[Closed] I am in a LOT of trouble!!

Is it black? She won't notice. Been here years, that.

Errrr....bright blue. Plus she's not (that) daft.

A good mate of mine had so many bikes his missus couldn't tell if one was a new one or just on of the original ones.

They were never all together so she didn't count them.

she can spend the same (£200 wasn't it? 😉 ) on something she wants.

Just grow and pair and tell her. Yes, I bought a new bike, yes, I can afford it, yes, it is a lovely colour.

I genuinely don't get the hiding bikes thing. If you can afford it then it's fine, if you can't then you're an idiot.

"Look at my new bike, isnt it great"

In the style of an excited 6 year old...

You sold that old black one that was at the back, used some spare parts and bought the blue frame with the money from the sale.

Just grow and pair and tell her. Yes, I bought a new bike, yes, I can afford it, yes, it is a lovely colour.

I expect the OP's post was meant as a bit of light hearted japery.

Anyway the answer is you won it on the stw monthly raffle. You know the one where they raffle off the review bikes to forum members

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my liteville (new frame, pikes ks lev , tyres front wheel syntace bars etc etc) was "swapped" and 350 quid for my old bike.

muppetWrangler - Member

Anyway the answer is you won it on the stw monthly raffle.

Is there more than one prize as I win that every month...

yeah just MTFU and tell her "it's my money, I can spend it however I like"

honesty is the best policy in relationships.

*unless it isn't

I have enough bikes that my wife could never tell if I got a new one. She even gets some of them mixed up with each other.

Still, I'm just honest with her, she uses it in arguments but then I remind her how much I pay for the car (which I don't commute in)

There are ways round these things, you just have to be a little creative.

A friend of mine changed his stiffy for a Hustler. When challenged about it by his then fiancé, who he referred to as Gadaffi or simply the Colonel, he told her that he'd only bought some back suspension. Fortunately, they never married.

Someone my dad knew bought a new Rolls Royce every other year in the same colour and with the same number plate so that his wife would never realise it was a new car.

Don't volunteer the price paid, just make a point of how much you [u]saved[/u].

Anyway, SKS Chromoplastic 50mm

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She will get a monk on, but I've just got a new job and will NEED it for my commute so she won't be that cross. Hopefully. At least not for that long. And I'm away on a course next week so even she can't launch crockery all the way to Darlington.

Chromos, 50mm, check.

My wife smokes and I don't, so I justify my purchases in cigarettes

Her - "Is that a new xxxx?"

Me - "Yeah, only cost x packets of fags and it'll last a lot longer"

She still hasn't found a comeback!

Connect2, thats just genius! Almost wish my mrs smoked now lol

Where did you get it from for £450?

On the scale of bike purchases to trouble and strife.. I'd say you are pretty much safe. If she has any idea how much bikes actually cost She'll have a relatively minor huff just to keep you on your toes..

And I'm away on a course next week so even she can't launch crockery all the way to Darlington.

it'll be going on Ebay then... 😆

@moran photography Wiggle, also Ubyk and winstanleys have them at the same price

cloudnine, I'm notoriously tight and most of my gear is second hand/stolen off incapacitated children. This has lead to an expectation being built that i can magic bikes out of my bum for nowt. I have been foolish allowing this misconception to persist, I grant you.

this is one of those times that one dost "go south"

just realised it's an 8 speed, wtf is that about!

Thanks OP.

"What are you looking at?"
"You don't want to know...."

Ordered from Winstanleys. Anybody want to buy a Giant Defy 3 by any chance? It's blue aswell, don't expect she'll tell the difference

Aye, made me wrinkle my nose a bit but will get a second hand 10-11 spd shifter/mech and a fresh cassette when the drive train is ready for replacing

My dad has spent his whole life buying vintage cars. Rileys, Wolsleys and Triumphs all look similar enough that none of us ever knew which was the latest addition. This plan worked right up until he bought a bus.

just realised it's an 8 speed, wtf is that about!

durable, reliable, muck resistant and with consumables that cost peanuts?

sounds perfect for a commuter 🙂

I managed to justify the purchase of a Stache last night with the words "It'll save my other new bike getting ruined in the winter mud" - luckily she's a cyclist too so understood perfectly. She did however say that it is now her turn to buy a new bike though 😆

In the now long gone Cycleworld in Arbroath, one of the regulars used to keep his bike on the shop floor...Got it really cheap as an ex demo eventually.

just tell her you bought a new bike because she is the only bitch in your house 8)

ste_t - Member
Thanks OP.

"What are you looking at?"
"You don't want to know...."

Ordered from Winstanleys. Anybody want to buy a Giant Defy 3 by any chance? It's blue aswell, don't expect she'll tell the difference

What size is the Defy?

My wife claims to have no knowledge of or interest in bikes, yet can spot a new bike or bike accessory at 100 yards.
However when I bought my newie a couple of months ago she merely said ,'Well if you can afford it....'
She's having an affair!

I know the feeling, I am currently living in shit street. i sold my roadbike on ebay and whilst i agreed a collection with the guy i purchased my next bike. Wife was ok with that, but in true ebay style the bloke has disappeared. Wife has hit the roof (its my fault obviously) So if anyone wants a 52cm Cannondale Supersix please get in touch!!!!!! Good news is my new bike rides like a dream

Oh, a stealth advert.
What model, what year, how much and where ? 😉

Do you lot have 'his' and 'hers' bank accounts?
We only have a joint one so any sudden movement of cash would be obvious 🙁
I'm currently eyeing up a FS at about £45 per month, she's not impressed as i've only just literally this week finished paying off my old bike.

me and my wife are very open with each on what we waste our money on and neither of us cares. I don't even need to tell her how much a bike cost because it doesn't matter.

