Oops! may have bought a new bike and then another...

[thegravestoneman]

It is funny what can happen when you venture into a new (to you) bike shop, I have now ordered a new bike for myself and then one for my beloved. Thanks to the joys of Interest free credit I am now awaiting delivery of a Cinelli Seatta for myself and a Claude Butler for her. A few spec changes to make them suit (tubs and a full size chainset for me and cross levers for her) Roll on Saturday!!!

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Top man,like your style.

 

[themosquitoking]

I'd have forgotten about the wife and just bought myself a bike twice as expensive.

 

[vickster]

Would need to leave a little for the divorce lawyer in that case

 

[themosquitoking]

Would need to leave a little for the divorce lawyer in that case

Or empty out the bank account on some new wheels to go with the expensive new bike so no one can have a divorce lawyer.

 

[thegravestoneman]

The cost of the two may not be exactly 50/50 but shh! she is not on cyclechat (yet) and I have grown fond of her over the years so I might keep her for a while longer.

 

[Devonshiredave]

I bought my lovely lady a very nice Moda Chord so she could enjoy the pleasure that is cycling with me. She has ridden it twice so far and it is now in need of a good dusting! Oh well.

 

[Nomadski]

I bought my lovely lady a very nice Moda Chord so she could enjoy the pleasure that is cycling with me. She has ridden it twice so far and it is now in need of a good dusting! Oh well.

haha that happened in my house with Wii Fit. Twice.

 

[thegravestoneman]

I am hoping that my beloved will take to the new CB as at the moment she has a 24" wheel 80's bike at the moment and has come on leaps and bounds in the last month or two, she hadn't really ridden since a child and is now outgrowing the capabilities of a sturmey geared bike and wants to go further afield.

 

[s7ephanie]

You are lucky - i'm STILL waiting for mine to arrive

 

[fossyant]

Tubs eh.

 

[thegravestoneman]

Very nearly went for the standard 'clinchers' ummed and arred, thought about it and deliberated, decided to be sensible and get them, then I was asked the question clinchers or tubs and my heart shouted tubs so tubs it was. Can't get away from me tubs, I like em! always have. The roads round here ain't too glass strewn and there is plenty of scope to exploit them. 'Ride it like you stole it' a wise man once said and tubs help this philosophy. You can buy a tub for less than £20 and they pay you back in buckets what does a good clincher cost nowadays?. (I might just have to get a pair of winter wheels later though 'oh dear what a pity never mind' sorry dear) No mud guard clearance = tubs in my own admittedly narrow view, go on you know you want to.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think it's very nice your beloved loves cycling. Mine would, but is unable to ride due to balance issues. But she doesn't mind the bike spending, and I don't mind dues to an athletic club where she can swim. No, I don't want tubs, though. Big fan of the clinchers, since the 70's.
Now that there are folding clinchers, I just can't see the advantage. And if I must, I can repair a flatted tube on the side of the road. Of course, I'm probably missing out on many modern developments of tubulars.

 

[thegravestoneman]

Well one bike arrived and it wasn't my one. Still my beloved settled in quite well on her first 'grown up' bike with an eight mile ride home with just a little refreshment stop at a nice little country pub. photo's to follow

 

[thegravestoneman]

Introducing Olive the Claud Butler, with the obligatory radiator lurking behind her.