Good vid but is your GF 3 inch tall?

I assume this is the same firm that used to be Lumilite.

Bought a light from Lumilte last year and had problems with the battery this year (was dead when it came out of storage). When I rang the old Lumilite number I got through to Tumble and Fall but they replaced the battery without question.

Not the easiest people to get in touch with but they did replace the faulty battery so fair do’s to them.

I went out with the Yorkshire Rippers sister.

Different sport same inspirational attitude.

But he is cheating a bit. Think how much less weight he has to drag up using that lightweight artificial leg :wink:

A nicely made and designed jacket, BUT, I found it did not breath nearly enough for me and I got very damp/ wet from the inside out far too quickly and had to get rid of it.

+1

Fits well, well made and very waterproof but water from the outside is not the problem. It’s the lack of breathability that makes sweat build up on very quickly on the inside.

The pain in my foot was so bad I couldn’t walk on it. In fact thought I had broken it. Went to the GP and was diagnosted with plantar fasciitis. He said I need special implants and recommended here

http://www.reboundclinic.co.uk/

Cost about £250 I think but solved the problem within a few weeks and have had no re-occurence in the past 4 years. And they initially do some temp inplants to see if implants will cure the problem. Highly recommended.

This will be the first of many recommendations for

http://www.triple-s.co.uk/

Whather or not you do it yourself if headroom near the eves in the loft is an issue but you have high ceilings in the bedrooms think about lowering the bedroom ceilings.

Had a conversion done a good few years ago. We needed new loft joists (to support the weight) so had the ceiling height in the bedrooms reduced to increase the headroom in the loft. Made a huge difference to the usability of the loft but only added marginally to the cost of the build. From memory about an extra £1K in a build cost of £16K ish. Obviously have to factor in redecorating the bedrooms/bathroom and all the mess of taking down ceilings but in our case was well worth it.

If it’s in the workshop and weight isn’t an issue use any of these

http://www.mandp.co.uk/products/list/Tyres/Tyre-levers

One question, why ?

Absolutely

All the disadvantages of a car and none of the sdvantages of a bike coupled with all the disadvantages of a bike and none of the advantages of a car.

In law the minimum notice you need to give him is a week and the minimum he needs to give you is 3 weeks notice (if you have worked 3 complete years). That’s unless your written contract (which you don’t have) says otherwise.

So if you want to leave in 4 weeks time but think if you tell him now he will want you to go sooner just wait until one week before you want to go and hand in your notice then. If your employer wants you to work longer before leaving either agree or remind him he should have given you a “statement of main particulars” within 3 months of you starting work and specified in that document what notice he wanted. In the absense of that document you are giving him the minimum notice the law requires.

Caught this thread late but heres a tackle. JPR Williams at 1.37 ish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZw6K8shi_Q&feature=related

Had two separate orders with them. Both delivered in about two weeks and both lights worked perfectly. Would definitely use them again.

Out riding the bike on a dual carriage. Clear day little traffic so a bit “pacy” nothing too quick around a 100 or so. Pull out to pass some slow moving traffic when this **** decides to indicate and pull out infront of me all at the same time. Slow down easily enough but have to brake pretty hard so end up close to his bumper. He then proceeds to creep past the cars in the inside lane. He is obviously pissed at the fact I’m much quicker than him so stays in the outside lane so I can’t get past. Stay’s in the outside lane for ages so eventually have to untake him to get past. Just as I start to undertake he signals left and swerves infront of me, total arse :wink:

Seeing as this thread seems to have been totally derailed I’ll join the party.

What strikes me as perculiar is that Simon has been allowed to continue to post his ramblings despite a few people saying his comments are damaging to those with mental health problems.

I recall a thread about a dog that died. It brought forth a huge outpooring of sympathy for the owner. When Simon made some comment like “I think I have stumbled on a parallel universe” and went on to talk about anthropomorphism he got banned.

So the only conclusion can be that posts perceived as damaging to mental health are OK but those perceived as upsetting to the owners of deceased animals are not?

Find it hard to see why people get so upset about what Simon says. He hasn’t trivialised depression but offered a solution that worked for him and his central point that thoughts influence feelings is so self evidently true. If someones behaviuor makes you feel guilty or angry or sad it’s because you let it. As Eleanor Roosevelt said:

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”

And another quote for anyone wound up by Simon (or anyone else for that matter is Mark Twains
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured”

Where the weight difference is is important. If the HT has much lighter wheels that the FS it will definitely climb easier and accelerate quicker.

