wife wants new bike out of the house -now

[alentric]

I was under the impression my new bike would stay in the house-at least for awhile.
My wife informed that it should be in the garage..today
What is the proper time frame, before the bike moves to the garage?
It is a detached garage and very cold out.
I think my wife is jealous--once again I will consult the experts..
Give me your opinions..

[Digital Gee]

I was under the impression my new bike would stay in the house-at least for awhile.
My wife informed that it should be in the garage..today
What is the proper time frame, before the bike moves to the garage?
It is a detached garage and very cold out.
I think my wife is jealous--once again I will consult the experts..
Give me your opinions..

Does your wife have a nice, warm coat? Just thinkin'

[Terrierman]

What color is this new bike?

[Pockets]

Mine are all in the garage, but the garage is attached.

[Tom Bombadil]

Easy. Every other day the bike is in the garage.

Likewise for the wife.

[GT2005]

Better get a move on! ;) -GT2005

[DnvrFox]

Would you like me to post a picture of my wife's Specialized Hardrock sitting in the family room hooked up to a trainer?

[cranky old dude]

I was under the impression my new bike would stay in the house-at least for awhile.
My wife informed that it should be in the garage..today
What is the proper time frame, before the bike moves to the garage?
It is a detached garage and very cold out.
I think my wife is jealous--once again I will consult the experts..
Give me your opinions..

Which do you need the most?


P.S. If it weren't for the wife, all my bikes would be indoors...as it stands now, none of them are.:(

[CrossChain]

Tell her in-the-house is a compromise. Not in the garage, and not tucked cozily in bed between you two.

[Tom Bombadil]

A wall rack made out of milled wood, some chrome accents, and track lighting. That's what you need. Then you can hang your bike up in the living room as the centerpiece of your interior decor.

[Retro Grouch]

I realize this is kind of a personal question but I think that it's pertinent.

What are the sleeping arrangements at your house and have they changed in any way since you got the bike?

[JanMM]

The bike isn't in the matrimonial bedroom, is it?

[alanfleisig]

There is no time at which it is appropriate to move the bike to the garage. (But then again, I have a house with a basement.)

[alentric]

To answer some of your questions--
The bike is not in the bedroom--the bedroom is on the second floor. I have an old house, so there is also a landing half way up with a turn-it would be a pain to carry it up there.
I live on the south shore of Long Island near the water--I have a basement, but like most of them in my neighborhood, it is subject to an occasional flood.
The bike is currently in my sun room, leaning against a large radiator.
When I came home from work, the Christmas tree was on the curb- the bike was exactly where I left it.
Maybe she will forget about it-I am not about to bring it up..
by the way--the color is black with white stripes--that is my bike I am talking about not my wife..
she is white with freckles

[Cleave]

Hi,

Attached garage = OK :)
Detached garage = not OK :(

Temperature changes and moisture can wreak havoc with the steel parts on the bike -- think corrosion.

Hope this helps, but it probably won't. :o

[CrossChain]

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The bike is currently in my sun room, leaning against a large radiator.


Hope this isn't a carbon fiber bike. Plastic melts. Can't you just tell your wife to stay out of the sun room? She can have the basement. She won't corrode, but you could offer to spray her off with frame saver anyway. Wives love to be coddled. Gotta think out of the box.

[tntom]

Man! I have it made.

[NoraFox]

DnvrFox tells me that someone is having trouble storing their bike in the house?

Tell the wife the this is how a bike should be stored and used in the winter time!

http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox/noratrainer.jpg

[CrossChain]

Nora.....nice to meet you after all this time. Some of us thought Dnvr was an old curmudgeonous bachelor and had made you up. Welcoming you to the forum, where you've always seemed to be a member anyway, seems redundant. Exiling Dnvr to the basement and taking the living room seems just right.

[BSLeVan]

You need to quietly find a copy of the Rolling Stone's "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and play it as loud as possible when your wife is in the house. I mean there are just some things that a man can't put up with.

