How do I stop my DH spending ££££on a bloody bike??

Skint_Catt

poppy10 wrote: »

Here ya go:
http://www.sterlinghouse.co.uk//offers/specialOffer.aspx?offerId=1

Get 2 bikes, one for each of you, for just £99.

Joking aside I bought one of their £40 ladies bikes when i was with my ex. My current partner bought his earlier this year for £118 with disc brakes and everything but it's twice the weight! Mine's done me good for 3 years with no maintenance and it'll come in useful now I've gone back to Slimming World!

£1400 on a bike - he needs his head seeing to (no offence!)

C xx

rayday2

Well seeing as I am visiting my ex husband in a hospital after coming off a bike, his two girls came extremly close to losing there Dad. He got a broken pelvis, two broken arms, it was only a week ago and he has had over 6 operations. The petrol tank crumpled and made a spike which severed a main artery and he ended up in intensive care.

OK this does not happen to everyone and he assumed it would never happen to him, the scarey thing was he was doing 30mph on a shopping trip and a woman pulled onto the road in front of him and he went into the back of her car.

He has months of hopefully rehabilitation ahead of him we are not sure if he will gain full usage back in the arms or pelvic area, he has somehow to pay a mortgage and survive financially.

Future costs are huge for finances, lifestyle and his well being.

Don't get me wrong I am not anti bikes, but there are a hell of a lot of people on the roads and not all safety is in your hands you rely to a certain extent on the other road users.

I loved my time on a bike years ago, before mortgages and children now there are more responsiblities to consider.

stevenc75

I wouldn't spend £1400 on a car never mind a bike. Absolutely crazy!

boyse7en

I don't see a problem with spending £1400 on a bike, there is however a big problem if it money you haven't got.

Buying a £1400 bike from the US is also pretty daft, as he won't be able to try it out before he buys it. Different frames have different geometry, and which is best is a personal preference that you can't feel unless you ride it first.

Is he planning on using the bike to cycle to work? For a journey of 10 miles each way he would save about £600 on petrol (plus more on tyres, oil, wear and tear) so he could buy a decent bike and still save in the longer term.

rayday2

Hmm but foreign bikes are more expensive on insurance and parts too. Its not a common sense decision I would say.

Cazzdevil

rayday2 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong I am not anti bikes, but there are a hell of a lot of people on the roads and not all safety is in your hands you rely to a certain extent on the other road users.

That's why mountain biking is better, no cars to crash into. The one and only time I took my mountain bike on a road ride I ended up in hospital with a broken collarbone which needed plating up.

Do they offer a cycle to work scheme in foreign countries? The scheme in the UK means you get up to £1k paid for towards a new bike (you're allowed to put extra towards it too). I wish I worked further away from my house, I'd love a new bike, £1k would get me the nice Trek Fuel that's in the local bike shop :cool:

moanymoany

So many times I see threads and posts about one half of a partnership who is a spendthrift while the other tries to keep both their heads above financial water. The spendthrift becomes an anchor dragging them both down.

If the spendthrift will not see the light, what is the result likely to be...? Deeper and deeper in debt that they will both end up paying. The likely end result is a parting of the ways.

Reading through threads there are just as many posts by people who left a spendthrift partner because they simply couldn't take the anxiety and stress it causes.

I am inclined to think that if someone is a spendthrift and they haven't had their lbm - they are unlikely to change, they will continue to spend. Sometimes a difficult decision taken sooner rather than later, may be less painful than letting a situation drift.

Skint_Catt

rayday2 wrote: »

Hmm but foreign bikes are more expensive on insurance and parts too. Its not a common sense decision I would say.

It's not a motorbike he wants to buy - it's a bicycle!

rayday2

Well in that case it goes without saying its bloody stupid spending that much on a bike!

I used to work for Raleigh and saw some of the prices of the more prestige side of the market, they had a special products division themselves and they are for atheletes not a normal person. Especially if you are trying to cut down on expense.

Believe me even if it ain't a motorbike it will still need parts and they are not going to be a corner shop just pick that up kind of thing! Sounds a bit like to me he likes the labels and the knowledge things are expensive - if he liked the ideal of bikes he would just nip to Halfords and pick one up for a £100.

I do hope he insures a bike of that cost too, but I suspect with an ego that needs a £1400 bike chances are he is going to need accessories, tweaking etc etc and it will become a financial drain!

boyse7en

rayday2 wrote: »

Hmm but foreign bikes are more expensive on insurance and parts too. Its not a common sense decision I would say.

Can you even buy a British made bike? Orange make some of their frames in the UK, and there are some custom-frame makers around but most of the drivetrain components will be Shimano or Campagnolo.