Been a while since I used T&T but I vaguely remember (and I’m probably wrong) that it’s not really a trace (i.e. parcel in Reading depot, parcel now at sorting office …) but basically just proof it was signed for.

The current Salam Witch trial culture fuelled by self appointed judge/jury/executioners, needs to be stopped and I really hope Lord McAlpine makes people pay for what was a despicable rumour.

+1

We’ll boycott it as long as it doesn’t affect us.

Head. Nail. Hit.

Feel free to boycott Starbucks but the fanbois don’t seem to be flocking away from Apple….

Person is probably just trying to get his/her ‘name in the frame’ (is it review time at work possibly?). Or possibly like peolpe have said, just being asked by the boss to do something.

I’d have a quick chat with your boss verbally to check it’s okay to the work if you need to assign the time to some sort of budget key. Ask if they want to be kept in the loop and just reply to all back in a nice manner.

Personally I think you’re getting too wound up about something little, but if you don’t copy in their boss you run the risk of springing the ‘trap’ if there is one. Boss A – “Did 2tyred do that job I asked you to sort out?”, Underling “No I don’t think so, but let me look proactive and chase it up for you bossman. Oh, and can I have that 10% payrise this year?”….

Yep that would be spot on – the cranks aren’t specific to 9 or 10 speed. And to be honest 9 speed chainrings if you’ve got any spare would work almost as well.

Only trouble I’d see is getting a 38t – 36 is more popular and more freely available (i.e. cheaper)

1580+ here. Though if the missus is reading that’s only 150 things bought and sold per year since I started on eBay….

Interesting this should come up. I sold a crank to a guy nearby last week and just droppped it off to him and he asked me as I had so big feedback whether I was a dealer – is there a point when you can have too big a feedback?

Now debating whether to start up a second eBay account for the missus and start buying on there to build up fedback.

My VL Jawbone lenses don’t fit my Fakely Jawbones I use for commuting, so be careful.

Kryton – is this for a mortgage you have already? If so then I don’t think you’ll be able to reduce the monthly payments, just the term time to repayment. Only thing you could do that on would be an offset as far as I know.

I’d always got with reducing the length of mortage. Ours allowed regular overpayments and we could always get back the overpayments if needs be (or take a payment holiday if you were really struggling etc. etc.)

I’ve seen it loads of times with stuff I’ve sold. Sometimes rather than return stuff I’ve bought because I don’t want it I’ll flog it on eBay instead as it’ll make a profit!

I think the red mist descends on auctions just ending. People decide they just have to have the item and will just keep piling in with higher and higher offers.

It makes no difference to the price you’ll get for the frame, but you will have spend £80 (or whatever) doing the powdercoating. A while ago I spent £80 respraying a GT frame and ended up selling it for £85, hardly worth it.

I’d always prefer a crappy frame that I know hasn’t got anything ‘hiding’ underneath. There’s always the suspicion in my mind you’re buying a rubbish frame with fancy stickers on.

ti_pi_man – thats what we need – one battery on your bike for lights, gps, tracking and gear changes. If only we could agree a standard for it in the bike industry (much like bbs, headsets etc.)…..

FWIW we moved from rural Oxfordshire to urban Newcastle upon Tyne when I was 15. The toughest part for us kids was the change of schools and learning the new accent.

I was a bit like globalti. Moved from the leafy suburbs of Wembley to the North East when I was 7.

Probably worth renting, even for a few months, no point in committing to an area before you really know it.

School-wise, again don’t expect to walk into the school of your choice and get a slot, especially the popular ones (i.e. the good ones).

So basically, do your homework. And it’s gonna be a bigger shock to your kids than you. They’re gonna be in a strange town/school with no support structure from friends, and they’re gonna stick out like a sore thumb with cockney accents. I went from a really talkative kid to just about mute but I’d lost my father at same time too (hence move back up to mothers original home town) but they’ll probably need support.

Watched someone last year tanked up after a night out get completely run over by a taxi (I was in a taxi going the other way). I reckon he went under both front and rear wheels. Got up and staggered away. Taxi driver just stood there after in complete bewilderment.

But yes, worth just checking with the police what to do.

Gonzy – they fit over the top with elastic straps behind so you can pull it down to access the rucksack, 2 second job

I like the quote from that website MadBill, explaining why the rear light tracker would trigger:

Bicycle tail lights are a legal requirement in the UK

So the scrote illegally steals you bike but feels implored by the legal pressure of having a working rear light, and presumbly fits pedal refectors too…

Headset version seems interesting, though I’ve not worked out how the tracker replaces the headset star fangled thingy.

My mates dog is lovely…

Also they don’t have to worry about the bonding of the BB shell in the BB area having to put up with the torque of loosening a seized BB with a large wrench and a length of scaffold pole

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But surely they have to counter that with worrying about how you remove the bearings – basically a dirty great hammer smacking away at a drift on a bearing that doesn’t want to move?

Whatever happened to that Canyon 3 speed internal hub I vaguely remember knocking around in prototype form last year? That might be all I needed for the commute.

