[Closed] Just had "the chat" with my missus about my old bike

She ias clearly having an affair or she is a bloke and you haven't noticed. 😀

Picture me with a squid head..

[i]some sort of trap[/i]

Possibly but you'll still have a new bike 🙂

its a trap!

She has a large purchase in the offing, and now you won't be able to say no because,
"You just bought yourself a new bike"

Does she have a sister? 8)

I don't care.

What's the bike?

What I like best is your man maths. Pay for it from savings = £0 = free bike!

Trek Fuel EX8 29er.

What I like best is your man maths. Pay for it from savings = £0 = free bike!

I've already saved it you see, so it is effectively already spent.

You have a nice wife. Keep her 🙂

Quite. When I bought my new bike last summer I had already spent the money in my head, so it was unavailable for anything else, and since it couldn't be spent on anything else, spending it on a bike didn't result in any sort of loss to the family finances.

You can't retire that bike! It manages to make mine look [s]good[/s] accetable

...Why don't you buy it out of our savings?".

I'd have just assumed this line was loaded with sarcasm And carried on riding my knackered old Bicycle, without losing a testicle.

You can't retire that bike! It manages to make mine look good accetable

It will be a donor for my SS and her HT. She'll get the transmission, brakes and wheels. The SS will get the forks and saddle.

It's a twap

I bet a tiny part of you went flat inside and thought "oh, that was easy, I don't really want it now 🙁 " when she said that 😀

Yep. Prepare yourself for the worst.
Her Acid Zumba classes are moving to 8.15 every Monday.

I have this very same conversation with my Mrs every year. In the past she used to cite lack of space as the show-stopper. Then we bought a new house with a massive garage, now she uses the lack of money argument. Can't win. Think I'll try that accounting slight of hand on her next.

Had the same conversation last year, bought an RM Altitude 😆
Gave son old bike, 10yr old Kona Dawg.

I showed my wife the thread to reinforce the purchase I expect to make later this month 🙂

To be fair.... She does let me buy what I [s]need[/s] like

New kitchen on the way for the OP... 😉

You realise you've publicly stated you'd marry her again. I see a very expensive renewal of your vows on the horizon...or that new kitchen she's been eyeing up 😉

Is a new kitchen an exclusively wife thing? I'd quite like a new kitchen seeing as I'm the main cook. Trouble is the wife thinks bikes and kitchens aren't as important as getting new windows and a greenhouse. Who cares about windows?!

I never have this conversation with my wife. If I buy a new bike she knows we can afford it.

You have clearance, buy the bicycle and worry about any consequences safe in the knowledge you have shiny new bike to gawp at and ride. How bad can the trap be?

I am buying a touring bike and I'd saved up for it - had the chat with my wife - I knew she wouldn't mind as she knew I really could use one. I thought I'd sell my road bike as I didn't really need both but my wife surprised me by saying that I should not sell the road bike as what if I wanted to go on a fast road ride?

She's ace!

But I don't have much space to keep all these bikes.... :-/ 😀

Has anyone else spotted the problem in the OP's post?

she said something along the lines of...

What she actually said was "You ride bikes", at which point you switched off, thinking you'd got the go-ahead. What you didn't hear was the five minute diatribe which followed, during which you were called a bastard several times and the welfare of your knackers was brought into question, should you purchase a new bike.

The

Why don't you buy it out of our savings?

"You've got the new bike you wanted...."

"I'd like a baby."

Mate of mine needed to spend £400 on overhauling his bike once. I was there's as he explained this to his wife. She said, oh good, I've got £400 to spend on what I want.

Without stopping to think, I e sponded with u s, that's right, if you're 7 year old siblings.

Mate nearly wet himself.

Reading these threads I thank god in the taxi family, I have my own money Mrs taxi has her own money and there's the household budget. If I can afford it I just buy it.

Why don't you buy it out of our savings?".

Buy it and you'll find out why, sounds like trap.

