Oh, and if I called her ‘my missus’ I’d wake up to the smell of mountain oysters on the grill.

Id wager most of those saying ‘no why should she’ don’t have kids!

Eh?

Why do you think that? I spent an amazing afternoon biking with one of my kids today

my kids love coming on their bikes with me, doesnt happen very often though as they live in hertfordshire and im in fife.

No as long as I ride her when she wants it life’s happy.

She has more bikes than me. We ride together a fair bit and she does not want to see me as a tubby lump.

Having said that, she has two basic bikes (Specialized Crossroads Hybrid and an upgraded Rockhopper) and she has kept up with people with light road bikes on longish road rides (i.e. round IOW, L2P) and climbs up Afan with the best of them.

Frustrating, as I am always trying to find an excuse to buy something newer/shinier/pimpier and she is happy to make do with what she has, which makes me feel kind of a chopper wanting to get another bike when I have a perfectly serviceable hardtail (she also contributes more to the Gribble retirement fund…).

Don’t know…

Out for a weekend with the Trolls – she’s at home!

My Mrs wouldn’t challenge my relationship with my bike cause she knows her place. The closest she came to this was last week.
My bike rests against the back of the sofa in the lounge. We were watching a chick flick on TV and at one point she turned to me expecting some sort of intimate interraction. As she got closer with her eyes closed, she hit her head against the handlebar and brake lever, the bike fell to the ground with a loud bang, and she retreated. She said “typical really isn’t it!”. Fortunately the levers weren’t damaged by her head or the fall.
I think this was an expression of her disapproval of my relationship with the bike.

I split with the mother of my kids recently, it was a long time coming but she hated the bikes, no respect for them. Fat cow hated excercise full stop.

My bike now lives with me and we are very happy together.

My missus has 4 more bikes than I do!

She has a race bike, a big bike, a singlespeed….. I resent her. And her collection. Bitch.

Stop riding for a few weeks whatever exercise you used to do, start going to the pub and eating takeaways every night and put on as much weight as possible, see how she likes that.

I’ve got mates that do that having given up things like football, tennis etc (no ex-riders though). I just can’t understand it. Each to their own I s’pose but even so, it’s just so not right.

Back on topic, the good lady knows biking (plus running and generally doing something outdoors) is what keeps me sane. She understands it’s not a fad because that’s the way it’s been for years. She’s only occasionally been pi55ed at me heading off on the bike but it’s usually because she deems there are other ‘more important’ things that needed doing instead.

Not at all, I´ve always believed it´s healthy for couples to have separate interests.

She has, however become suspicious when I try to steer our holidays towards mountainous wilderness or Alpine resorts rather than “nice” and “interesting” places.

Only when I forget to take it out of the bed.

My lovely wife doesn’t resent my bikes, but she does resent the money spent on bikes / bits / clothes etc. And it’s a small amount compared to many here… The most expensive bike I own is a Boardman with a few upgrades valued at £1200 for insurance purposes.

I recently spent £300 on a 1980s gate of a road bike and got roundly abused. We have a baby on the way and it seems the money might have been better spent on baby stuff. She’s probably quite right 😳

Only because of where they live in the garden. We have a small garden and they take up a lot of her space. Other than that, i bought her a 2005 Yamaha R1 not long ago so she has no reason to argue 🙂

Id wager most of those saying ‘no why should she’ don’t have kids!

I have kids, I get out less than I use to because of my shift work I look after them a lot when the wife is at work. My wife will start to comment I should get out on my bike if I”ve not been out in ages.

I don’t think she does. She does say i don’t listen to her though…..well i think thats what she said!

I’d wager most of those saying ‘no why should she’ don’t have kids! Not that I’m advocating leaving you mrs at home with the kids every weekend!

Its a balance really For instance I’m up with the eldest this morning so the missus can have her 2nd lie-in this weekend, after going out on the piss with her mates for the 2nd saturday in a row…. But she’s already suggested I’m owed a big chunk of bike/me time for letting her out and about so much lately…

I wouldn’t say she resents my bikes, more the time riding and looking after them. Her hobbies/sporting interests tend to be less time intensive qnd being off on maternity ATM the lions share of childcare falls to her…

Mrs Coolhandluke doesn’t mind me riding bikes and usually encourages me to go out, probably whn I’m getti her nerves.