Last time I bought some rock climbing shoes, I must’ve tried on every pair in the shop and tied up the knowledgeable assistant for a good hour. I could then have gone “thanks” and gone and bought the chosen shoe online for several quid less, but I didn’t, because I’m not morally bankrupt. I was happy to pay a premium for the quality service I received.

Maybe the question to everyone should be when did you rip-off a LBS? Sure plenty of people on here have spent time in a LBS trying clothing/shoes on, even sized up bikes, to then jump onto t’interweb to order them.

The thing with using Wight is it just sounds like a name to most people. And it’s probably going to get lost in a sea of Google search results.

OP, well done to you on spotting him in your mirrors and taking appropriate action

Indeed. The woman sitting in the outside lane yesterday chugging along wondering why she was suddenly getting preferential treatment from all the nice polite gentlemen drivers in front of her should take a leaf out of your book.

The look of the police driver sitting 5 feet behind her with full lights and siren going was priceless….

Wouldn’t be a bad idea for the seller to mention this on the website would it!?

What, the fact the brakes might not fit on your frame you had seperately, or that the frame won’t fit a particular make of brake?

If you want to pretent the brakes are Italian but really Tektros under the sticker try these Condor Pioggia ones.

Noticed yesterday on commute home
a) plenty with no front lights (as mentioned no one can see you coming)
b) about 5 with an LED rear light AND a clip on rear mudguard pointed up at a jaunty angle so you can’t actually see the light
c) Nice bright rear light. Unfortunately the guy was wearing a long goth type jacket which nicely covered it up 🙄
d) a good few who probably left the battery in from last year so was probably kicking out about 0.001 volts to power their light

Sometimes we’re our own worst enemies on stuff like this.

Oury lockons are chunky and comfy for me.

breatheeasy – Will these be the very same people who loudly moan about Tesco’s destroying the local independent shops. But, when questioned, can’t remember ever having used any of the local independent shops, as they generally go to Tesco’s?

No. They’re too busy in the local Asda complaining about the self service tills 😆

I thought the councils were onto this wheeze of flogging your house for a pound to the son or daughter?

But yes, if your brother got, say, divorced, his other half could rightly demand he sold it for some of the settlement etc. etc.

Some company bought our local pub with plans to turn it into a residential home instead. There was outrage at how someone could do this.

Until somepone pointed out actually nobody bothered their fat lazy asses to walk the 20 feet to it and actually drink in it, so it was actually financially unviable.

So its now a residential home…

After trying XT and SLX on my bikes in the past, I’ll be using them again next time too.

I don’t think those 55mm ones will work with a 2″ tyre under them. Mine don’t.

I have to run 40c tyres in the winter commute with mine.

I like the way George ‘had’ to buy a really really cheap tatty caravan to do his project on, as that was the concept.

Then employed an artisan craftsman to work on it. Bet there’s not change from £50k once it’s all done.

But if you’re gonna make a claim then IIRC the Post Office make you wait a fortnight before you can….

Any ideas how to go about starting one??

Ours was done via Facebook. SO even if you don’t know many people, their friends can find out etc. etc.

GO for it. Ours was a fairly decent turnout/social affair.

Cable hanger.

Needs to fit under the stem for the cantis. So they have a shorter headtube to ‘compensate’.

Oooh, good spot. I missed that!

Surprisingly Reduced to a year. Which, of course, he’ll never serve.

Well, if he doesn’t succeed in his appeals then a certain 70 year + politian in Italy passed a law whilst in power that IIRC stops over 70 year olds going to prison, just house arrest. So the bunga bungas can continue as long as he doesn’t leave his palatial mansion….

Hold that thought….

IIRC SLX and XT are composite style middle rings like this

– they have a rounded edge on the bolt holes. Deore don’t and I’m sure they won’t fit unless Deore has changed recently.

Edit, how is the sellers feedback, if good then you may have a chance, if bad I reckon the account will be closed & your money gone.

Ignore this, you will get your money back regardless from paypal. They’ll try and get it back off the seller somehow, might write it off if they can’t get much luck, but that snot a worry for you.

Careful. IIRC on some you need to show the airlines mobile app version of the boarding pass, NOT just a PDF on your phone.

Checkin online, then go to the airport. If they’ve got a self service kiosk it should let you print out a boarding pass. BA certainly does, though I just flash the app version on my phone.

You’ll then not see the emails again and not have to waste time worrying about something that is (in real terms) pretty unimportant.

So you’re cool with god know what details about you (email , address, credit card etc.) being passed around unscrupulous people as long as you go “lah lah lah, I didn’t see it, so it’s okay”? 😯

What do you mean by Spam though – unwanted marketing from other businesses or nigerian scammers, viagra, russian brides and the like?

A ‘book order’ (in dollars!) that looked like it linked to a dodgy site for me to log into. And an attachment (zip file presumably with virus) for me to open for the invoice.

Definitely wasn’t similar bike shops/establishments that would like my business…