - sold for $21K (owned outright)
Tesla: $71K (all in)
Down payment on tesla: $21K
Amount Financed: $50K
Rate on loan: 3%
Term 60 months
Cumulative interest year 1: $1400
Interest per month: $117
Total Interest on the loan: $3,908
Gas I was paying per month in truck: ~$400
Oil/Other fluid Stipend (for ICE) per month: $50
At current rates how much gas/oil would I burn over 60 months: $27,000'
Amount it costs to run the Tesla the same number of miles per month (roughly $35)
As you will see, $450 is more than $152; $27,000 is a lot more than $6,400
The smart people would go "wait, what about depreciation differences" or "just go buy a subaru and run the same math". This is the real argument as to why to not buy the tesla. F-150 w 150K @ $5+ a gallon vs Tesla however...its not even close
As far as how it's impacted my riding, I'm lucky that my local trail system is only 2.5 miles away. Even before gas shot up I tried to make at least 50% of my rides from my house, that amount will probably increase now. My big decision will be whether or not to make my annual fall trip to Pisgah for 5-6 days of riding. The last 2 years I used about 3 tanks of gas in the Tundra, 1 to get down there, 1 while I'm there and 1 to get home roughly 100 gallons total. With that cost being about $500 this year I'm going to have a tough decision.
The last few years I also did a summer trip to Kingdom trails, I've already nixed that trip.
The real guess to the equation as to “does this make sense” is what rate will the EV depreciate at. Given the hyper inflationary backdrop, price of gas, supply constraints of raw materials with respect to EVs and current pricing in the used marketplace for an EV that answer is “very little”. Will that hold true? Not sure. Lots of factors.
Honestly man, I’m trying to be kind but your dunning Kruger “standing atop mount ignorance” is hard to converse with…
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