You may have heard of the equation N+1. It was dreamt up by the authors of the best-selling cycling book The Rules: The Ways of the Cycling Disciple (Sceptre, £9) to denote the seemingly innate desire in every cyclist to have just one more bike in their life than the number currently owned. The book also notes that the equation may also be written as S-1, ‘where S would be the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.’ So how do you justify the expense of buying a new bike to your better half? And once you’ve got their blessing, what exactly is the best way to go about buying one? Here we look at few excellent excuses to help you with the former, as well as give you few pointers about what to consider and how to go about it once you do get permission to purchase!
NICK SOLDINGER
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Contains genuinely convincing arguments for splashing out on a new bicycle. We can not be held accountable for what happens after reading…
EXCUSES, EXCUSES
OK, so maybe you don’t need to get anybody’s permission to buy a new bike, but you may still need to justify the outlay to yourself. And unless you’re a wanton consumer or committed commodity fetishist, that can be even harder. But our aim here isn’t to encourage you to buy a new bike just for the sake of it, we’re making the case that if you are a serious cyclist or serious about cycling, there are a stack of good excuses for adding one more bike to your collection.
For a start, what do you use your current bike for? If, for example, you…
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Bikes Etc (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2018
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