[stevesurf]

Bikes stolen from sheds or garages:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=5866428#post5866428

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5797961&postcount=26

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5799232&postcount=31

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5809541&postcount=60

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=5797961&highlight=garage#post5797961

Detached garages are a real temptation to thieves. If they see a nice bike being wheeled into the garage, it could also attract a thief to the house.

[cccorlew]

My wife gave her new bike a week in the living room before moving it to the attached garage.

Seriously, get a good lock and use it, no matter where you live or how nice your neighborhood is.

[leinad]

I have 10 bikes in the house 5 road bikes, 3 mountains bikes, one touring and my original 10 spd from 1968, BTW 3 of the bikes are my wifes. The only ones in the garage are the ones I want stolen, well not really!

[farandaway]

One of my bikes is steel, the other is a Madone. There is no way either of them is going outside. So I changed my decor to modern and used the color of my Bianchi (Celeste, of course) as an accent throughout the living room. then I put the bikes on the wall. Believe me, it works.

[Rogerinchrist]

Don't have that problem .................... wife that is. My daughter did complain about the bike in the living room, so I moved it to her brother's room when he moved out. We don't have a garage, or basement, only a tiny shed with a really loud metal door.

BTW my real tree stays for another 2 weeks.

[BluesDawg]

What, you don't have a "bike room" in your house?

[BengeBoy]

My wife had to leave town to care for a sick relative, so...the bike moved into the kitchen to stay warm. Dog is under strict instructions to guard it 24/7. Kids are sworn to secrecy.

http://i18.tinypic.com/872r21h.jpg

[al-wagner]

Just give me the bike, and the problem is solved:D
I'll be in Boston this week end I can swing over and pick it up.

[valleygirl]

I used to want my house to only have house appropriate furnishings in it as opposed to Garage appropriate items, but that was when I thought a bike should cost no more than 200. dollars. Now my Trek Madone is parked right next to the TV, so I can keep an eye on it and I just decorate around it.
At bit of advice , Mid-Century modern works well with a bike, French Country just looks odd.

[cccorlew]

Addidtional info via my wife, Tricia:
The bike can at least stay in the house till all Christmas cards are down and the tree gone.

there. That ouhta buy you a week or two.

[Louis]

Does your wife have a nice, warm coat? Just thinkin'
:roflmao::roflmao:You wuz readin' my mind.

[Red Rider]

At bit of advice , Mid-Century modern works well with a bike, French Country just looks odd.

:roflmao:

Our bikes hang on the wall or from the ceiling in our garage. Hubby's 3 hang gliders hang from the ceiling, too. The garage is attached and we make sure we lock the gate, the doors, etc. It's surreal to have over $10K in bikes and over $20K in hang gliders, and our cars are, collectively, worth less than $15K.

If house values keep declining we may have more value in our toys than in our home. :eek::mad:

[WHOOOSSHHH...]

Perhaps putting on some pants may help...even if you have to give up your skirt for a period of time...:D

[Trsnrtr]

Perhaps putting on some pants may help...even if you have to give up your skirt for a period of time...:D

Yeah, when I want to put my foot down, I go to the bedroom and get the box on my wife's dresser where she keeps my testicles. :D

Seriosly, the bike stays in the house. :)

[stapfam]

A man needs his independance-and if that means that he moves out with the bikes- then so be it.


And a 16x10 is the minimum size to get.

[Digital Gee]

With apologies to Brad Paisley...

Well I love her
But I love to bike
I spend all day out on the road
And hell is all I catch
Today she met me at the door
Said I would have to choose
If I kept that bike inside
She'd be packin' all her things
And she'd be gone by noon

Well I'm gonna miss her
When I get home
But right now I'm on this old country road
And I'm peddlin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me
When I bring that bike through my door tonight
That I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, how it gleams in the light.

