Thanks richpenny that may be useful but anything my company did would need to be implemented at a national level for about 5000 employees so going though cycle scheme or halfords may be our best option.

I spent the afternoon readying my car boot bargain bike for its future commuting duties.

Your right about that passat

Do you have to use Halfrauds or Evans? or can you use a LBS that partakes in C2W.

Joxster it depends on the employer most dont have time to administer such a scheme so they will go with someone else to do it for them. Wiggle will run it as do evans and halfords there is one that does it for lbs’s called cycle scheme which is the one im trying to get my employer to sign up to at the moment.

Halfords will use there insurance devision to source almost any bike you want they have accounts with pretty much everyone. I think carbon is a bit far go with the SS but if you want a custom build i would probably go with evans.

Is that a 29 rear, 26 front combo??

Nope it was pre the 29er thing and the name was purely in line with coves naming scheme.

Yep limited edition silverfish specced up a standard stiffee with full race face deus kit and hope minis with custom wording on the rotors. A friend of mine had one spent his student loan on it.

Okay how about this one….

Bike storage as well

Isnt that the point though if it has to do duel duty as bike/canoe/whatever storage then it cant be exactly plush after all you would have to clean it out. But its expensive and if you look at the size of it its still not exactly small. If only there was european company making something simlar. I quite like the TAB/T@B range but they lack the practicality aspect for me.

Ive got a pre production original X9 thats put in miles for years and ive never had the problems you guys are saying, that said once a year i strip down the mech clean and re-grease.

Better than the shots i get with my 400d :(

Still all mine are of sexy ladies with no clothes on so swings and roundabouts :lol:

I would say go round and say your going to replace the fence and give your reasons about the dog etc and say you understand things are tight and understand they cant afford 50% but if they could contribute a little it would be appreciated.

No theyre not they vary between both bikes and manufacturer but generally if you get one for an adults mountain bike it will be big enough for most things.

Theres always the Forester STI of course but i dont think thats going to come into your budget….

Thanks Terra i had already found that its mostly about the company, im trying to find out more about the man himself.

Hes just confused let him experiment a little :lol:

Someday id love to, need to learn welding first of course.

A good excuse to show off my re-built beauty. Its been evolving over the years but the Frame and Brakes are new off the classifieds here recently.

Lol Pook

God i used to sell electric bikes many moons ago.

Things to consider when buying an electric bike-
Do you want it to be Electrically assisted or do you want it to run without peddling?
How heavy? You will have the option of Lead Acid batteries (heavy and short range but cheap) or Lithium ion (lighter with better range but expensive)

Ultra Motors A2B is an interesting new one its Lithium ion with a 20 mile range however a second battery pack can be added to bring it up to 40 miles. This launched in the UK last week.
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Probably not as of interest to you mum is this brand new speedy number really meant as halfway between a bike and a motorcycle. Elmoto[/url]

Looks like a Boardman to me.

From memory an old school gt idrive had a clever pivot affair which meant it had zero chain growth.

Vigilance does no harm, i remember helping my parents check under there cars in the 90s, but that was the sort of threat you could be vigilant for and the posters identifying what a suspect device looked liked helped. However with this new type of terrorism things are a lot less clear and im not sure these posters are any help but then what is? how would you defend against someone determined to die for his cause? And its no use denying it there is a threat just look at what happened on the london underground and at glasgow airport.

Im not saying these posters are the solution, but they cant hurt.

A strangely magical trevor looking character is featured in the advert

Leatherman are definitely better quality ive had both gerber and leatherman and its the leatherman that still gets used everyday whereas whats left of the gerber was consigned to the bin long ago. My Dad is still using the one he got of an american soldier 20 years ago.

Keep it simple, this leatherman would be ideal Leatherman Core

Changed the suspension and brakes on my Audi A4 once never fiddled in the engine though.

I had a HS assessment on my work area recently and im pretty sure one of the questions covered was “do you have enough space to do your job?”

Im sorry but that really did make me laugh out loud.

Melbourne is quite a tight track. I reckon kers will come into its own on tracks with more longer straights so they can take advantage of it.

Oh and BBC have ever so kindly put the F1 on IPlayer for free Clicky[/url]

Volvo 240 still a good deal of them about, go on forever and i think there a future classic.

Not mine i hasten to add, big robust engines that will take big simple turbo charging or there are conversion kits that will allow you to sling a small block v8 in.

Hora you might be on to something there, Audi RS2 perhaps?

Well details submitted im off for the next week so lets see if we can get a good start.

More GM mismanagement.

Heres the latest: saab files for bankruptcy[/url]

And: GM Having there cake and eating it[/url]

So basically they are separating the company allowing it to sink or swim on its own but still want to take advantage of its innovative technology. Even if someone does want to buy the company they will be saddled with a completely biased tech sharing agreement.

If your a Mac User, i can highly recommend rapid weaver[/url], great selection of extra themes and plugins to do almost anything but still very simple to use.

Oh MBR said that? Id best get one then to go with my riser bars lol

Ive got a Kodak ESP3, prints great, cheap refills last longer than those on my old canon.

Im gonna give this a go thanks marsdenman

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Ive had a photoshoot, but i may try and squeeze a little riding in before going to see my mum for mothers day.

The administrators, by the time they get round to you if the bill is big enough you might be able to negotiate to keep the car in leiu of payment.