Well I guess if you find all commercial activity morally reprehensible then you may find that ironic but I don’t and therefore don’t. Anyway, I don’t do emoticons or whatever they are called.

Not at all but business is business and if a redundancy exercise would cost £X by method “A” but 25% less by method “B” most businesses would choose method “B”. That’s the commecial reality and cost benefit equation I was talking about.

Maybe to avoid vexatious claims that cost management time to deal with that is never compensated for and legal costs which are often not recovered in full even when costs are awarded.

But of course this can’t be correct as the employer can’t have a benign and perfectly sensible commercial reason because they are a capitalist pig who are always out to get the poor repressed working classes.

Vexations claims are easy to defend provided management have acted reasonably and followed their own procedures and the law. They only become costly to defend (lawyers time, investigations , statements etc) when there have been errors in the process.

And I admire your irony in being able to include benign and commercial in the same sentence without adding a smiley face at the end!

The cost benefit equation is easy. How much will it cost for me to get rid of this/these employees if they sign a compromise agreement VS how much will it cost me if they don’t and take me to tribunal.

I guarantee that what my company does is legal, and we have written advice to that effect from employment lawyers. Real ones, who deal with this stuff for a living.

If you have a differing legal opinion (i.e. not just an assertion) which is based on fact (you know, quoting actual written law) then I’d be very interested to see it.

That may well be the case but the fact is the law is open to interpretation and the ultimate judge of whether something is legal or not (and therefore whether you are due conpensation or not) is the chair of the Employment Tribunal. Signing a compromise agreement means an employment tribunal will never have the chance to consider the rights and wrongs of your case.
So I am a bit cynical when an employer offers better redundancy terms to those that sign compromise agreements than to those that don’t. It isn’t illegal but why pay (probably thousands of pounds more) than you had to? It makes no sense unless as the employer you calculate that it will potentially save you money.

A compromise agreement is a legally binding agreement FOLLOWING the termination of your employment. So your job is either redundant or it is not. If it’s not redundant you must be being dismissed for some other reason (conduct, capabilty etc).
So the question is whether your employer is offering you a compromise agreement on the pretext that you are in a redundant post when all along they intend replacing you when you leave (in which case the post is not redundant). If that is the case you are effectively being sacked for some other reason but your employer doesn’t want (or hasn’t the time) to take the necessary steps (following procedure, warnings, reviews etc) to dismiss you legally. They have obviously calculated making you a redundancy payment will be cheaper in the long run than sacking legally for another reason such as conduct or capability.
Only you know the answer to the question but if redundancy is not the real reason for your dismissal I think it gives you a bigger lever to negotiate any settlement.
I would recommend you consulting an employment law specialist solicitor (or your TU) before I agreed anything with your employer.

In my experience (quite afew years in HR) compromise agreements are only offered because it’s a cheaper (and time is money) way of getting rid of people. Remember at the end of the agreement will be an undertaking by you not to take any legal action against the firm in relation to the termination of your contract. They are effective buying you off (which may well suit you as well).
So work out what it would cost the company to get rid of you legitimately(redundancy costs, pay in lieu, sick pay because folk often go off sick at the first sign of any disciplinary action, potential tribunal costs etc). Try for a settlement figure as close to that as possible and good luck.

Must be you southern softees :P

Did the Sue Ryder Bronte Challenge with about 300 others, pissed it down but great day.

I know everyone raves about the £50 wonder, but the fact remains if you'd bought in the UK you'd have a replacement by Friday. Hey ho.

In my experience not if you bought from Lumilite :(

Or this

You nip out to Skipton and do Sharphaw. Been great over summer but getting a bit boggy now!

http://www.mtbdales.com/dales_route_guides.php?catid=8

"with the greatest of respect"

Because people saying it usually mean the exact opposite

There a thread on MTBR with loads of pics here

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=981764

its not about caving in…. its taking the appropriate route to getting better, Osteo, physio etc may help in some cases but not others, surgery is right in some, not others. I guess it depends how bad the issue is, what will fix it and in my case a Nuro surgeon made that judgement, he said it would never go away without surgery. Had I not "caved in" I would still be waking up every day in pain, spend my day in pain and repeat!….. I also have a curve in my spine which is crushing a few discs…. no amount of physio, Osteo etc is going to straighten it out.

