Bike for the Wife

[welsh dragon]

I am only going on what others have insinuated on this page. Maybe us women could swap our husbands for a new bike. I like that idea much better.

 

[hopless500]

Ha is this turning into a wife swapping thread...

I don't want your wife, thank you

 

[welsh dragon]

Good she probably wouldnt want you either.

 

[ufkacbln]

Do we throw padlock keys in the bowl ?

 

[welsh dragon]

Only if you can quatantee me that I won't get him.

 

[jefmcg]

Back to the original question, I would not buy £300 bike to ride a mile and leave at the station.

1. Cycling is about 3 times faster than walking, so if she could walk briskly to the station in about 15 minutes, then she could cycle there in 5 minutes. By the time you have got the cycle out of the shed and applied two locks and possibly a cable at the station, removed all the lights etc, it's not much of a time saving, and you've exchanged 30 minutes exercise per day for 10 minutes. But any excuse to get a bicycle, and it will come into it's own on a weekend except ...
2. ... I'm really under the impression that any bike left regularly at a station will be stolen or vandalised. A colleague was leaving a steel road bike at Cambridge station for a couple of months came back one evening and it was gone. And it was old - he didn't know how old, but it wasn't very new when he got it 20 years ago. A shiny new bike with a basket will disappear more quickly, I'm sure.

 

[classic33]

Only if you can quatantee me that I won't get him.

Get who?

 

[welsh dragon]

Don't worry. Not you.

 

[mr_cellophane]

Depends how well it rides.