Who gets your bikes when you die?
11-19-15, 06:21 PM
#51
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I told my wife I wanted to be cremated and poured into the frame tubes on my 83 Team Fuji (I bought it new and will never part with it), and I wanted someone to take me out for my usual Sunday ride once or twice a month.
The rest of them won't matter anymore.
The rest of them won't matter anymore.
11-19-15, 06:33 PM
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When I learned that a wheel-less early 1960s Capo Sieger with paint in far worse shape than mine just sold for $2K on eBay, I warned my wife and sons not to let my stuff go to cheaply. 
My boys are 3 and 6 inches taller than I am, so my road bikes will be too small for them. If my elder son did not already have a Cannondale Rush (my graduation present to him), he might be interested in my classic red-white-and-blue Schwinn mountain bike. Right now his commuter is my 1980 Peugeot PKN-10, which was always a couple of cm too tall for me.
The boys will want most or all of the tools, since they grew up working on cars, bikes, appliances, and the house with me. Working on projects together is a great way to get your teenagers to open up and talk to you and grow into adults you value as friends.
My boys are 3 and 6 inches taller than I am, so my road bikes will be too small for them. If my elder son did not already have a Cannondale Rush (my graduation present to him), he might be interested in my classic red-white-and-blue Schwinn mountain bike. Right now his commuter is my 1980 Peugeot PKN-10, which was always a couple of cm too tall for me.
The boys will want most or all of the tools, since they grew up working on cars, bikes, appliances, and the house with me. Working on projects together is a great way to get your teenagers to open up and talk to you and grow into adults you value as friends.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
11-20-15, 08:19 AM
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I don't care who gets my bike, but as far as my Jeep; I want to be buried in it. It's not been in a hole yet that it couldn't get out of.
11-20-15, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Wileyrat
I told my wife I wanted to be cremated and poured into the frame tubes on my 83 Team Fuji (I bought it new and will never part with it), and I wanted someone to take me out for my usual Sunday ride once or twice a month.
I ask that 1 be left on the wall for a year..... maybe. Or until the house sells. Too big, two many stairs + upkeep for single widow.
Maybe this one. 1981 Mondia Super with jersey & original cap. R531SL. 59cm. Sprinty w/ tubies.
A little twitchy at times, appropro.... Now that you can take to the grave (or urn).
11-20-15, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by spoiledrotten
I don't care who gets my bike, but as far as my Jeep; I want to be buried in it. It's not been in a hole yet that it couldn't get out of.
11-22-15, 12:02 PM
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I'll take Bidding .. for paying now, Like a reverse Mortgage , then Your name will be written into my Will ..
11-22-15, 03:17 PM
#61
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Originally Posted by Wildwood
Bizarre!
I ask that 1 be left on the wall for a year..... maybe. Or until the house sells. Too big, two many stairs + upkeep for single widow.
Maybe this one. 1981 Mondia Super with jersey & original cap. R531SL. 59cm. Sprinty w/ tubies.
A little twitchy at times, appropro.... Now that you can take to the grave (or urn).
I ask that 1 be left on the wall for a year..... maybe. Or until the house sells. Too big, two many stairs + upkeep for single widow.
Maybe this one. 1981 Mondia Super with jersey & original cap. R531SL. 59cm. Sprinty w/ tubies.
A little twitchy at times, appropro.... Now that you can take to the grave (or urn).
12-03-15, 10:00 AM
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Taking them with us
My wife and I are weeks away from sailing away (around the world perhaps) with our road bikes on board. If the fears of some of her family members have any merit, we will be taking our bikes to the (watery) grave with us. 
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12-04-15, 06:04 PM
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Might be time to buy fat tire bikes.
They float, don't they?
They float, don't they?
12-05-15, 08:48 PM
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Nobody - I'm not planning on dying.
12-05-15, 10:01 PM
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Since I plan on living till I'm not.... If I'm riding when my time runs out.... If it's a horrible, messy accident the bike will be wrapped around me like a shroud and I'll take the bike with me 
OK that depressed even me, I hope my family gives them away to someone who will ride them
OK that depressed even me, I hope my family gives them away to someone who will ride them
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12-06-15, 02:16 AM
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I'm with cale... I'm taking mine with me. I hear the roads in heaven are, well, you know...
And I ain't planning on riding the highway to hell.
And I ain't planning on riding the highway to hell.
12-06-15, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
I'll take Bidding .. for paying now, Like a reverse Mortgage , then Your name will be written into my Will ..
12-06-15, 09:54 AM
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Just file a codicil to each will......
Bill
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12-06-15, 11:50 AM
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O
And I ain't planning on riding the highway to hell.
Those are good intentions.
Originally Posted by mcmoose
And I ain't planning on riding the highway to hell.
12-06-15, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by OldsCOOL
OThose are good intentions.
Well played, sir!
12-06-15, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mcmoose
Oh, I see what you did there... the road to hell being paved with them and all.
Well played, sir!
Well played, sir!
12-06-15, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by qcpmsame
Just file a codicil to each will......
Bill
Bill