Agree with Spankmonkey

I had surgery when I was 30, couldn't walk straight at the time, severe pain every time I sat or stood, difficulty sleeping (and the symptoms had persisted for over a year. Since the op I've rockclimbed extensively, run 3 half marathons and only got into biking because my knees are getting bad but I am 57 now (sound like my grandad).

An employer can only change your contractual terms by either you agreeing to the change or by them imposing it.

Even in an imposed change your employer should explain to you why the change is taking place and the reasons for it. If the change is imposed your employer has to terminate your current contract (giving you however much notice is due) and offer you a new contract with the new terms and conditions. It's then up to you whether you accept the new contract. If you don't because you believe the changes are unreasonable you could make a claim to an Employment Tribunal.

Your employer sounds to have cocked up over the process but what they are doing doesn't seem massively unreasonable in circumstances but best advcie would be to get some professional advise, either that or suck it up.

"Life is not what it's supposed to be. Its what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”

Virginia Satir

Don't want to hijack the post but I've got some Time Atacs that work really well on the road but can't get on with them off road. Need to plan when I unclip can't do it instinctively.

Bought Atac's because of my dodgy knees but are shimano SPD's easier to unclip?

uplink – Member

You can't seriously be saying the TT is no more dangerous than short circuit racing?

er no – as quoted – I was replying to your exaggerated claim that "One small mistake has far greater consequences than on short circuits" by pointing out that most small mistakes have exactly the same consequences.

Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word small, would medium sized or big mistake have done?
The fact is the consequences of coming off in the Island are far more serious than on a short circuit. Some people think that's a risk they are prepared to take, fair enough I wouldn't try and stop anyone doing what they wanted. I was talking about the balance of risk.

I think that balance is acceptable on short circiuts but I don't think it is anymore at the TT.

upuplink – Member

That's bollox

Most small mistakes are punished by a slower time [just like on a short circuit] – the racers are making mistakes all the time – the good ones make less
I couldn't even begin to count the number of mistakes the average racer would make on a lap of the island – it's a lot
The best[sic] riders no longer race at the TT because it isn't part of the World championship any more & usually clashes with a MotoGP
Besides, good short circuit riders often don't make good road racers & vice versa – it's a totally different way of riding
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You can't seriously be saying the TT is no more dangerous than short circuit racing? Lose the back end or run wide on the Island and there is a good chance you will hit something very solid, do the same on a short circuit and there's a good chance you will not hit anything. And it's the stopping very quickly that hurts, not the falling off.

Rockplough – Member
It's not about supporting a race, more about supporting everyone's right to do what they want with themselves

But if spectators didn't visit the Island and boost it's economy the TT would stop.

Guy Martin is a top bloke and wish him well for a full recovery but the TT is too dangerous.

The punishment doesn't fit the crime. One small mistake has far greater consequences than on short circuits. The best riders no longer ride on the Isle of Man because of the risks. Sure the throttle goes both ways but we all (even the best) make mistakes and should we be supporting a race that punishes mistakes so severely?

What you need is a first generation Aprilia Tuono.

Massive vtwin grunt, bombproof engine, small fairing to keep the wind off and a commanding riding position. Not too good on petrol but huge fun and very economical on front tyres :wink:

Oh and I've got one for sale if you are interested!

What a shame. A truly great rider.

Not just a great rider but the best of all time and I'm old enough to have seen most!

Session will be a procession now led by Lorenzo. Think Lorenzo would have won the championship even with Rossi fit but such a shame we will not get to see the battle.

Just got some of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OUTLAND-CNC-SLIMLINE-BIKE-PEDALS-LIGHTWEIGHT-OPEO21B_W0QQitemZ250598036047QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=ac92ece71280a0e202e18861ff2abe5f

Not used them yet but cheap, light and look good.

The way I do it (which probably isn't the best) is to cut and paste the pivot table into another worksheet but paste as values only.
Then select all cells in the column you want to fill the blanks in. Then Edit, Goto, Special and click the Blanks option click OK. That should highlight all the blank cells you want filling. Then type + ,press the up arrow finally press Ctrl and Enter at the same time.

Probably havn't explained it that well but it does work really well. What you have done is highlighted all the blank cells then told the worksheet to fill the blank cell with the value above it.

Found this method via an internet search (which I can't find) so if this makes no sense Google is you friend.