How to break the news of expensive bike purchases to your spouse - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-20-2005, 05:50 PM

A pal of mine on a budget just brought a high-zoot pair of race wheels. I'm
looking for recommendations as to how to break the news to your spouse.
This is what I've come up with so far:

As a true pal, one feels obligated to offer the following:

- Garage space rental
- Cover story: these are Dave's wheels. I borrowed them....
- Cover story: Dave sold these to me for X (cheap price)
- Cover story: Dave traded these for X (invented bike name parts here)
- Cover story: My 1971 Suntour Hero derailleur was worth gold. Dave sold it
to a Japanese collector on Ebay and netted enough to get these.

Or pick the following line:

- I won them..
- I found at the side of the road while a bike race was going on
- I'm now sponsored. I get free stuff all the time.
- My team felt sorry for me and gave me these..

Or my tried and true line:

"What, these old things?"