However, I would NEVER have a joint bank account as only account. She is a financial disaster

I tend to get "so long as you can afford it" followed by "it's probably my turn for a new bike next" followed by our elder son asking when he can have another bike.

Order two more, at some point they lose count and then interest.

[i]Long Haired General[/i]

Love this phase 🙂

All my bikes have names, the last one is called "Reasonable Grounds for Divorce".

Dragged my wife around the hand made bike show in Bristol. After browsing that lot, £3000 is considered a cheap bike by her recognition. My bikes are mostly bargains.

Put the hardest most uncomfortable saddle you can find on it and tell her you bought it for her then take her on an all day epic in some really crappy weather...... she'll never want to ride the bike ever again leaving you to use it.... easy!!!!

I've bought 2 in the last month, she's not even asked what they cost or how I paid, although she is on the last day of her 10 day holiday in France without me and our boy!

We have a loose agreement that any and all bike parts cost roughly a fiver.

My wife has horses therefore ...............

'we' can't afford a bike 🙁 😉 😀

Bike purchase? Pah!?

MrsMC came back from running her Guide meeting last night, ran upstairs, grabbed her passport and fired up the lap top. 😯

I asked if there was something she wanted to tell me.

"Would it be alright if I took the Guides to Ireland next year to an international camp?"

Depends if you can get enough who can afford to go - her unit covers a less affluent part of town, shall we say.

"I've got the deposits from 7 of them already" says she.

So she checks it all out, sends letters out to parents, gets numbers and deposits and then checks if it will be OK. 👿

No problem with her doing it, just not sure how the £250 plus travel, plus her taking a weeks leave out of her holiday entitlement, will leave us for our family holiday. Especially as she may be taking LittleMissMC as well. Another £250 plus travel.

Mind you, it does leave me and MCJnr (14) at a loose end the first week of next summer holidays.... 8)

My wife has horses therefore ...............

horses. plural?

Is there a H+1 thing going on with horses too. I've got a town horse and fat one for the cart, then there's the racer...

Well, ponies plural but they don't seem to cost any less 😀

Apparently 1 is no good because it shouldn't live by itself. But 2 is no good either because they will miss each other when you do something with the first. So apparently 3 is a minimum 🙄

Apparently 1 is no good because it shouldn't live by itself. But 2 is no good either because they will miss each other when you do something with the first. So apparently 3 is a minimum

*makes mental note for next N+1 discussion*

Buy a tin of spraypaint of the same colour as the frame, cover the garage/shed/kitchen floor with it, then when she asks WTF?? Stand back,smugly look at the bike and reply, Not bad for an old bike? Turned out better than i expected,

Me - I fancy a new bike

Her - Ok, you work hard and it's your enjoyment

We have a joint (and only, except various business ones) account and yet she still asks me if she can spend £20 on a new top. Of course I say you don't even have to bloody well ask, but I think I have a rare one...

Inverjoe
Pure genius that 😆 😆

I sneaked a new bike in 3 weeks ago, got it muddy and haven't washed it since. No-one at home has noticed it's new yet....although my kids are asking where the white Marin has gone (which I sold 3 weeks ago !)

I'm single.

me: I need/want/fancy a new bike

me: you deserve it, lets go on some demo days...

yay!

Yeah, yeah, being single might be alright with your dating hot chicks and total freedom but you don't get to be shouted at for not doing the washing up or have to put up a washing line at 9 o'clock last night in a hurricane, do you?............er.....

😀

Apparently 1 is no good because it shouldn't live by itself. But 2 is no good either because they will miss each other when you do something with the first. So apparently 3 is a minimum

Wiggle say'order processed'

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Yeah, one of my neighbours moans about his wife and daughters horses. They have 4 or 5 "personal" ones and 3 that they lease (is that the right word?) to the stables for riding lessons and suchlike. Helps that daughter spends a large chunk of her time actually going places to do horse things. Until she failed to qualify for the national squad a couple of years ago. Now she "only" rides 3 or 4 times a week. 🙄
No idea what it actually costs them, but he complains about it despite his small collection of immaculately restored 1950 and 60s sports cars. (I know the horses cost more, but not by how much)

Apparently 1 is no good because it shouldn't live by itself. But 2 is no good either because they will miss each other when you do something with the first. So apparently 3 is a minimum

Like that. My wife has a horse. luckily it's at a stables where there are plenty of otehr ones. But I'm already gettting the "when the kids start wanting to ride" chats. Buttering me up for a H+1 purchase I think.

Plus we are going to look at horse transport vehicles this weekend.

Grounds for a new bike I think. Good job I have booked a cotic demo day in october!

What is it with men spending money and to scared to tell the wife.. I feel your pain!!
Just bought a cube nutrail race..1700 quid Im dreading my wife finding out...
What's really ****ed up though.. She had an affair last year feked off with her midget copper affairee(that a word??) and we've been separated since.. And I'm STILL SCARED..!!.. LMAO..

During me moaning about the wife buying more shoes that she will rarely wear she said "well you've got 6 bikes" - fortunately I had the good sense not to say "no, I've only got 5 actually" so now reckon I can buy another one without her noticing 🙂

That is a nice blue!!

Sell some old crap parts and make a big deal about it whenever anything sells, buy a new bike as parts it in a more low key way.

I tried accumulating a bike fund by doing some bike mechanics for mates, unfortunately this backfired when she got wind of a fund and decided to spend it on the family. Aparenly if I can afford to spend X in a new bike/parts I much have that much spare, so for every £1 I spend I need to spend £1 on the family.

£450 is very cheap, you must have "saved" a fortune.