Man buys new bike – wife is NOT happy and takes to Facebook to crowdsource revenge plans

Buying a new bike should be a joyful experience. Why do these women (seems to be women in most cases/comments) feel obliged to spoil it?! Share in the joy of your loved one, shower compliments over the groupset and wheels, show interest in the finishing kit. Be supportive.

Your man's admittedly often expensive hobby will only result in a fitter, leaner and happier partner for you. It's not like he's spending the money on alcohol or drugs or his secretary now, is it?!

The better half is always in need of suitable gift ideas and I'm sure that this would be an ideal opportunity to purchase an accessory. Such a cherished item obviously needs a strong lock, fitted appropriately. I'm sure the location of the key could be inventive; behind the reception desk of a good hotel in an envelope in her name, maybe.

Only in the dining room? Pfff - friend of mine once put his new mountain bike in his wife's side of their bed when she was out at work

They're still together and, somehow, he seems to have got away with several bikes, assorted upgrades and 3 motorbikes since then.

My wife was fully aware of my Sunday Best bike build project and was happy enough when I bought a hybrid for putting a child seat on - both my money.

I think I would struggle to justify another bike without getting rid of one first, though - either financially or space to keep it.

Any comments along the lines of "how many bikes do you need" can be deflected with the counter argument of "how many pair of jeans/shoes do you need".

My daughter spotted a Royal Mail card which indicated that the latest ebay frameset was in the lawnmower shed.

She must have detected my anxiety and as a result my wife came bearing down on me just as I negotiated the box into the bike cave. Being grassed on by a 10 year old is a tough one to take.

The Hiroshima-esque explosion that ensued was both ferocious and disproportionate... She hadn't spotted the other frameset that had snuck in the previous day...so she was going off on an assumed total of n-1

If she clocks the Record 11 groupset ready to fit I reckon I'm dead...

This does remind me that I am under an obligation to sell one of mine - anyone need an Airnimal Joey Sport 24'' folder with discs, rack and better handlebars?

We have a simple rule, we both put a grand into a joint account each month.
 

We can do whatever we want with the rest without reproach...

I currently have three stripped down MTB bikes in the lounge a box foll of enve finishing kit ready to go back on them. two training bikes in the hall, and four more in my study...then we could go into frames ready to get new part

All you can conclude from this sort of thing is that they're idiots for not discussing how they manage their money before it comes to the crunch.  Everyone has different ways of managing money as a couple, and no one way is better or worse than another, provided it's been agreed on upfront.

A seperate account or a bike account is the solution.

What you then spend it on is of no concern to her, provided all the bills have been paid.

She can do the same for hand bags and shoes.

Quite. Exactly the same way that I have no understanding why a Dolce & Gabbana (I can't even be arsed to check if that is the correct spelling) isn't just a "handbag".

I hate facebook.

But he only has three bikes. 

If I even hinted at something like buying a new bike, I *know* that my wife's response would be, "No, because you already have one ".

I always say, "darling, there's something I have to tell you". By that stage she is thinking "oh no, he's been unfaithful!!???"

So when it turns out to be a new bike, everything is roses.

...and when he gets home he will point out that it has female specific geometry and seat, is in her size, and then there is the card which was lying face down on the carpet below it, the cello tape having detached itself from the bar tape......and a month later she will happily let him upgrade to those new wheels he wants.

Facebook, that pillar of sound advice. (Please note other social network substrates are available).

Remember being in a well known SW London bikeshop about 20 years ago when a chap who was celebrating his impending divorce was embarrassed  on trying to pay because his soon to be ex-wife had stopped his cards.

My Mother's tactic with new shoes and hand bags was to hide them away for a few months, so that when they did come out and my Father asked "is that / are those new" she could answer in honesty that she'd had them for ages.

My wife was never happy whether I bought bikes or not! She chose not to buy the handbag, he chose to buy the bike. Like it says they're BOTH earning. I'm guessing he didn't ask because he knew the answer. I think the equation that applies to how many bikes a man needs can also be applied to how many bossy, controlling EX wives a man needs!

I would never  buy a bike without vaguely mentioning it - just to gauge the water so to speak. Nothing wrong with treating yourself occasionally, but the treets will need to be reciporated.

However... the wife should chill out a little - Make him pay by all means, but the husband is having a little MLC - and buying a flash bike is much better (for her) than spending on a flash motobike, car or other women...

improved communication skills  definately needed to get this over diplomatically but surely a bike is a better use of money than a handbag...

Still looking good Jezzer!

Oh, and you Ian -of course!

Of course, if he had only gone and leased it from us he could have "in all honesty" have said that he had not bought it  LOL

It would also give him a legitmate way to change his bike every couple of years  LOL

Always pick a colour that you like for your bike then stick to it ..They never know  when you have bought a new one as  long as you never have them in the one room at the same time

She could always cut up his Castelli / Rapha cycling gear.

Oh damn - that would just give him an excuse to buy more

I suggest this dude could get out of jail here by fronting up the next holiday together, and it better be a good one. Not this...

"By the way, I've booked a week away in Mallorca with the boys and girls of the club. And no, of course we shan't be going to any nightclubs."