She oesn like me injuring myself however. I think she resents that.

I guess I’m lucky. Mr’s Image loves cycling as much as me. She’s got herself a nice little Spesh Camber and encourages me to buy bikes and kit.

I mentioned last night that I fancied giving 4X a go and she started looking at frames and forks for me to buy.

We have a baby on the way and it seems the money might have been better spent on baby stuff.

Congrats, but don’t sweat ut – you;ll be given more gear than you can use by well meaning friends and relatives, and using your bike for commuting will save money

I started riding again when I taught our little boy to ride and caught the bug again. Now I ride mainly with my boy and with buddies when time allows, not often enough sadly. As for the bikes it’s just a stage I’ll grow out of so I’m told.

My ex did ….

Yes she does 🙁

falkirk-mark, I married her sister. She is the most unobservant person– we could be burgled and she would carry on reading the paper but should I buy so much as an unauthorised inner tube she is straight on my case. We have an endowment policy due in Feb and I said I was having a new bike which caused major ructions. However I came back from 18 Bikes on friday saying they had cotics 18% off. ‘You had better go and buy one then’ she says. When I had recovered enough , I jumped in the car and did just that! However later after a bit of thought I realised how cunning she was. I had said I wasn’t sure whether to buy a new FS or HT and she quickly spotted that the HT would work out cheaper!

My missus gave me an ultimatum…..her or the bikes.
I don’t miss her.

LOL 🙂

+ 1 for her getting a hobby.

I think it’s jealousy with women.

My wife only resents my bikes when they are working better than hers. She’s recently got massively into road riding and I got loads of brownie points for getting her a ‘new’ road bike last week.

1) my “missus” has more bikes than me
2) if I ever buy any pimpy upgrades, the old stuff seems to “trickle down” onto her bikes, as a result her FS has inherited my Lyriks, her HT my Easton carbon bars and hope/mavic wheels.

So that would be a no, then 😀

she agrees that my hack bike (gift, city bike that is falling to pieces) is dangerous and should be replaced pronto. Thus, i can have a new bike!!! Result.

The bikes are just part of the terrible life my wife has… in her mind.

To be fair, the other issues probably causing the anti-bike stance. Plus you keep going home drunk after riding.

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The bikes are just part of the terrible life my wife has… in her mind.

Priceless (and totally accurate in my experience). 🙂

No, I think she just sees them as leverage for her to get another bike for herself.

Mine does care and I have to negotiate hard to get out sometimes. Long days in the peaks seem to be a thing of the past 🙁

Also, if the other issues do get resolved- nice knowing you!

I think it’s different when you have young kids, as in many cases, time spent cycling is more time she’s looking after them. Space in the house taken up by bikes and biking kit also can become problematic.

My arguement is I fit it in around the family, riding after the kids are in bed and I get 3 day weekends, so can justify and afternnon out riding. I don’t go to the pub/drink/smoke/gamble/spend money on gadgets or cars so a few hours a week keeping myself fit isn’t too much to ask. I also make sure she has time off to do her thing.

Mrs Teamslug is most understanding…every week three times a week I lock her under the stairs in her special place and buzz off for aride…Seriously I think she quite proud to be the owner of a 45 y.o with a pretty decent body and a cracking stamina :wink:. Sometimes its an issue but she is very supportive and I might even have talked her into being my pit bitch for next years races.

Mrs dj is scared of heights and edges. Piloting the team car up the Tourmalet behind the kids meant she learnt a whole new bike resentment 😕 . To be honest, I amazed she tolerates a garage with 17 bikes, no disposable income after velo purchases, a bike porn mountain and three males with the same obsession living under the same roof!

At least we have disposed on one car, so she doesn’t resent my commuting bike 🙂

She hates my bike, if i had another woman she would probably like her more than she likes my bike.

Not in the slightest. She even bought me my road bike (TCR Advanced) & thinks they should live in the house (which they do) to keep them safe

I am the ‘missus’! It’s me that got him into mountain biking, that’s why I have more bikes than him 😆