The wife noticed.

Random Vince

i can't remember which bike shop it was, but they'd happily send one of the lads out to ride the bike down a muddy trail to make it look like it was second hand or used and thus not a new bike giving the option of

it was a good price so i took it
i swapped bikes with bob at the office
nah, it's always been like that (you'd need it to be the same colour i guess)

giant_man

I'm divorced and single again with girlfriend(s) so I don't get told what to spend my money on, heaven forbid!

But I wouldn't listen anyway to any woman moaning about how many bikes I had.

ellieb

Just explain that collecting bikes is essential for your mid-life crisis* & would she prefer that you ran off with an 18 year old yoga instructor

* A particularly early or late one if you can't quite stretch to middle age

popette

Geoff_SS wrote:

I'm in the same position (though my wife isn't Irish). Fortunately, my wife is a keener cyclist than I, so she tells me if we can afford the expenditure and then encourages me to spend.

Geoff

This is like me and my husband - I encourage him to splurge on gear so that I don't feel guilty when I want to buy something new.
Get your wives into cycling and then you can spend together!
Bagpuss, I do love your shed.