marital strife

This holiday season, Patrick and I are working on upgrading our bicycle workshop. By upgrading, I mean moving it out of the living room. We are one month away from closing on a home with a basement and large garage (if all goes well). We are also having my Lemond repainted. These projects are causing us to take stock of our equipment situation. It seems that I brought Shimano components into the relationship and Patrick came with Campy. These stepchildren are not getting along! Patrick has a full set of Campy components that he purchased for a new road bike which have been sitting for months when he decided that he cannot afford a new road bike frame.

So, dear readers.

Please please buy our Bianchi Pista track bike - brand new never ridden!!! so we can have cash to put towards a new frame for Patrick

Should we sell all of our Campy parts and replace with Shimano so that we can interchange our wheels and quickly trade out parts among our bikes? Is there another couple out there that would be interested in making a gear swap?