Originally Posted by
robertorolfo
...... this is my request for advice: right now I'm watching a local ad for a $250 '86 Lotus Legend..... and a $385 Basso Paris ...... I want to buy them both. And I want to buy them really bad. How do I stop myself?......
.....Am I crazy? It's a decent amount of money, but nothing too insane, especially considering my rent is three times what it would cost to buy them both, and I blow similar amount on the little bull**** that life seems to demand on a regular basis (groceries, phone bill, buying some broad dinner...)
What should I do**********
Working backwards: Marry some broad (
your term).... she should either cook or have a job that allows her to buy dinner. Use dinner money... to buy bicycles.
Once your married.... you'll find your collection of bicycles may be involuntarily limited to a size appropriate to the space you have available. This limitation alone may help you limit the size of your bicycle collection (search: N+1).
Are you crazy? I don't know. Would it really make any difference? Crazy people deserve to be happy too. Problem solved... you're welcome.
What I've found... is not only is a wife a real value in helping me limit my bicycle collection size. Knowledge for my single years was helpful in paying for the bicycles I do collect. It seems... for me... that once I have the vintage bike and get it back into beautiful form and ride it a few times I lose interest in that particular bike. Then... I see yet another prettier more desirable bike. And the pursuit begins again.
Since my wife helps me limit the size of my collection (we have agreed on how many bikes I have room for)... I will sell my restored and well enjoyed bike(s).
Now you see the beauty of this is I generally sell the restored bikes for more than what I have invested in them. Buying better and better quality bikes. The searches (which are enjoyable on their own) take longer. The collection remains static.. in number... but the quality of the collection grows.
Here is the Lotus I owned.