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15-03.-2006, 02:05 PM
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Location: Idaho
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Brainwashing Fiancee?
I share an apartment with my fiancee and his brother. We currently have six bicycles sitting in the living room. I would like to get a new road bike but the boys are starting to complain about the mountain of metal. I personnaly love the "industrial" decor. I was wondering if anyone has been able to deal with reluctant roommates/significant others and has some advice. So far I've tried a bicycle storage rack (quickly "outgrew" it) and bicycle frame curtains (they look pretty darn cool).
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22-03.-2006, 07:53 AM
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
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sell all your bikes and get a studio apt. also DTB as tom leykis says! |
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05-04.-2006, 07:44 AM
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
I think selling all my bikes would be a little counter-productive. I want more not less.
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05-04.-2006, 07:59 AM
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
Sell your fiance and his brother..
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05-04.-2006, 11:04 AM
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
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Or just sell _their_ bikes. More room for your new one, and less reason for them to complain about the number of bikes-a win/win, right? |
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05-04.-2006, 04:25 PM
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Location: Folsom, California
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
Sell theirs and blame it on a break-in. Or, buy the new bike anyways and find another place to stash it... like a closet or somewhere similar.
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08-04.-2006, 01:54 PM
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
Sounds like your the guy and the fiance and brothers are girls. Are you sure they don't wear skirts?
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10-04.-2006, 12:29 PM
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
Try the jedi mind trick. 'You won't mind another bike. A road bike would be a good thing. I think I'll help you buy one now.' Let me know if it works.
Seriously, my sons and I have about 12 bikes. However, we have a house with a basement and a garage. Have you thought about moving to a larger abode or one with additional storage for bikes?
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12-04.-2006, 05:07 AM
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
I currently have five bikes. I continually remind my wife of 17 years that I could either sell them and lay on the couch eating dougnuts and smoking cigars and die in two years, or cycle 150 miles a week, collect bikes, eat right and live to a ripe old age. She sometimes chooses the former, but we won't go there.
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19-04.-2006, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Idaho
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
Thanks for all the ideas. I think we might have come to an agreement. I get a bicycle and he gets a plasma tv.
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29-04.-2006, 03:11 AM
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Location: visalia/porterville, ca
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Re: Brainwashing Fiancee?
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try asking at lbs's about old racks. i picked up a rack from one that was going out of business and mounted it over our fish tank and book cases. we had a big room though. its the kind that mounts to the wall around 4' high and has rails with hooks. ill try and get a pic of it, its on the side of the house now.
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