I resemble that remark!

Very nice!

That makes a lot of sense. I have family in Portland and visit them often enough, but all of them tend to, at this point in time, live in places for only a couple of years. So the permanence and storage space factors are not in a Zero Bike's favor, to say nothing of my desire to not impose if possible. Soon my parents' place should be a great location, but that'll most likely be in January when their house gets done being built.

I'm still trying to figure out what you might have been typing that a spellchucker changed to zero.

I have nA + nC + 1 = n+... Where A = America and C = Cambodia, so I really don't know how many I have 🤣. If I hid one somewhere else, I might forget where it was.

Me too, and so is Gugie according to the OP. Curioser and curioser......

Clearly a need for advanced mathematics. There could be a simplification here. If there is a SWMBO in your life, then clearly s-1 is a boundary condition. If SWMBO is located in either C or A, and doesn't travel to the other letter, then either nA or nC = 0 (all bikes in other location are zero bikes), which, of course, simplifies the equation greatly. If SWMBO = 0, then you have a boundary-less condition, and n approaches ∞, and is constrained only by t(ime) and $. If SWMBO travels with, then you need another capital letter to multiply by n. T(hailand)? V(ietnam)? NJ(ersey)?

I truly do not remember. Maybe my subconscious did it.

Great term. I have 2 "zero" bikes right now. But, no wife (well, legally I still have a wife, but she doesn't factor in), so it's more a matter or storage and clutter in my house and convincing myself I don't have a bike collecting problem.

Related phenomena include the "having parts shipped to your work so the SO doesn't see the package" and "paying LBS prices to have them order it so you can pick it up from the shop so the SO doesn't see the package".

I keep my 3-speed at my mother-in-law's place in Florida. My wife knows.



I keep my 1-speed (fixed gear) in my office in the Bronx. My wife knows, or at least she did and might have forgotten.

Close enough.

Excellent. See also "driving down to the LBS during lunch..." Parts blend in and can be stored in parts bins. It's the rare SO who wants to look in there...

But does your MIL know?

From the OP, Your subconscious types rather well

Bill

Ooh, I realize I am guilty of tossing new stuff in the piles o' crap.

My mother in law does know about our bikes in FL. I left her with keys to the lock that locked them in the bike room of the apartment building, and we lost our copy, and she lost hers, so I had to cut the lock and start again. Since then, we've been more careful.

It's an age/memory thing. Tomorrow I might not remember typing this...

Typing what? Who are you? Why are you looking at me that way? What's this thread about?

Dang.
They're onto me.

No, not at all, It's a highly developed skill of conflict avoidance!

I would suggest that folks that use this strategy either grow a pair or hand 'em over.

This reminds me...

You've downsized and have space. Mind' if I store a few bikes at your place?

Sure......though you may end up seeing some "familiar" items in your ebay feed. I got a kid going to college in a 2 years......

This is why I took my classes whilst in prison.

My wife of 57 years hasn't had a bicycle since the 80's and only refers to mine as "the blue one", "the red one" or "the turquoise one", so where n= all the others, I consider 3 + n = 3
Don

I did that...The hand em over part.

[MENTION=46029]fender1[/MENTION] is right to an extent. I don't hide significant purchases from my wife. That would be a form of lying about an important resource and therefore a breach of trust. Our money is arranged as yours, mine, and ours, but even blatant waste of my own money would be significant even if it isn't a direct problem. My wife sees stuff come and go, and she knows that I pay for some and I get money for some stuff I sell. I think it goes without saying that I'm not breaking even overall, and there's nothing wrong with a hobby that costs money.