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Bike shopBike shop allegedly offering "spouse receipt"
A bike shop is allegedly offering spouse receipts so that cycling addicts can show their other halves they paid less for the latest bike or accessory than they actually did.
In what is being described as a "genius" bit of salesmanship the service would allow customers to change the price of a purchase on the receipt and, if true, would add a new level of subterfuge to spousal cycle spending transparency.
Local bike shop now offers a 'wife receipt' so you can choose whatever price you want to take home with your new bike... #Genius
— Bike Nerd (@BiikeNerd) September 8, 2015
@popsmartin2 That's a stroke of fucking genius right there @jvm78 @BikeW4nker
— Richie Bowen (@RichardB0wen) September 8, 2015
Suggestion what's on offer is a "wife receipt" have, unsurprisingly, been met with derision on Twitter, women rightly pointing out keen female cyclists are as likely to splurge on expensive bikes and kit as men.
@BiikeNerd @nPlus1_ genius? Or sexist. Because only men buy bikes and wives don't approve.
— Lois MM (@ClaudAndI) September 14, 2015
@BiikeNerd @LaFugaTravel Do they offer a 'husband receipt', too? 
— Vamper.cc (@vampercc) September 17, 2015
Is this a good idea, though, or just the road to a rocky relationship? Tell us what you think.
it's also a specific offence under POFA2012
Maybe this one can be put down to "it's the culture"? Never been to Japan but I was in Korea for a little while - a society which has some...
Sorry can't be arsed to read what you've written there, I'm sure it's very interesting though, keep up the great work?
Rochdale is a deeply unpleasant town to cycle around, let alone walk. It's full of terraced streets chock full of parked cars. Massive 20th...
I've found from my unscientific survey of five sets of bibs and biblongs that some of the simplest pads are the best for me. So I've found a pair...
Bikehike is good, but for all my routes both cycling and walking I use Komoot which is pretty good.
Surely, that should be: They would have.
In Scotland they put you on probation for that. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm
For a start, staggered bollards are recommended against in the National Guidelines - because a straight approach and path through is required....
Just hoppit with your humour.