Tumbleweed Posted November 6, 2015 Share Shouldn't the topic read Wheelset or Wife? Ja, at first blush, you'd think it was a classified... Lurch the stalker and Gen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ew Posted November 6, 2015 Share I replaced a white fox fork with a black sid xx. It took my missus about a month to notice it. Keep the colour and style the same and they usually don't notice the change. Another good tactic is to wait until you have a crash and then blame the item you want to replace for the crash. Invent some technical sounding reason. Alternately tell her you almost had a crash. Example: "I came off / almost came off on circuits today. My front wheel picked up a wobble which made it go out / almost go out from under me. The bearing casing / rim braking surface / rim weld is shot and can't be replaced or repaired. I'm going to have to buy a new wheelset I am afraid. It's a safety issue / that's what I get for buying cheap wheels / I should have replaced it months ago but I didn't want to spend the money". Ratty, nonky, Cylon and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted November 6, 2015 Share Fortunately - my wife is unlikely to notice new wheels - as long as they are roughly the same colour as the others.... Pah Bear, Hairy and TALUS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Ja, at first blush, you'd think it was a classified... I thought it was going to be in the exchange section, I came here to find out what he wanted in return... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted November 6, 2015 Share I thought it was going to be in the exchange section, I came here to find out what he wanted in return... Usually ends with something like..."to good home". Edited November 6, 2015 by Tumbleweed Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pista Posted November 6, 2015 Share My greatest fear when I die, is that my wife will sell my bicycles for what I told her it's worth!I've seen that somewhere before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pah Bear Posted November 6, 2015 Share I replaced a white fox fork with a black sid xx. It took my missus about a month to notice it. Keep the colour and style the same and they usually don't notice the change. Another good tactic is to wait until you have a crash and then blame the item you want to replace for the crash. Invent some technical sounding reason. Alternately tell her you almost had a crash. Example: "I came off / almost came off on circuits today. My front wheel picked up a wobble which made it go out / almost go out from under me. The bearing casing / rim braking surface / rim weld is shot and can't be replaced or repaired. I'm going to have to buy a new wheelset I am afraid. It's a safety issue / that's what I get for buying cheap wheels / I should have replaced it months ago but I didn't want to spend the money".Whoohoo. You on the edge brother. Lier lier. Hold onto you ass. Might be a smoke around. :eek: Lol nonky and Andrew_ew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 6, 2015 Share Surprised no-one has asked (yet) what wheels you're thinking of getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Usually ends with something like..."to good home". Nah, nobody's gonna give away a perfectly good wheelset... Tumbleweed, Lurch the stalker, popcorn_skollie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 6, 2015 Share I shared a post in FB by the sheriff (the #becyclistaware one), and the wife asked if it was my bike in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi-h Posted November 6, 2015 Share its easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission... gummibear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock Posted November 6, 2015 Share we need a pic, wheelset or wife, don't mind Pah Bear, gummibear, TALUS and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted November 6, 2015 Share we need a pic, wheelset or wife, don't mind It's Friday so preferably the wife popcorn_skollie and Tatt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dgas Posted November 6, 2015 Share As long as the item is more or less the same colour she probably won't notice. I bought a Cycleops trainer a few months back, its black in colour, I had a Tacx before that. She comes into my study a few days ago and says "did you not have a green one before this?" (Never mind the Tacx is actually blue and grey). I said I did but that was months ago, no comment from her after that. I had sold the Tacx in the meantime and the guy came to fetch it from my house, wife took no notice. I just told her that I was selling some bike parts. Bought a Ultra DI2 groupset for my bike, a year later (a few days ago) she comes into my study sees the bike is plugged in to charge the DI2 battery. Asks me why is your bike on a charger? I explained its for the electronic groupset, went straight over her head. Seems that if a few months have gone by between purchase and discovery then it's ok. The trick is, use cash or the credit card, the statement on a credit card (Nedbank anyway) not a obvious as it is from the cheque card and she does not really look at it. My wife has this idea that all our spending should be equal, while I totally agree, I cannot justify spending 50k on a wheelset, 25k on the wheels and 25k for her, which she will spend on some more clothes to be thrown in her cupboard. I bought FFW deep section wheels a few months ago, they have red and white decals, thought she will see that straight away, not a word so far. I lent my old wheelset, Dark Horse, to a budy in the meantime so she does not see two sets of wheels in the study. When I get those back she will probably notice that I now have two sets, but the Dark Horse are a lot cheaper and I can always explain I bought a set of training of wheels for 5k and then the equal spending rule can apply. Mongoose! and HDW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marshall Posted November 6, 2015 Share How do you tell your wife you "need" a new wheelset that is worth R15k ? I had it easier than most - "Love, I can't ride factory wheels and call myself a wheel builder." Still haven't 'fessed up to the actual cost! Spoke101, TALUS and gummibear 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomo Posted November 6, 2015 Share How do you tell your wife you "need" a new wheelset that is worth R15k ? You don't, at least not until you already have them.!And since when have any wheels been more than R5k.? Edited November 6, 2015 by Thomo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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