My other half has posted a thread on a forum she uses to complain about me spending too much time with my bike. Some of the responses are really good and an insight into how our other halves view our obsession:

P.S – “DH” means Dear Husband…

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/772752-Anyone-else-39-s-DH-having-an-affair-with-their

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it’s an extremely boring topic 😀

haha, hilarious. they wouldn’t like my flat – 3 bikes now in the living room, even i think it’s a bit excessive so god knows why my gf was so amenable about it!

My wife had it as grounds for separation that i loved my bike more than her…LOL

I think I’ll share that thread with the wife tonight so she knows she’s not alone. Had a good giggle reading through it.

Get used to it mate.

My wife calls my garage ‘the cave’. Yep, a cave rammed full of really cool stuff…..

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Very funny – some real gems on there.

‘I can’t get him to see how crazy it is to spend 100s of £s on a bike to then systematically replace every part of it with parts that cost a fortune.I’m sure none of his original bikes remain as he’s replaced so many parts in the quest for a perfect bike!’

Stepford.

Send it a bunch of flowers and a box of chocs on Valentines day.. then see how your Wife reacts… 😈

*skips off to join mumsnet.*

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Lordy, lordy…what a bunch of whingebags!!!

A bit like here then….

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My wife is a keen Mumsnetter, but I’ll refrain from reading the link so as to respect her cyber-privacy.

Plus I’m scared of what I might find out.

Remember that Harry Enfield sketch?

“Women, know your limits!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMb8Csll9Ws

she should count her blessings and be thankful that its your own bike you’re spending too much time with, and not the ‘Village Bike’

“I asked why his winter bike wasn’t wearing a coat. I was ignored for several hours for being a sarcastic and uninterested wife. “

Ahahaha brilliant!

Come on its like shoes, if my wife starts going on about my collection of bikes, I remind her that she does seem to manage to have a pair of shoes for every occasion and it would of course be alright if I reduce my bikes down to one, that she could manage with just one pair of shoes. She goes strangely quiet after that.

If you’re reading her forum posts on there what are the chances that she’s reading yours on here?

Double Post sorry

At least they admit it’s one ‘epic ride’ which we can get away with

‘goes out to the woods on a Thurday night with other men’

That’s mountain biking for ya!!