I may have bought my last bike

[fidlfreek]

I think of bikes as an investment themselves! Imagine all the healthcare bills I'm saving down the road by being a trim, fit young adult rather than a couch potato "fat thin" gal. Ya know, thin but without muscle or cardio capacity.

True, running shoes are cheaper than bikes, but my quality of life improves with the euphoria gained from biking. Another investment. Imagine all the $$ I'm not spending on self-medicating at the mall buying things I'll decide I hate in 6 months. Plus, biking I'm extending my social contacts so maybe someday I'll nab that brain surgeon husband who I met at a t-shirt ride one Sunday. Also an investment

Yes, its all a justification in my little warped mind. And I don't have a house or a furnace *good lord* to worry about.

[shootingstar]

Plus, biking I'm extending my social contacts so maybe someday I'll nab that brain surgeon husband who I met at a t-shirt ride one Sunday. Also an investment

Yes, its all a justification in my little warped mind. And I don't have a house or a furnace *good lord* to worry about.

Enjoy your bikes as much as you can now, fidlefreek. You never know about the future, you might be primary breadwinner for times if hubby ends up temporarily unemployed or you end up divorced --with even a child or 4 (like a cousin of mine). Just even having 1 bike during tough times, is truly helpful.

But I agree 110% that a bike is an investment..if used well, ends up with way more benefits than a fitness club.

As for moi, no immediate plans to buy /replace another bike. I already have 3, of which 2 of them I hardly use now. (But were used well, prior to bike #3). Can see maybe a folding bike or whatever in a few years. A bike is a real investment and savings for me because we haven't had a car in decades (and don't want one either).

[tulip]

The last house I owned before this one (but I had two rentals in between) was nearly 100 years old and the furnace/boiler was 40. The 100 year old house was a solid as they get and I had no problem with the house! But the furnace worked until one very cold snap it did not. We were two weeks without heat! My then DH and I were separating, and he was staying elsewhere, so I got to stay in the very cold (in more ways than one) house.

I replaced the heating system and added AC in my current house shortly after I bought it. The old system was old and improperly installed (CO hazard) and the chimney needed alot of work. So I put in an electric heat pump system with central AC. It's very efficient and cozy for my little one-story house. By next winter I'll have my woodstove hooked up and I'll be even cozier (even when the power goes out).

ny biker, I don't know how long water heaters are supposed to last, but I think it's good to be proactive. Normally I believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," but when it comes to water in your attic, best to take care of that before it becomes an even bigger problem.

Back to the issue at hand...I'm so happy with the bikes that I have that I'm not even tempted to consider buying another one. Not that I can at the moment anyways. My kitchen has taken care of any non-essential purchases for a loooooong time. (But it's so nice to have a kitchen again!)