Race Wheels Essay Contest
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TriSooner posted 17 weeks ago.
Because if they help you qualify for Kona you'll take her to Hawaii.
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beads1985 posted 17 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
Because if they help you qualify for Kona you'll take her to Hawaii.
That and lots of promises to complete anything on the 'honey dew' list.
Begging and groveling might help too! ;-)
Nothing to it, but to do it
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fastdog5 posted 17 weeks ago.
beads1985 wrote:
Begging and groveling might help too! ;-)
You'd think so, but no.
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Joe_H posted 17 weeks ago.
"my sweet and beautiful wife I bought you these diamond earrings for no reason except that I love you. oh by the way I got some extra wheels for my bike"
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NotAsFast posted 17 weeks ago.
Dear [wife],
I have finally solved the ongoing issue of how much money I spend on the second love of my life. I have been chosen from a select few to be sponsored by a known entity. They will take care of all our travel, food and accomodation for my upcoming Ironman, as well as providing all the race gear requirments, including a new set of race wheels.
The new sponsor is [insert your family name here] and I am proud to be sponsored by this entity.
Love
[Your Name Here]
Didnt work for me, but you still will get your race wheels.
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beads1985 posted 17 weeks ago.
Or you could do the manly thing;
buy the wheels, hide them for awhile, 'lose' the receipt, and do lots of nice things for your wife until she wife discovers the wheels, or the charge on the credit card, have an argument and hopefully it costs too much to return the wheels and you get to keep them.
Hopefully you can deal with being on the sh!t list for awhile and not having a sex life ;-)
Nothing to it, but to do it
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caeagle16 posted 17 weeks ago.
beads1985 wrote:
Or you could do the manly thing;
buy the wheels, hide them for awhile, 'lose' the receipt, and do lots of nice things for your wife until she wife discovers the wheels, or the charge on the credit card, have an argument and hopefully it costs too much to return the wheels and you get to keep them.Hopefully you can deal with being on the sh!t list for awhile and not having a sex life ;-)
I would probably go this route. Sounds like fun!
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Leroy Bonkers posted 17 weeks ago.
I'm trying the " Instead of spending $2000 on race wheels I'm only going to spend $1000 on a power tap."
hasn't worked yet, but if you find a winning essay please publish it :-)
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theShiba posted 17 weeks ago.
Dear [wife],
I love you so much! I found an incredible deal on a used set of [name of your current wheelset]'s for your bike. I hope you like them!
Your Loving Husband,
fastdog5.
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theShiba posted 17 weeks ago.
Dear [wife],
I love you so much! I found an incredible deal on a used set of [name of your current wheelset]'s for your bike. I hope you like them!
Your Loving Husband,
fastdog5.
))cough(( p.s. i'm buying myself new zipp 1080's... ))cough((
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theShiba posted 17 weeks ago.
Sorry for the double post... (now a triple post)... looks like I've found a glitch with the "edit" function, so I am going to leave it for Tribro to look at.
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vistring posted 17 weeks ago.
Sell something you already own to help pay for them. That is usually what I do. Personally I don't see how you could justify $3,000 on race wheels to an non cyclist/triathlete. I could never justify spending that much either on wheels, hence I bought my used. So if you get rid of something you don't use what difference does it make to her.
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fastdog5 posted 17 weeks ago.
Good suggestion, but I pretty much did that to get the bike last year...not much left to get rid of. Maybe my car. No, I need that. Hey wait...I don't use HER car!
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tsilcyc posted 17 weeks ago.
fastdog5 wrote:
OK, so in my race yesterday I averaged 23.5 mph on a completely stock Felt S22. (Yes, the course was flat, but I've pulled a 22 average on a rolling course as well). In 50 words or less, make the case to my wife that I deserve race wheels!
Go for sympathy... tell her all the cool kids have them and we'll ostracize you for being different.
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Triguy98 posted 17 weeks ago.
You gotta present it in a money saving light:
Honey, you know I have been wanting those ultra expensive race wheels? Well, I a lot of research, I found a solution that costs substantially less. A rear disc cover from wheelbuilder.com is like $80 and a new fron Hed Jet 90 is $625.
That combo is more than fast enough for anyone and will definately give you the performance boost you seek without the huge $$. And let it be known that the added speed could put you on the podium- women dig guys who actually win.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
OK, so in my race yesterday I averaged 23.5 mph on a completely stock Felt S22. (Yes, the course was flat, but I've pulled a 22 average on a rolling course as well). In 50 words or less, make the case to my wife that I deserve race wheels!