On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 10:03:58 PM UTC-8, Tosspot wrote:
On 25/01/18 02:04, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:30:37 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

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In that case I'd buy a new trekking bike with steel frame. However,
as I said before the missus will then insist on getting rid of my
trusty old 1982 road bike and I just can't part with that, yet.

Why in the world would you listen to your wife regarding the number
and type of bicycles you own? Doe she listen to you when she wants
(needs) new kitchen utensils?

Exactly as long as you can maintain the relationship

NB NW

Where NB is the Number of Bikes and NW is the Number of [ex]Wives you
should be fine!

Joerg would have three bikes, which is not like bike hoarding or time for an intervention. It was time for an intervention when he used a hose clamp to secure his headset and came to the conclusion that a mid-fi club racer from the '80s is a suitable cargo bike, although incapable of taking any tire bigger than probably 25mm. My CX commuter is more suited to the purpose -- free warranty frame (aluminum) and scrap 9sp drive train and parts from its predecessor.

-- Jay Beattie.