no bike for me

I get to play with these things cause I make the $$, I quite drinking and hanging out in wine sheds. My wife just rolls her eyes.
Ya know if you have a bike and a weedeater, you pretty much have everything you need for a motored bicycle. You have to do a little fabrication, but a friction drive MB is very doable

Hi dbigkahunna, Thanks for the info about the weedeater. Didn't know that you could do that :). Not sure I know enough to fix it without a kit though. I pretty much dumb when it comes to mechanical things. I do have a weedeater that we haven't used in about 3 years... would still need to get a bike. Maybe I could fix up a mb with the weadeater engine while I'm saving up for a 4 stroke? Can you tell me a little more about it? That question goes for anyone that knows about it. Thanks all.

-cd-
 
Let the issue drop for a period of time, say 2-6 months.

Then all of a sudden get one and brag about the hella deal.
 
Here's a thought,crabdance.

Buy a bike for you AND the wife and do some easy bike riding. Then bring the topic back by mentioning "Wow. Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to pedal so much" or " I wonder how far we can actually go"
Yes. Maybe she just feels left out. Every time my wife feels left out I offer her a ride. I even offer her to build her a bike (It would have to be a Titan. I don't think she can deal with a manual clutch) but she hasn't bit yet.
It sounds like you've been married a long time. I've been married 21 years this July coming (or is it June....oh noes).
She's the love of my life and what's kept my marriage going is that I make sure she feels like she is right. She wouldn't have gone for this also except that I nearly died needing a quintuple bypass and when I recovered I needed some exercise. Then I went for a 2 stroke happy time kit and she was a little upset at first but with the making things right mentality I just redirected that anger and made her feel like my princess.
I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Don't be angry. Just let her feel important and soon she'll agree with whatever you may want!
 
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Here's a thought,crabdance.

Buy a bike for you AND the wife and do some easy bike riding. Then bring the topic back by mentioning "Wow. Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to pedal so much" or " I wonder how far we can actually go"
Yes. Maybe she just feels left out. Every time my wife feels left out I offer her a ride. I even offer her to build her a bike (It would have to be a Titan. I don't think she can deal with a manual clutch) but she hasn't bit yet.
It sounds like you've been married a long time. I've been married 21 years this July coming (or is it June....oh noes).
She's the love of my life and what's kept my marriage going is that I make sure she feels like she is right. She wouldn't have gone for this also except that I nearly died needing a quintuple bypass and when I recovered I needed some exercise. Then I went for a 2 stroke happy time kit and she was a little upset at first but with the making things right mentality I just redirected that anger and made her feel like my princess.
I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Don't be angry. Just let her feel important and soon she'll agree with whatever you may want!

Good Idea Large, But I think she would see right through it. Even if I waited a little while to suggest it. She's a pretty sharp little cookie. Yea, I've been married for a while. Not as long as you though. We only been married about Ten years but have been together for about 14 years. Our anniversary is April 22nd... you know how I remember (here's a tip for ya). That's the name I give my computer so I always know what it is, lol.

Glad you made it through the bypass ok. That's some bad stuff and I'm glad to know that everything worked out ok for you.

I don't have to make my wife feel like she's right.. she already knows that she is, lol. And proud of it.

I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm really bummed about not being able to get a mb. I don't know what to do with the wife. Thanks for the suggestions. I really appreciate that from everyone. If anything at all comes to mind please let me know. I'm open to anything. Thanks for the suggestions large.

-cd-
 
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I like Eljefinos advice.

What I did is I simply bought two engine kits and didn't say a word about it. When my wife found out, she was mad. But then I live with that nearly every day. When the kits arrived, she was suspicious but she didn't cause too much trouble. When she saw that they actually worked she became a bit more enthusiastic.

One thing that has surprised me a bit, though, is that after her initial enthusiasm wore off she is really quite uninterested in riding. She pretends but she won't do any serious riding. (What she seems to really want is for me to chauffeur her around at $4.00 plus per gallon.) But the kids benefit; they get to ride more than they might have otherwise.

But to get back to the point; you can get a happy time set-up for $300.00 bucks, which includes a brand new (entry level) bicycle.

You could probably sell something and get that much together. And if you just manage to save some fuel using your bike, then your wife won't have a leg to stand on when she complains. Seeing is believing. She might come to terms with it more easily than it seems right now.
 
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