Dude, you don't have a work address to use? That's like 80% of the reason I have an outside office.

Turns out this worked after all :)

As a lesson to everyone considering doing a similar non-agreed bike purchase, who is clearly too stupid to have the bike delivered to work, I can summarise the journey of the last 24 hours using the metaphor of a Flandrian Classic. Lots of ups and downs and rough cobbled sections, some requiring some rapid changes in direction and careful navigation. But happily the race ended in a sprint to the finish :)

And i've still got a new bike :)

Tell her you're a company beta tester, and the bike is free, as long as you ride five days a week and report back your observations. Set her up for the next bike by telling her that, if you do a good job for them, they're likely to send you a new bike next year. Then you're all set.

Love this strategy. It also helps that my wife has terrible memory!

"Looks like I need to buy you Ginko Biloba too!"