... or not.
Jon, Tom, et al. - Like the man said, I feel your pain.
Last summer when I finished the rebuild of a PX-10, I was proudly finishing the last hand rubbing of the frame with a Meguiar's polishing wax. The wife stepped into the garage, so I crowed, "Whaddaya think, really nice, eh?" Said she, "But you already have one," pointing to my trusty UO-8. Horrified, I intoned, " Oh, no. That's an OU-8 in cadre allege for touring, but THIS is a Reynolds 531 PX-10 racer ..." Sensing, from the granite face before me (hey, this is New Hampshire), my voice trailed ... and I stopped.
Somehow, without moving a single facial muscle, she said, "They're both white."
Waaaay to cold in that garage for July, it was.
And to our colleague who succinctly suggested "dump her" to Tom, any of the several arguments (pro or con) aside, you've obviously never priced out a divorce.
(sigh) So my next bike acquisition was a Falcon - bright red. And I haven't dared build the white Carlton yet. Just don't feel like tempting the Fates with another WHITE bike.
Bob Hillery carefully smuggling parts & frames to my basement in Stratham, New Hampshire, USA