Barneyballbags
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...It all seems to go downhill again 
I've recently paid off all of my debt (it took 5 years of paying every spare penny I had), so I thought that I'd treat myself to one of the many bikes I've wanted since I was younger, as one had just come up for sale on Gumtree, and they're pretty rare.
The bike in question was a lovely X Lite Titanium Pro, complete with Trimnell dual crown, dual stem rigid forks.
The bike arrived yesterday, and it's gorgeous. Unfortunately, however, I come in to work this morning to find that my hours are being cut from 37.5 to 30 at the end of March (the joys of fixed term contracts). This now means that I take an effective pay cut of between £200 and £250 per month (I won't know the exact amount until my April wages).
This pay cut now means that I'm going to seriously struggle to save any money, and this has come right at a time when I've just passed my driving test, so need extra money for car insurance etc. as well.
So now, it looks like the only solution (certainly in the short term) would be to sell the bike which I've only just treated myself too, and haven't even ridden yet!
I've recently paid off all of my debt (it took 5 years of paying every spare penny I had), so I thought that I'd treat myself to one of the many bikes I've wanted since I was younger, as one had just come up for sale on Gumtree, and they're pretty rare.
The bike in question was a lovely X Lite Titanium Pro, complete with Trimnell dual crown, dual stem rigid forks.
The bike arrived yesterday, and it's gorgeous. Unfortunately, however, I come in to work this morning to find that my hours are being cut from 37.5 to 30 at the end of March (the joys of fixed term contracts). This now means that I take an effective pay cut of between £200 and £250 per month (I won't know the exact amount until my April wages).
This pay cut now means that I'm going to seriously struggle to save any money, and this has come right at a time when I've just passed my driving test, so need extra money for car insurance etc. as well.
So now, it looks like the only solution (certainly in the short term) would be to sell the bike which I've only just treated myself too, and haven't even ridden yet!
