emsz – Consider yourself lucky! I have no idea what stw would feed me if I had ads. Cargo ship ballast weights, volumes and filters was my last google! I couldnt even take a guess what tat google would try and sell me?

What druid is saying – us “premium” guys dont get ads. Stangely when I am browsing STW on others / works PCs I get some real odd stuff. Body leakage, body smells, clock your car legally, etc

er.. like they have them back in stock… understand now?

I’d suggest reading the listing again if you think that.

Oooooh!

Ok there is now at least a weeks wait. I’m sure coastkid was trying to be helpful. (?)

But delays happen when the nights draw in. Like what happens to winter tyres after the snow arrives. Plan ahead 😉

Having suffered from real rubbish pumps I got one one these 2 years ago. I’d be gutted if I lost it. But then I discovered CO2. Which is even better.

Anyway – the pump (#Edit – There’s no way : I paid £28 for it though!)

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/tools/cycling-tools/mini-pump/product/review-lezyne-pressure-drive-pump-11-45358

Great review that! Cheers. I’m planning on using them in the next few weeks. I did try and drum up some support last week – but for the Wed night run. Great to hear it turned out well!

If you give which magazine any credence – and their members reliability scores, the consistently top white goods makes are miele, bosch, siemens, aeg, and john lewis (with IIRC some very important exceptions for specific models).

Specific models of Indesit, hotpoint etc make it onto their list.

Whether buying the slightly dearer stuff saves any money in the long run – I just dont know. Btw – I wouldnt pay to be a which member (get it ever Christmas as a pressie) but it does provide a useful average. Things to avoid like the plague (not me) – Smeg, Zanussi, Dyson(!), Technik, ….

emma- gotcha!

emma – I’m sure that’s helpful. Or not?

My BIL is a full time timer and instructor. He spends a lot of his time with retained stations (rural Scotland). Just go for it! They do the same thing, but less recognition maybe. His team train and share vehicles in incidents etc. There is no 1st / 2nd etc etc. All part of the team. If I had a retained station anywhere near me I’m sure he’d press me to join.

Aldi sell a can with a years work of silicon oil spray for £1.99 (only one week a year though). Exactly the same stuff as the 3 in 1. Keeps em slippy! I’ve never used the branded stuff tbh.

It’s most probably a rebranded “white Knight” or:

Merloni Appliances of Italy – a really huge company that uses different brand names around the world including Servis Indesit Ariston Hotpoint Scholtes and some others.

Ie buy as cheap as possible from their many brands. Or buy better.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_makes_Servis_washing_machines#ixzz1anF3rsY8

#Edit – that link is useless. Sorry. But the idea is the same.

This is *NOT* a trick question.

OK – the science answer is – drum roll – the oven has a thermostat.

Once it’s preheated it will maintain the temp you set on the dial. Unless you put 22 frozen chickens in at once.

#Edit – roast chicken dinner with all the veggies is my signature dish – so feel free to ask Q’s

.removing old cleats….any jobs on the bike worse than that ?

Smug response – sorry. Have you ever heard of Copaslip / Copper grease? When you get em out – grease em before you reinstall. A bit late now I know.

My worse job is the winter daily / weekly cleaning of oily grit from the chain / drivetrain. Does my head in.

Assuming this isnt a wind up – and both chickens are inside the oven – and the oven is preheated – and gas or electric – it will take very nearly exactly the same time to cook both (I’d give it 5 mins extra). If on different shelves, try swapping them over.

However, I’m sure this is a trick question and you’re talking about Russian ovens, Agas or something daft – then I dont know.

My view is in here. I owned a bastid, a mickey mouse and this year an XML before this:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/another-dx-light-option-a-mini-review-and-beamshots

In summary – the best budget (but not really really budget at £90) light around for the bars.

neil853 – If you dont get a reply to your mail then try the phone. His email setup wasnt working last week. Also – dont forget to fill in the survey with any feedback!

Peter – my pleasure – and thanks for the beers!

Well I enjoyed that. A bit different and the weather gods were kind to us.

Your location would help?

If you dont recognise the card number – then that is even stranger. Are you sure you dont have an old card that you never use?

Even if you dont use it the details can be nicked from a bank’s call centres etc.

I once had some mobile phones sent to me at home that “I” paid for with my credit card – which I defo did not order. Credit card company got onto it and sorted no problems. The card details were stolen online.

It seems to be the fraudsters try out the card with test transactions at specific retailers.

we’ll be there. Probably Peel carpark.

an enthusiastic teenager with Opinions to share.

I’m used to it. Wait till you meet my nephews! – they wont be there tomorrow!

druidh- as I said – I havent done it. Honestly If I was crazy /fit enough to do this I would call in and see you guys.

But reading his book (he obviously should have gone to see you;) IMO read the book. Any idiot can have a wheel failure. Any idiot will run out of carbs. Etc etc. What hub gets fixed in dodgystan is a different matter.