You ride bikes, that's what you do. Why don't you buy it out of our savings?

If that's verbatim, you should be OK. Or were the words 'just' and 'then' missing from the middle and end of the question?

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Mate of mine needed to spend £400 on overhauling his bike once. I was there's as he explained this to his wife. She said, oh good, I've got £400 to spend on what I want.
Without stopping to think, I e sponded with u s, that's right, if you're 7 year old siblings.
Mate nearly wet himself.

Guess you had to be there?

Sounds very much like a trap.

I got the nod to buy a new bike that was a "must buy bargain" in the On One sale at the end of last year. Almost encouraged to buy it.

It was leverage for her getting a very nice new mac book thingy. So budget for 2x the value of the bike.

Are you sure she doesn't think you were euphemistically describing some enhancement in the trouser department?

It is possible harry and wife's marriage is not a war of attrition but a partnership based on respect and dare I say love?
I guess not, igmc

I think as your bike is ten years old and you use it alot and she is just being reasonable

My wife would be reasonable in the same way

However I suspect that the partners of the n+1 brigade do find it hard to follow why the shiny bike in the shed needs a soul mate as its wheels are now and inch to small, its bottom bracket 8 mm to high or its head angle a degree to slack

It is possible harry and wife's marriage is not a war of attrition but a partnership based on respect and dare I say love?

😀

My stepdad bought a very similar bike to the OP (a last years model trek fuel ex 8, 2008 I think.)

While the price of it was around £1500, I think, he reckons it cost him 5 figures, made up of a kitchen, holidays and a car for the mother.

#lessonsfromhistory

HTS has only posted this so in a few weeks time when he's stopped posting on here, we'll inform the Police that he is missing 😕

While the price of it was around £1500,

He lied, skilfully, but he lied. And he would have got away with it had you not posted on here. His imminent demise is your fault.

2014 price was £2500.

I was there when he bought it (this was 09 remember, when Everything Was Cheaper). He did lie, but not to me 😉

What is 'the chat'?

I don't understand.

When my FS snapped way out of warranty last year, my beloved said obviously I needed a new bike so I bought one. She soon clarified her position, 'Your bloody money not OURS '. This was shortly followed by,' Why is your credit card bill always so huge?'. I wonder.
Incidentally why are bikes luxuries but the stuff she wants are necessities?

This thread is so depressing for me. Women ride bikes too you know! You lot saying it's a trap and she just wants a new kitchen I bet you're the ones that pull the 'i can't ride coz I've not got a pass from the missus!' when really it's because you can't be arsed and don't feel like going out in the mud and cold!

Told my fiancé just before Christmas I wasn't going to buy anymore bikes till after we are married ( end of March this year) then after her trip to NYC I informed her I'd ordered a new titanium fat bike frame ,my reasoning to her was it wasn't a complete bike just a frame .shes got her own back though as she is not letting me take my bike on our honeymoon (Isle of Skye )

I'd be allowed too but for the fact I dont have any cash...

This thread is so depressing for me. Women ride bikes too you know! You lot saying it's a trap and she just wants a new kitchen I bet you're the ones that pull the 'i can't ride coz I've not got a pass from the missus!' when really it's because you can't be arsed and don't feel like going out in the mud and cold!

Yes, my wife is very much into bikes and the house rule is normally n + 1 is only OK if n + 1 does not exceed the number of her bikes. However, baby means my n + 1 was leveraged into a shiny laptop.

I told my other half I wanted to buy a new bike in a message via facebook while she was in the room next to me. What can i say... i was scared and weak. But it did make her laugh.

Wifey bought a new Specialized Fate Carbon Expert last month, does this mean I can get a Yeti carbon arc frame?

This thread is so depressing for me. Women ride bikes too you know!

That's why my post wasn't gender specific

My other half has now taken my old bike to add to her collection to decide if she wants a new HT or full sus next year.

Ampthill nothing wrong with your post!

