Road Cycling - Oh, My Wife's gonna hate me

But I could just say I'm trying to make her a stronger rider, or play dumb & say I thought they only made one size.

I helped her pick out a ladies saddle & Perl Izumi shorts. The next day went back, & my family had given me a 10 minute (in & out) bike store time limit, so I ran in told the guy that I needed a 7 spd cassette for a road bike; bought it & out I went.

Was so proud of myself getting it & the new chain on, with only minor der adj necesssary.

Just noticed last night it was a 12-21 cassette.

its a safe bet that next time you wont have anyone rushing you whilest you are in the lbs huh?

7 speed, how old is the bike? you gotta get the right gearing!

Tell you thought she would have no problem handling it with her incredibly muscular thighs.

7 speed, how old is the bike? you gotta get the right gearing!


Ya, It's like an '87 that I upgraded to 105's (6 to 7 speed) a couple yrs ago. Had the LBS do a tune up & they said it needed new cassette & chain, & they would have to order it. I'd been wanting to start doing my own repairs, so I figured this was a good time.

I actually knew about the gearing, but was in such a hurry, it didn't enter my mind. I'll just tell her, "must be the combination of new seat & shorts; oh, the gears, just like a car, you've gotta break em in". :D

Cop to the screw-up, go back and see if you can get anything for it, then get something that goes 24-26. Ultimately, you're the one who's gonna pay if you don't fix this...unless of course, your plan is to get her not to like riding. Yeah, I'm starting to see what's going on here... ;)

Tell you thought she would have no problem handling it with her incredibly muscular thighs.

<obviously not married>

Hmmm, Married Life eh? Fear of wife, ten minuite time limit :eek: ! no way. That stuff is making the hairs on my arms stand up, I'm so glad I read this, I needed that, thanks. Some of you guys make being single seem even better than it really is. :p

I'm sure everyone that's married, prbly caught the jest of my post. We'd actually both prbly get a good laugh out of it.

Andddd.... I left out the part where she was "with" me the day before when we picked out the saddle. That day we spent about 2 hours in the store.

I'm sure everyone that's married, prbly caught the jest of my post. We'd actually both prbly get a good laugh out of it.

Andddd.... I left out the part where she was "with" me the day before when we picked out the saddle. That day we spent about 2 hours in the store.

ROFLOL! Just this weekend the GF and I went to "just grab a few things" at the LBS...I think I have her trained now, because she plants herself at the customer/coffee table and reads whatever mags are available for the "ahem" 90 min "we" are in there.

Thanks for the funny post.

cyclwestks

15min for you 2hrs for her lost the pants after maraige LOL I did to. Why I go to the LBS without her knowing.

man if you want any you better get it exchanged lol
wear her out on the bike and it tuff luck lol