Originally Posted by
gugie
As long as your significant other doesn’t know about it and doesn’t count as part of your collection, it’s a zero bike.
haha Laurie has more bikes than I do, and she's the one currently shopping for another, while I feel like I have enough bikes. I know, "enough bikes" is blasphemy, sorry. I'll be getting another one soon enough, just not looking right now. When I finish doing braze-ons and painting this vintage Frenchie I'm working on, and assemble it into a bike, that counts as n+1 right? If frames and parts count as bikes, then I have more than she does, but n doesn't increment when I build one up.
There is some competition for the finite* number of bike hanging hooks, so we basically define n as the number that need hooks. But other than that she's happy when I get another bike. I think in her mind it kinda gives her permission to get herself another too. Not that she needs anyone's permission.
* I have ideas for where to add more bike hanging hooks, so though the curve appears to be nearing an asymptote, I don't know yet if it's actually finite.