Purchas strategy: negotiations LBS, wife
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I fully plan to be a roady when I'm 50. I'll be riding what will then be considered and 'old school' bike (STI shifters, not the new telepathic ones, sloping top tube, only 20 gears and not 48, etc), in very tight lycra, disturbing and dropping soft young folk on their new contraptions.
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Javna, you're looking for approval from a woman. Tssk, tssk, tssk. Not a good sign.
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A perfect example of collaboration working to a great solution. I get a great bike and my wife doesn't need to worry about finding a present. Only thing I need to do is come to terms with how much I want to spend. It isn't a problem affording $3k for the bike I want, but more the principle of that being a lot of money "just for a bike". Like those adds say...just because you can, doesn't mean you should!