Now there's a chance that if I hurry
I could beg her to stay
But that bike's right
And the place I store it is perfect
Always ready for my ride each day

Well I'm gonna miss her
When I get home
But right now I'm passing this lake shore
And I'm peddlin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me
When I bring my bike through that door tonight
That I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, how it gleams in the light.

Yeah, I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, how it gleams in the light.

[TRaffic Jammer]

The festive shrubbery on the curb on Boxing Day?
Something other than freeing up space is afoot me thinks.

Ok, you got a bike, what did she get?

[BlazingPedals]

In my last house, the basement was easily accessible from the back door; and I always carted them down there after every ride. Even had a room for them. My current house doesn't have bike-friendly access to the basement, so they stay in the garage. At least it's a 3-car attached garage and the bikes only have to share with my lawn tractor.

[Thumpic]

What's the difference between a dog yapping to come in the house and a wife yapping for a bike to go out???










The dog'll shut up after you let it in......................

[jppe]

My bike sleeps in the van........with my golf clubs. Every once in a while I have to go outside and quiet them down when they want to be played with........

[Spokes man]

(With apologies to Paul McCartney)

Will you still need me,
Will you still feed me,
When I've got 64 bikes?

[dbg]

Reminds me of the golf movie "Dead Solid Perfect" when Kenny Lee was asking "Bad Hair" what he should do to get along with his wife better. Bad-Hair leaned in close like he had some special wisdom and said, "Let me give you some advice, ...GET RID OF HER."

[lhbernhardt]

My bikes are either in my bike (utility) room or in the hallway of my townhouse. When I go to my girlfriend's, the bike stays in the attached garage. Previous girlfriends had me keep it in the basement, in the front hallway, in the downstairs hallway, in the sewing room, and in the kitchen where her bike lived. Years ago when I was married, our first house had a detached garage. Over Christmas, it was broken into and all the bikes were stolen.

So I always drag out this story about when I first started racing bikes with the Berkeley Wheelmen about 36 years ago. One of the guys I rode with was named Ken. After I moved to Vancouver, I returned to Berkeley and met some of the old clubmates and asked about Ken. I learned he had moved to Idaho. He had been living with his S.O., but she was getting tired of the bikes in the house, so she said either the bikes went, or she went. He was a cyclist, so of course she ended up going! A man after my own heart.

- L.

[Yen]

All 3 of our bikes have been in the family room since March. I guess Hubby doesn't know how good he has it because I have never suggested moving them. Of course, if our garage had room for them, they might be out there. I hardly even notice now and it doesn't seem strange to me anymore, but the room does seem much larger when we put them in the patio when guests come over... or sometimes we just leave them in the house on those occasions and that must seem strange to them (the guests, not the bikes)...

[Yen]

But in defense of your wife..... I'd bet that most wives would not want a bike kept in the house, so I don't think your wife is unusual in that respect.

[caterham]

mrs cat's home office & her bianchi, colnago and bertin- mine aren't allowed in there

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/caterham1700/fuzzykidznbikes003-2.jpg

[John E]

I hang all of my bikes upside-down from the rafters of our unheated, attached garage, but our climate is so mild that I am not concerned about temprature.

[valleygirl]

Don't be so hard on the woman, she may be watching too much of the Home Channel. They are always showing these spotless and beautifully appointed homes. They forget to mention that this false neatness is nearly impossible to achieve. My suggestion is to block the Home Decorating channel, TLC, Ophra and just leave the news and Cops for her to watch. It worked for me.

[Red Rider]

mrs cat's home office & her bianchi, colnago and bertin- mine aren't allowed in there

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/caterham1700/fuzzykidznbikes003-2.jpg

:roflmao:

I like your wife already.

[alentric]

bike in home update--the bike is still comfortably located in my sun room.
There hasn't been any mention of moving again ..and I am not bringing the subject up..
By the way, my detached garage, which will probably be the future home of my bike is now a finished room with insulation and a new wall where the old garage doors were and a new roof-It was become a hang out room for my 14 yr old daughter and friends-so I think the bike will be safe from the elements not sure about her friends