milkbaby

An offshoot of my "cheapskate" thread which is somewhat derailed since the majority of replies are not about cycling anymore...

If Eddy Merckx rolled out of the Belgian Ardennes at the beginning of prime cycling season and told you that he'd pay you to NOT ride a bicycle for the next six months, how much would he have to offer you to uphold your end of the deal? This is assuming you are healthy and looking forward to riding, as opposed to being in traction from riding off a cliff or waiting for artificial limbs after losing your original ones to necrotizing fasciitis...

windhchaser

$4,278.43

Machka 

I've gone several months without cycling "for free" on a couple occasions due to medical issues, so 6 months isn't all that long.

But for the purposes of this discussion, let's go with $100,000. That would allow me to take 6 months off the bicycle to do some of the other things I like to do, and then I could spend the next 2 or 3 years cycling and travelling, without the bother of having to work. That would make up for taking 6 months off.

dissident

$3000 tax free, or $4000 taxed. I can substitute jogging fairly easily and use the money to buy a great bike for the next season. Add in no jogging as well, price shoots up to $10k tax free, perhaps more. That amount of money tends to be pocket change for a large majority of internet posters though who seem to be millionaires. Meh.

Ndw76

What ever it would cost for me to buy a motorcycle and all the associated safety gear. In other words, what ever is necessary to get me into another obsession.

Matt Gaunt

£1,000,000.

I'm serious.

znomit

Enough to cover the necessary liposuction.

EdIsMe

I'd do it for a relatively small sum of money.

My swimming and running could use some work anyway... and then there's always the gym...

I'd expect at least a new bike out of the deal.

patentcad

That's metric money you limey hoser. I'd want a million dollars.

patentcad

A million pounds is more money than a million dollars you idiot.

patentcad

There's a principle at stake here.

patentcad

You are far more likely to have somebody offer you a million dollars to not play your guitar.

patentcad

You have me there.

patentcad

You're trying to edge us closer to that elusive 50K Post Goal aren't you?

patentcad

Cor

patentcad

rect.

Matt Gaunt

You had me at limey hoser. Literally laughing at my desk!

patentcad

I see what you did there.

Matt Gaunt

You're still going? Wow.

Matt Gaunt

At least you're honest about it.

patentcad

I have time. No ride today, too much rain and Jack The Ripper fog outside. Plus the Pcad/Pender duo is going to another blues jam to pummel the audience by slaughtering songs like 'Thrill is Gone' tonight. I take sadistic pleasure in doing this.

patentcad

Could you idiots play a more cliche open mic song?

patentcad

There's always Stormy Monday. Back off or we'll play that.

datlas 

I can't say exactly how much, more than 5K but less than 25K.

I can say my family would be willing to chip in to help the cause.

rangerdavid

yep, that would do it.