The E-Bike Commute Decision Kit
The ActivePedal kit for deciding whether an e-bike commute pays: the full cost, the real saving, winter range, and a four-week trial before you buy
The Commute Cost Calculator on this site compares what a mile costs by car and by e-bike, over every day you plan to ride. It leaves out the price of the bike itself, the gear, the battery that will one day need replacing, and the days you will not ride. And if you keep the car, you save only what each mile costs to drive. The E-Bike Commute Decision Kit puts those back. Part 1 plans with the days you would really ride, checks the round trip against range in the coldest month, prices the bike, gear and a battery reserve, separates running-cost savings from parking and a car you drop, and works out payback three ways. On the worked 6-mile commute: 11.2 years on fuel and wear alone, 1.5 years with $10 a day of parking saved, 0.7 years if it replaces a car. Part 2 is a four-week trial on a rented or borrowed e-bike that counts the days you actually ride, before you buy. Not financial advice; it recommends no bike, brand or shop. Includes a riding and charging safety card. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet with payback at your ridden days and your range in the cold.
Look inside
Two full pages from the kit, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.
What is in it
- Your real ridden days
- Range in the coldest month
- Charging and what it costs
- The full cost: bike, gear, battery reserve
- What you really save: keep the car or not
- Payback three ways
- A four-week trial before you buy
- A decision sheet, gear budget and ride log
- Bonuses: a quickstart and a riding and charging safety card
- A personalised sheet: payback at your ridden days, range in the cold
- ✓ 26 printable pages
- ✓ 10 sections, worksheets and templates
- ✓ A second PDF worked out from the numbers you enter
- ✓ No account needed, just an email address
- ✓ Instant download; link valid 7 days
Price includes any taxes. Sold by GrabURL, who handle checkout and support. The charge appears on your statement as GrabURL.
The kit complements the free Commute Cost Savings Calculator. It compares a mile by car and by e-bike; the kit adds the bike, the gear, the battery and the days you really ride, and works out payback.