Man cave

SimonAH
SimonAH Posts: 3,730
edited November 2014 in Commuting chat
I'm going to lose mine as Madame is cracking out a last sprog.

Mine is floor to ceiling bookshelves, a comfy sofa(bed), a massive armchair, a wall of photos, a few paintings and an IT desk under a huge window. It smells of Islay farts, leather and good cigars.

Fecking biology, now I have to buy a bigger house.
FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
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  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    Only yourself to blame... or maybe not.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Milkman strikes again?

    Congratulations on giving yourself the opportunity to make a new, bigger, better man cave.
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    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Congratulations!

    If the good lady gets a new child, does this mean you get a new bike?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    Congratulations on the baby and commiserations on the loss of cave. Mostly the former though.
    Only my son dares go into my cave (garage). The fact that the door almost took my head off once has put the EPO off ever going near it.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    cjcp wrote:
    Congratulations!

    If the good lady gets a new child, does this mean you get a new bike?

    :-D Weeeeelll, I was in Evans yesterday, and the Wilier Izoard in red and white is singing a little ditty in my ear..... :-D
    FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
    CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
    Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Congratulations!, never know man cave mark 2 maybe so much better!
  • Twostage
    Twostage Posts: 987
    Bitter sweet.

    My man cave is external to the house, store room at the back of the garage. The missus actually crossed the threshold yesterday :evil: going to have to start locking myself in.
  • the_fuggler
    the_fuggler Posts: 1,228
    Congratulations! I lost my man cave when Fugglet number two arrived. Have had to retreat the garage whilst contemplating some form of home office / man cave outbuilding in the garden. Trouble is I'm competing for the space with a two-year old who wants a climbing frame....

    Back to the garage!
    FCN 3 / 4
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Congratulations dude

    my man cave is my shed next to the house, its full of big 'orrible spiders so the mrs doesn't like going in there

    spent Sunday trying to fit some swa cable so i can have lights/ telly etc for when i need to retreat

    every bloke needs his Porn Emporium
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • twist83
    twist83 Posts: 761
    I up until recently used to have a man cave. A fine place it was. Sat pride of place was my Fireblade surrounded with many many wodnerful man tools, push bikes and other assorted items a man may need. It had nice foam flooring and each tool had a place on its board or in its tool box. Life was good!!

    Then the other half spotted a detached barn conversion in a village which she fell in love with. This does NOT have a man cave at all. It has a small store for our 4 bikes but not room to swing a cat :( I relinquished control of the man cave on 08/06/2012 and will likely not see another man cave for quite some time.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    mudcow007 wrote:
    every bloke needs his Porn Emporium
    Aaah, the pornidor.
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  • bdave262000
    bdave262000 Posts: 270
    One of our neighbours has a man cave, but his wife refers to it as his W**king pit. Quite funny hearing her saying it as she is very well spoken.
    Fat lads take longer to stop.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    Congratulations Simon. Missed my chance to develop a man cave - when we moved, the house with a garage fell though, so we had to settle for one with just a driveway. The spawn have since filled all available space, including the loft.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    I am moving into a house with said man cave being the converted loft with bike trainer space and sofa etc. Canny wait tbh.
    Big ass headphones etc and I the loft door being lockable from the inside means peace and quiet :D
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Hung some wall art in my man cave last week:

    8N6WD.jpg
  • Koncordski
    Koncordski Posts: 1,009
    Il Principe wrote:
    Hung some wall art in my man cave last week:

    8N6WD.jpg


    Oh now that's just filth. 8)
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  • twist83
    twist83 Posts: 761
    That is indeed filth! I demand you take them down and post them both to me at once.
  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    IP,
    What are the hangers (& from where were they obtained)?
    I could do with one to make the current in-house storage arrangement more acceptable (& permanent)
    Location: ciderspace
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    DrLex wrote:
    IP,
    What are the hangers (& from where were they obtained)?
    I could do with one to make the current in-house storage arrangement more acceptable (& permanent)

    They are Cycloc (http://www.cycloc.com/) Widely available. Got mine from Wiggle.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Firstly;
    Congrats to SimonAH! Chapeau old chap!

    Secondly;
    Il Principe wrote:
    8N6WD.jpg

    I am in awe, but it needs a few stuffed varmints in glass tanks to complete and a few pictures of dogs playing pool.

    Thirdly;

    why is there no mud, oil or water dripping marks on your wall?
  • Twostage
    Twostage Posts: 987
    Il Principe wrote:
    Hung some wall art in my man cave last week:

    8N6WD.jpg
    The pedals on the prince are about 10 degrees out of line. It would drive me mad, I'd have to straighten it.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    This is the kinda thing:

    utter_shit.jpg

    There, really ties the room together....
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    gtvlusso wrote:
    This is the kinda thing:

    utter_shit.jpg

    There, really ties the room together....

    Surely it needs scalps?
  • twist83
    twist83 Posts: 761
    Much better! Everything looks better with Dark wood panelling and dead animals. Finished off with a firearm at pride of price.

    Awesome photochop skills as well. You must work in Design.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    twist83 wrote:
    Much better! Everything looks better with Dark wood panelling and dead animals. Finished off with a firearm at pride of price.

    Awesome photochop skills as well. You must work in Design.

    For photochop, see Paint.....

    What really concerns me if is that the bike is effectively supported beyond it's fulcrum, so, there will be a great percentage of the bikes weight supported right in the middle of the top tube, more than likely to be the weakest point of the frame.......?!

    Perhaps some one with some kind of grasp of basic physics and materials can expand on this?

    **Someone with real class would carpet the walls, deep pile.....

    See how much fun this laydee is having with carpeted walls:

    131206574_e0e6c01419_z.jpg?zz=1
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I'd be far too short for that.
    _
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    That woman is clearly drunk and has fallen over. I'm wondering how much I could sell the children for. Then I might be able to afford a cave like IP's. I think they are too old to fetch a good price.
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  • tallmansix
    tallmansix Posts: 57
    On the contrary, I wonder if your missus is being short sighted. Another sprog means another bike, which needs more space and a wider variety of spares to cover said sprog through various sizes from trike to racer, plus room for a child trailer to be to stored, not to mention all the extra baby and child seats, panniers to carry nappies etc.

    Looks like it's time to recalculate the value of n (as in n+1) and get yourself a new bike to deal with the extra demands on you as a father and a roomful of accessories that are demand by a modern baby. :wink:

    Congratulations and wishing you all the best for the new baby [cyclist].
    FCN=10 Carrera Subway II with touring kit = rack, 2x Panniers and a bottle.
    No car, just a bike for everything 100+ miles / week. Commute daily Chorlton-Manchester or Chorlton-Horwich
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Man Cave you say well i've had a little re-org in mine, now have almost all spare wheelsets hanging, almost all :roll:

    IMAG0319.jpg
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    itboffin wrote:
    Man Cave you say well i've had a little re-org in mine, now have almost all spare wheelsets hanging, almost all :roll:

    IMAG0319.jpg

    now that my friend is a man cave
    Keeping it classy since '83

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