Weak. Weak, Weak, Weak!
It was a simple plan, calling only for a small dab of self-control. Start putting aside $100.00 per paycheck, and by Spring '07 I'd have a pile of cash to buy a 29er.
Well, the '06 Dos Niner frames were released and I said to myself, I said: "If I put the frame on the credit card, that should be OK as long as I purchase all the components according to plan." Out came the credit card.
So, I put aside my dough for a few weeks, and picked up a few parts - headset, seatpost, grips, cranks.
Well, I spotted the brakes I wanted for $170.00 less than MSRP for the pair and I said to myself, I said: "I can't pass up that deal!" So I got out the credit card.
By this time, the Spousal Unit has noticed I'm ordering all these parts, and is getting a wee tad testy about it. Something about needing to buy Spring clothes for the kids or something. Whatever.
Well, I was in the neighborhood the other day and I said to myself, I said: "Spacers and a chain aren't really worth ordering online, and they're cheap - I'll just duck into the shop and pick 'em up, as long as I'm here anyway" I was a bit short, so out came the credit card.
Mother's Day is on the way, and the Better Half has been pointedly remarking on her iPod's rapidly degrading battery performance. So I went on Amazon.com and ordered her a fancy new iPod for Mother's Day.
Well, I realized that the wheelset I want is so expensive it'll be nearly Winter again before I can get it and that's no fun at all, so I said to myself, I said: "If the Light of My Life can get an iPod for Mother's Day, I think a wheelset for Father's Day is only fair!" Speedgoat has my card number on file now - no need to physically bring out the card. How's that for convenience?
So I figure I should be ready to ride by June, with a borrowed fork and, hopefully, borrowed handlebars. Look out world - I've got a new bike and I saved really hard for it!
I'm weak. Weak, Weak, Weak!
Well, the '06 Dos Niner frames were released and I said to myself, I said: "If I put the frame on the credit card, that should be OK as long as I purchase all the components according to plan." Out came the credit card.
So, I put aside my dough for a few weeks, and picked up a few parts - headset, seatpost, grips, cranks.
Well, I spotted the brakes I wanted for $170.00 less than MSRP for the pair and I said to myself, I said: "I can't pass up that deal!" So I got out the credit card.
By this time, the Spousal Unit has noticed I'm ordering all these parts, and is getting a wee tad testy about it. Something about needing to buy Spring clothes for the kids or something. Whatever.
Well, I was in the neighborhood the other day and I said to myself, I said: "Spacers and a chain aren't really worth ordering online, and they're cheap - I'll just duck into the shop and pick 'em up, as long as I'm here anyway" I was a bit short, so out came the credit card.
Mother's Day is on the way, and the Better Half has been pointedly remarking on her iPod's rapidly degrading battery performance. So I went on Amazon.com and ordered her a fancy new iPod for Mother's Day.
Well, I realized that the wheelset I want is so expensive it'll be nearly Winter again before I can get it and that's no fun at all, so I said to myself, I said: "If the Light of My Life can get an iPod for Mother's Day, I think a wheelset for Father's Day is only fair!" Speedgoat has my card number on file now - no need to physically bring out the card. How's that for convenience?
So I figure I should be ready to ride by June, with a borrowed fork and, hopefully, borrowed handlebars. Look out world - I've got a new bike and I saved really hard for it!
I'm weak. Weak, Weak, Weak!
posted by Drew at 10:18 AM
7 Comments:
Hah! Money pit, baby, money pit!!! How many bikes now?
Uhmm, errr...
Dos Niner makes five?
Heh.
WHY?!
I sold my Swinger shock. And also finally got paid for some freelance work. Which means what I SHOULD do is take this money, and replace it in the savings account, to make up for the money I took OUT of there to buy an RP3 and a couple other bits.
Instead I just found myself on ebay thinking "$200 for an on-one singlespeed frame? I should get that!"
Thanks man.
I don't feel so bad about a $200 pair of shoes now.
Oh my Gawd, someone besides Gary looked at my Blog! Fame and Fortune, here I come! :D
I think I have a spare rigid 29er fork
it is SURLY
heavier than a suspension fork
but
it may be better than marriage counseling
should have bought the rig
what frame did you get again?
that said
I love my karate monkey single speed
The borrowed fork is a Surly - just to test the rigid waters, mind you. If I like it, I'll upgrade to something blingarific. Hand-molded goosedown and krazy glue shaped by blind Buddhist monks or some such nonsense.
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