Originally Posted by
nubcake
I really do think a spare is nice, I just do not think it should ever be called a need. The last time I had a bike broken beyond repair was about 8 years ago when I was hit by a car. Even when I had no car and a 40 mile RT commute I only had 1 bike I would want to make the trip on and never once felt like I would be screwed if the bike broke because I knew it would almost always be fixable.
Have you ever returned home tired or sick?...Too sick or tired to a repair that darned bike?...That's what I mean by
NEED!
You just wake up fresh or rejuvenated the very next morning. Maybe inflate your spare bike's tires up to specs, and take off! Now you may classify that event as a convenience, or luxury. However, at that very tiresome moment as you dragged your dreary butt over that threshold and through the door, you felt a very pressing
NEED to lay down. It's only because you could rest assured that you had a spare bike, that you could afford to lay down when your body both
NEEDED and
YEARNED for it...
Spare bikes are for emergencies and stressful situations. I'd say that "winter", qualifies as a very stressful situation.It most certainly is tiresome, if nothing else!
BTW
After you crashed your bike, didn't you
NEED another one, either the next day, or soon afterwards?
- Slim
