Cycling to work incentives

reasons not to commute on a njs fixie.

my costs to keep my bike on the road work out about £200 a year.
that's new tyres, brake pads, chains, sprocket and chain ring.
there isn't much else to wear out.

servicing at home brings the cost down further.

In fairness since I initially bought and fixed up my bike I've only had to replace brake pads/cables, a gear cable and the BB but still, it's not free and if it happens to go wrong at the end of the month it can really bite. I suppose my point is that people need to allow for that - a travelcard is easy to integrate within a budget, an exploding drivetrain not so much.