Chart 10, as it’s known, shows the running bike purchase balance and what I insist is “an even Steven” approach; where I sell a bike to pay for a new bike, sell some wheels on ebay, and it all works out.
Hugga HQ budget staff believes that Chart Ten is “voodoo economics” and represents instead a hole in the budget into which hard-earned cash goes and never returns. Andrew wrote about shuffling the fleet last week.
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heh. Personally I keep cycling stuff out of quicken because not only do I want my spouse kept in the dark, I myself need to be kept in the dark how much it totals annually.
Instead of budgets, I know I only have so much garage space, and right now me having four bikes is about at capacity (wife has two as well). I really wish I could have a rain bike, and a longtail, and a fixie for around town, and a TT bike for the hell of it, and a nice plush touring bike, but damned if I could find a place to put any of them.
Yes, I understand the “keep it in the dark approach” as well. I’m actually using Numbers for the bike balance.
Our agreement on garage space is that her car must go in and if you’ve seen my “perfect packs” with the Modal, I spend considerable time working that spatial relationship out.
Hmmm, maybe it can all work out as long as one of the pie slices is “utility value” of owning the bike and another is “entertainment value.” I successfully used the “money saved on bus fare” argument, but I think that only held for the first bike I purchased.
Exactly! And I rarely drive anymore using Bettie for errands kid drop offs. I’ve also explained to newcomers that it’s expensive, but so is any gear-driven sport. What would it cost if I was into Jetskis or climbing or skiing? Probably the same.