Originally Posted by
Phil_gretz
^^ You keep the beater and buy the new bike for your wife, in a color that she likes. You can hack riding the beater for another year. Make it a game to save for the bike for you. Little competitions to fill the cash jar, out-do one another on chores, whatever makes it fun.
She'll appreciate that you thought of her, despite her thriftiness.
Oh, and no more riding off of curbs. Save your rims.
Phil G. (crumudgeon, married 29 years)
That is some awesome advice. OP should follow it and then a couple of months down the road: Oops, your beater breaks and voila! you get yourself something mean