Strike while the irons hot, the scent of carbon on carbon range topper is in the air, teflon your balls you need to go big here! Can she be talked into a third or forth job? long term investments and all, quality costs but is cheaper in the long run, less maintenance more cuddle and emotional support time, or have all the bullshit avenues been well and truly rinsed and it's down to trading manual labour, faux romantic gestures and keeping up appearances in front of relatives!

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to be honest - depends on your understanding of what the savings account is for..... be prepared to pay for something of equivalent value for her out of it too.

myti - I suppose I should apologise as I did mention the kitchen 😳

This was really a bit of reflecting my own in-family joke but it does seem to match up to reality for several people I know. I am also aware of several people whose (female) other halves would be fine with them getting a new bike so long as they got their own one too.

hand duly self-slapped.

It's interesting seeing the different approaches and views here. I too have just had "the chat" with my wife about a new bike. I didn't do it because I need permission or because we can't afford it (we have separate bank accounts to allow such things and we, well I, can afford it), I did it because spending a couple of grand on something is a big enough decision to warrant at least mentioning to her.

Pleasingly her response was "well, you've sold your car as you didn't use it, you can afford the bike so why not?". Easy.

If they are your savings how is it costing you £0 ? 😉

Whatever it is she's hiding from you...IT'S BAD.

UPDATE

Just to clarify… My suggestion was that we both take an equal £xxxx from our joint savings as my bike was dead and it would take me a couple of years to save up for a replacement (I don’t do credit). Her response was that she didn’t need anything and having a bike is very important to me, so we’d just buy the bike. The savings pot is for replacing cars, computers, kitchen appliances, windows etc. Necessities basically.

However, and here is the real f###ing kicker… I called the LBS at 9:00 and 1 second this morning to say [b][u][i]TAKE MY MONEY [/b][/u][/i]and somebody has only gone and bought the damn bike on Saturday afternoon after I had left. Not a sniff on it for 12 months and two buyers in 4 hours!

Arse. Biscuits.

PS. We don’t need a new kitchen and I do all of the cooking.

PPS. She gets a discount through work with Evans, so if necessary I’ll get it from there for only £26 more.

Now you have your foot inn the door and the cheque is virtually written the basd luck of missing the bargain means buying a significantly bigger bargain is the only solution.

Something made of unobtanium perhaps?

**cut to outside HtS house with HtS wife popping manuals on new bike**

Significantly bigger bargain has already been spotted! 😀

Cannondale Trigger 29 4 (2014) for the same money. Better looking bike too IMHO.

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That pull shock could prove a bloody expensive nightmare if it goes wrong in the next 10 years. Possibly not an easy thing to get spares for or a replacement once it's a couple of years out of production. Nice discount and bike though.

It's a Fox. Won't Mojo be able to look after it?

It'll be getting actual spares 6/7/8 years down the line that will be the issue, rather than them knowing how to fix it.

Mrs_OAB's Headshok is 15 years old.
Only now are some parts becoming scarce.

Fair enough, actual experience trumps vague guesswork.

In the absence of Jamie

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Its not a Headshock, its a DYAD rear shock. This is the shock in question. I'd be hesitant myself if I planned on the bike being my min ride for 10 years.

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JoeG, I think Matt OAB's point was that he has personal experience of looking after an unusual Cannondale suspension system, and the concern about future support and availability of spares isn't necessarily valid.

I'd be hesitant too though, and would definitely tap up Mojo for their view on future maintainability if it were me.

Yes, my point was that the 'odd' systems that Cannondale sometimes use do seem to be well stocked for parts for the future.
Having said that, I bet there are a good few more Headshoks around that DYAD's...?

[feeling giddy]I’ve just hit the PLACE ORDER button[/feeling giddy]

What did you go for, the Trek, the 'dale or something else?

And will it see its debut by Monday??

Hopes H_t_S looked on Pauls Cycles before ordering if he went for the 'dale.

Hopes H_t_S looked on Pauls Cycles before ordering if he went for the 'dale.

That's where I got it from!