Sorry but this site does not help…!
You see lovely bikes and then you try and show the other half who really wants to understand… I buy this for £100 and when I’ve spent time cleaning it up it’s worth £300… “ oh so it’s to sell…? “ agh no not exactly no… also you didn’t share the sub script that your corrupted brain has already looked on eBay for the bars and forks you already know you want if you get the bike …
My lady has managed to remember names now which makes it more difficult.
I am off to look/ buy a clockwork orange tommorow and owned up because if you hiding stuff from your partner that’s a bigger issue in my book…
“Didn’t you buy one in lockdown with that same explanation”
No point trying to explain that’s a disc brake, 9 spd and the surly forks cost more than the frame.. and the potential newcomer is a 7spd canti brake era like I wanted in the first place…
It is what it is, for me it’s attainable and saleable should I need my money back in a crisis, and it’s slowly pulling focus from the cars I don’t get enough time to finish so I think at some stage I will reduce my car fleet and play with bikes, which by comparison is relatively sane.
Good luck with the habit, edit hobby.