Not to change the subject but- why does your wife get to nix the idea of a new bike? Biking is one of the LEAST expensive hobbies out there! Maybe you should show her what a new motorcycle/sailboat, powerboat/sportscar costs. She should be enthusiastic about a low cost hobby that does so much to improve one's health (and in my case, attitude). My bikes/biking gear are much less expensive that other men's hobbies and she knows it. Besides, I have had quite a few friends drop dead recently and as I tell my wife, "there is no u-haul behind the hearse".