TJ- I’ll see you at 6 opposite yours.

White Transit Connect this time.

double post!

TJ – how was tonight?

Wed- I can collect you opposite Guilianos(?) around 6. Tons of room.

2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+2 x 0?

I’m not reading any more of this crap, but what it comes down to is:

Is that 2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+2 x 0? <no brackets>
or (implied) (2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+2) x 0 <ie cheating putting in brackets whereever the flip you want>
or (implied) 2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+(2 x 0)? <where brackets should go according to rules>

for those who didnt go to school: implied is the big deal.

If you didnt pay attention in school – Pick A or B. Others feel free to pick C. Them is the rules.

Strangely I did really bad in school. But I got a real interest in this since!

Christ this is embarrassing for mtbers.

There are rules for maths. Simple rules for the 2+2*2 stuff. If you didnt turn up that day at school – then try and relearn.

Having read the book by Mark Beaumont about cycling aroung the world – (and me never having done it) – his recommendation is: not somewhere in Scotland – but … you should read the book. What we think works brill on our roads is crap in kerdicantrememberthenameofthiscountryi-Stan.

11! At least I’m a bloody foreigner so I dont feel so bad whilst I get kicked out!

I have no idea though what ones I got right?

Slab of ale you say!

Actually that bso doesnt look too bad probably costs more than what my missus uses very happily.

I’m in Peebles tomorrow. If I dont have lifts for folk (to GT) then I could arrive around 6ish and spend an hour practicing my “plumbers estimate” teeth sucking technique. I’m a proficient dabbler: know enough to be dangerous to myself and enough to know not to endanger others. email in profile. I keep the usual ferrules, cables etc in the van.

I’m still up for it. North-west-ish if anyone wants a lift. Arriving at GT about 7 seems most popular?

Daft question. The one you get from Argos will be crap and die before the experiment even starts. Therefore – the unboilt one!

A4 plastic backed notepad was a hint. Oxford branded – See Asda or Sainsburys. TBF I feel bad about copying such an ovbiously obvious idea.

Dont get me started on Citreons. We got stopped by the police in Swiss land. Dead bulb in a hire car. V nice police man agreed if we called back in to station after reapair – no charge to hire car company etc. 6 hours sitting in a main dealers. What a joke. £280 for a bulb. And would the hire comapany agree to pay for it? Eventually. Appanently we should have paid the £300 excess to cover poor design.

I think they are still considered snow tyres if they have a snowflake and MS stamped on the side (mud and snow, not marks and spencers).

I think you’re wrong. My MIL calls them snow tyres. It winds my BIL up – he rallys and snow tyres are totally diffenent to winter.

There really has been a lot of BS on this thread. Winter tyres work great from Nov – Mar north of the border – rain, cold, ice, compacted snow. I dont care what happens in Essex. They save me money (ie dont wear over a winter), they mean I and my misses get everywhere (apart from the Essex types blocking the road), and it costs me £30 each spring and autumn to swap 4x tyres back to normal kwik fit summer.

PS I went on a rant last year about this, really – folk are just lazy and ignorant. Do your thing. Some plonker in a renault will do a 360 in front of you and kill a tree. Whether you can drive around him is up to you. You most probably dont need full size tyres. Your owners manual or your dealer will tell you. I know all our cars have different rec winter tyres. My van is the same as summer.

I confess. Front one is original. Rear was something that I used a marker pen to clone (the cover of a plastic backed A4 notebook). Then some comapany started selling them with a snazzy name :;

On ice – great.

Off ice – draggy, noisy, expensive.

Depends how much you want to ride on ice? I got some Ice spikers and Snow studs. Reduce by 1 the number of excuses I might have to stay indoors on the bad days so worth it for me. So far lasted 3 years, and I’ve lent them out to 2 puffers. Still look new.

#Edit – I forgot to say the difference is exactly like: walk on sheet ice with normal shoes. You’ll fall if you turn, run suddenly. Then imagine doing the exact same where someone has evenly sprikled the whole sheet with sharp sand. Basically, you have a whole pile more grip, but not perfect. You can still fall. But you have to be daft to provoke it.

I just spoke to Karl from bikebus and he’s happy to leave later (eg 6.30) and return later. At the minute he’s looking for feedback on the website and also the timings. He’s got a survey on the website so all input is welcome. The email laddress for enquiries doesn’t appear to work though.

In the meantime I’m going down this Wednesday. Lift and bike space available if anyone fancies it.

ask your wife if she wants something doing..

I have. She wants the sound turned up.

Still, tomorrow is Sunday 😉

Time for bed then.

That is one waste of time film. Honestly, you’ll thank me in the morning!

I just got this back:

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.

Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:

enquires@glentressbikebus.co.uk

Strange – I dont know what that means? – I’ll retry the phone on Monday.

#Edit – In the meantime, I’m still up for GT on Wed and can carry bikes plus one human (N/ NW & W edinburgh).