My Rock Lobster Tig Team SL MTB has been stolen
 

Well, not exactly, but it now seems to have transferred itself to my girlfriend's garage :( :D

I wasn't allowed to get a Trek 5.9 Madone road bike - "frivolous purchase/not good enough to ride it/you will look a pillock on it" was her comments.

Not allowed to have a new full suspension mountain bike - "you have a perfectly good existing mountain bike".

Perfectly good existing mountain bike expropriated by girlfriend who recently discovered the delights of disc brakes, but if I'm lucky I might get custody at weekends - she bent the dropout on her Massi Trax on the Jam Jam Biking South Downs jaunt last weekend, so I lent her mine while hers is in the repairers. She now announces "your bike is better than mine, particularly the disc brakes, so as you don't use it in the week in the winter and I ride to work every day I might as well use it daily and it will be here when you want to use it at weekends".

How did I allow myself to get in this position?!?! :eek: :confused: :D :(

By not applying enough discipline, that's how! Show her the back of your hand! ;)

'owned' :D

women- know your limits!

oh yes, and OWNED! :p :D

too many links on the chain so she got out the kitchen,, sorry sorry gonna get slated for that one but what the hey pmsl

I did try sticking up for myself........ We did have the "it's my money, I can do what I want with it" conversation over the Trek but the conversation then seemed to be heading in the direction of "i'd be really pissed off, you'd better find yourself another girlfriend if you buy it" :eek:

Think she might be grooming me for total dominance. Might be a bit too late for retaliation........:( ;)

Lucky she doesn't like my car! :D

Thank god for small mercies!!!! lmao

Ooh er, does she have a basement?? :eek:

You love it really don't you? :D

'Tis good to see you happy anyway old bloke ;) :p

Well she got the pillock bit right then:D, Now Dave how DID you get yourself into this position:D, Hope you are well any hows.
Cheers
Colin

Sounds like the perfect time to upgrade to a Maverick ML-7, or perhaps a Cove ..........

And seriously, if she's that upset about it, you've got problems. It means a lot to you, it's your money .... what's the problem? It's not like you're blowing a lot of money - even a dream-kitted FS bike would never be more than £5k, and you're not scraping the barrel to pay the gas bill, are you?

Well

Your fault for taking it over to her house the other day...

If I was you, I'd put that de-cat back in - show her who's boss :D

Sal, you are uncomfortably close to the truth.......well, with the love it bit, still looking for the basement :D

I asked her in an email where I had gone wrong with the bikes, and she replied "You love it. Anyway, I told you. You need me to stop you making a prat of yourself. I consider the chores underlined below [stopping me buying new bikes/nicking my existing one] as a public service commitment". :D

Col
Was that a compliment ;) :D Not bad, ta, hope you are too mate :D

the moose
My comments were tongue in cheek, and i'm not really that bothered about it - the relationship is worth more than a bike (I think ;) ).

I'll get a Madone eventually, and the '05 version is cheaper and in US Postal team colours and looks better than the '04 anyway.

Besides, despite being 9 years older than her and only a part time cyclist I can still thrash her on either of my existing bikes, and she readily admits that :D As she said, why do you want a Trek when you can outcycle me on your cheapy Bianchi :) Unfortunately she is a canny northern lass from Bolton and careful with my money as well as hers :D

Puff
LOL - normally I get to take my bike back home again at the end of the weekend, but not this time :D Decat back in? Now, there's a thought :D

Somehow I figured you'd got another one half your age Dave :rolleyes: ;)
I'm soo owned that I shant say any more though...not till I've spoken to Nicki
Cman

Cman
LOL :D

The gap is narrowing - Carolyn was 16 years younger, Lesley is only 9 younger :D

Can't you just 'borrow' a Trek 5.9 Madone road bike from a 'friend' who does'nt use it during the winter months. Of course he knows where it is if he needs it during a weekend :)

I'm lucky - Mrs Moose questioned why I'd specified a Lupine Passubio system. I thought I was going to have an uncomfortable "£200+ for a set of lights!!" sort of conversation, but she pointed out that the Nightmare is a better system all round, so really I should up the spend.

Hoorah for an understanding other half.

UNDER ARE THUMB YOU THE :D

Absolutely. After months of Mrs O hassling me to get rid of my old Kona I finally had to give in under pressure and get something decent to ride on. Her first comments when she saw the new bike were "Well, it looks much stronger, and the brakes look much safer, than your old bike". :D :D

DTS - Ditch the old girl and treat yourself to the ride you want. (Oh, and get a new bike whilst you're at it ;) :D ).

Cat whipped, or something like that ;), springs to mind.
FB
PS Has she taken the stabilisers off?