Originally Posted by
DeadGrandpa
Okay, a little clarification is necessary. I appreciate the relationship advice, and although I welcome your thoughts on a timeline, we're not rushing into buying a house. It's a hypothetical question. I will, of course, acquiesce to her wishes regarding bike storage.
The question is whether any of you folks find that bicycles do or do not belong in the house. I guess I should have generated a poll. She said she couldn't believe we were having a discussion about having bikes in the house. She insisted that I ask the members here if you agree with me or her.
As for the price point of the house, well, I indicated that I have no children. You might be surprised how much money I haven't spent on children.
So, she directed you to ask a rather biased group? Hmm.
My $.02: in our old house, I stored most of the bikes in the house b/c the garage was too small. Now that I have a very large garage, that is where the bikes live. (Along with 12' of workbench and pegboard, a million tools, repair stand, couch, and dorm 'fridge fully stocked with beer.) The only exception is during times of the year when temps fluctuate a lot, and I worry about condensation inside steel tubes...So then, the steel bikes reside in our basement family room. And my wife doesn't bat an eye at that.