> "Ben Sanford" <B.Sanford@cox.net> writes:
>> How do the CR people (who aren't dealers) deal with spouses who
>> thing you have too big a stash?
I make the stash half hers. Personally I find it much easier to buy
parts if I know I'll use them on one of her project bikes even if she
doesn't care. Mitzi was a bike rider because of poverty when we first
met and I slowly showed her the light of cool old bikes. She prefers
pre-war track bikes and the various different internal-hub bikes, the
fewer the speeds the better. Someday we'll have the money to buy all
the cool bikes we've ever wanted but since we're young we can wait and
dream. When I was 24-25 I owned my maximum of 32 bikes with about 75%
listworthy, so I've owned some cool ones already. Now is the time to
build her collection, it's just too bad so few were made in 48cm.
enjoy,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
SB, CA