Who gets your bikes when you die?
12-06-15, 03:42 PM
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When i die, my old lady can just give my bikes away.
It'll be that many less cars...$
It'll be that many less cars...$
12-08-15, 08:06 PM
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12-11-15, 04:40 PM
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12-13-15, 01:24 PM
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My nephew is 18 years old and about my height, seems to enjoy riding his bike to school and around the neighborhood, so...
12-16-15, 09:17 AM
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12-16-15, 06:14 PM
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12-16-15, 06:17 PM
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Wait a minute ... I'm going to die?!? 
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12-16-15, 06:29 PM
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I dreamed I died and my wife sold my bikes for what I told her I paid for them.
12-16-15, 08:29 PM
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^^^ careful, that is someones sig line here.......
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12-17-15, 10:51 AM
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12-17-15, 12:25 PM
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As long as they call Mrs. Cleaver so me and Lumpy can go fishing, I'm not worried about it.
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12-17-15, 01:50 PM
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I don't plan on dying so it's just not an issue. If I'm wrong, then it's still not an issue.
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12-21-15, 02:56 PM
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We lost a regular rider from our annual WI trip a little more than a year ago (brain tumor), and at the funeral the family displayed his bike along with family picts, etc. It was very cool, -and all of us WI trip regulars commented on how many miles we'd ridden alongside that bike. Non riders thought it was quite "touching" to hear those stories.
(But I think I'd like to be buried with my single speed)
(But I think I'd like to be buried with my single speed)
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12-27-15, 09:31 PM
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They'll probably be sold off since no one in my family is as tall as I am.
I wanted to be propped up on my bike at my funeral but a funeral director told be that wouldn't be possible due to rigor mortis that sets in. So instead I will have my ashes spread out on a bike path so as others ride over my ashes they'll take me to wherever they're going...
I wanted to be propped up on my bike at my funeral but a funeral director told be that wouldn't be possible due to rigor mortis that sets in. So instead I will have my ashes spread out on a bike path so as others ride over my ashes they'll take me to wherever they're going...
12-28-15, 07:11 PM
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However, I plan to be mostly divested by the time I croak. Famous last words.
12-31-15, 12:35 PM
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I have a guitar collection made up of mostly cheap guitars that I play, with a couple of exceptions. The exceptions have increased in value due to being limited editions with some rare attractive qualities. These I have told my wife are worth more than I paid for them (some increasing 4x the price in just a year), without this knowledge of their rarity, they would be considered average guitars. My plan is to write up a note explaining the value potential in the limited edition to be explored in the event of my passing.
I've never considered bikes (their worth) as anything but value depreciation, like most cars; once they leave the store or lot, they are worth less than you paid for them. Perhaps there are a few that have vintage value. My two bikes combined are not worth $1000 on the used market. However, I know me and after getting back into biking I went from no working bikes to two working bikes in 6 months. In the future I can see me investing in a bike with potential to be a collector's item, but I don't know biking well enough yet to determine what bike that might be. Perhaps something like a hand built titanium frame bike, except that in guitars, hand built is not always an adder of value. Anyway, should I someday buy that bike, like with the guitar, I would write a note trying to explain the potential worth.
I've never considered bikes (their worth) as anything but value depreciation, like most cars; once they leave the store or lot, they are worth less than you paid for them. Perhaps there are a few that have vintage value. My two bikes combined are not worth $1000 on the used market. However, I know me and after getting back into biking I went from no working bikes to two working bikes in 6 months. In the future I can see me investing in a bike with potential to be a collector's item, but I don't know biking well enough yet to determine what bike that might be. Perhaps something like a hand built titanium frame bike, except that in guitars, hand built is not always an adder of value. Anyway, should I someday buy that bike, like with the guitar, I would write a note trying to explain the potential worth.
12-31-15, 12:46 PM
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I've told my wife that all my bikes are rare and very valuable. That is why I don't sell them and keep them despite promising to flip them as a purchase justification. I discover how exceptional they are after purchase!
My next step would be to explain my selling one as a concession to respecting her wishes as I pull another one out of the storage unit that is even more valuable!
My next step would be to explain my selling one as a concession to respecting her wishes as I pull another one out of the storage unit that is even more valuable!
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