Anyone using the term “motorbikerist” automatically invalidates any opinion they have or comment they make.
That bike has the sex appeal of a breast feeding Neanderthal.

project – Member
Best for the tradesman to work out the time the job should take, and add 15%.
Why would you do that if you have worked out what the job should take? Lord almighty
Because that allows a fee or charge for extra work and time taken you can also give it back to the customer as a sweetner if theyre happy with the job.

Obviously you work in an hourly paid job, and get paid for the hours you attend.

Assumption is the mother of all **** ups. I’d imagine you probably make a lot of those.
Charging a refundable contingency for possible extra work appears you didn’t look at the job properly to start with and are afraid of making a mistake. That’s one of the most ridiculous practices I’ve ever heard of. Another would be offering a customer a refund/sweetener (that even sounds criminal) because you think you over charged. I wouldn’t trust you as far as I can spit.
My customers get a detailed itemised quote, including a scope of work, so they know precisely what the cost will be and what will be done for that cost. I don’t need to pad quotes because I work them out properly and know what my profit margin will be. Anything that falls outside of that scope of work would obviously be an addition and consequently alter the contract resulting in the customer having the option to include at additional cost the extra work.
This is called being honest and thorough. Sweeteners are for tea coffee and politicians.

project – Member
Best for the tradesman to work out the time the job should take, and add 15%.

Why would you do that if you have worked out what the job should take? Lord almighty!

totalshell – Member
was stopped in the street today and asked to uncap the gas and issue a gas safety certificate as he’d sorted the leaky fire himself but couldnt work out how to reinstate the supply.. i was asked why i would want paying for what couldnt be more than 5 mins work..as i was already working next door.

Couldn’t you just have farmed it out to one of your poorly paid casual minions?

Always the optimist Smith!

I had a minor stroke two weeks before my vacation and that in addition to asthma resulted in a quote for insurance of £2949.00. Not surprising I guess.

The chances of the hot tap relying on the pump are very slim. In most cases only the showers are pumped because the hot tap is low enough on the system to work with gravity. The pump needs only a very small flow rate to start up and it will be either on or off. I would start as previously stated by checking the commissioning procedure which includes setting maximum achievable temperature. This is something you can probably do yourself at no cost.. All other responses are making unnecessary assumptions and over complicating a simple step troubleshooting process. Once you establish that it has either been set properly or not, you can then resolve it or move on to the next least expensive step. Replacing the thermostatic cartridge. Again, if the valve is less than 3 – 5 years old and a major brand, you have a good chance of replacing that under warranty. Also something you may be able to do yourself. Then follow the commissioning process again to set maximum temp.

If you have tank feed hot and cold and a double impeller pump the pressure of the hot and cold water to the pump will be equal and if the pump is feeding a shower remotely, I’d guess that’s how it’s set up. Sounds to me like neither shower was ever commissioned properly. However, it never pays to guess what a plumber might do. You need the help of a good plumber. Good luck with that.

The camera is worth about 3 to 400 pounds depending on condition/accessories etc.. To convert to digital will cost a whole lot more than that. It’s a great quality medium format slr camera and has been the favourite of many professional photographers for many years. However there are a lot available on the market and as with many things which are for all intents and purposes obsolete, it’s slowly dropping in value at the moment. Also due to to the advent of better and better digital alternatives. I’d hang on to it if I were you. It’s a beautiful piece machinery and film is still available to use it as it was originally designed.

I don’t like to dwell on the past.

Depends how rad you want to look.

project – Member
Just as a reminder the middle pedal is a brake pedal.

Knowing where the brake pedal is doesn’t help if you can’t combine use of all the controls to maintain safe operation of the vehicle. It will make little difference to the out come if you hit a bike while the brake is being applied.

Most of these type of put down are vain attempts to take the focus of ones own inabilities.

I beleive I made it clear I was staying at home.

Since the very beginning drug assistance has been an integral part of the TDF. A hundred years ago, it was openly accepted. Plus other forms of cheating, including sabotage and violence.
Honestly! GTF over it. It was deemed unfair, reluctantly made illegal and people carried on. Some have been exposed, some have been vilified. Some have gotten away with it because they stayed under the radar. Mostly by not winning. Some have found new ways to not get caught.
And it goes on…
Have you watched the moto GP. It’s much more entertaining and not a mention of drugs anywhere.

theocb – Member
Prices, weights (with comparisons would be great) and links would all be helpful.

Would you like us to build it for you as we’ll. lazy bugger! 🙄

The request to take your bike away is rubbish. This is between her insurance co and yours. Neither one of you should be contacting the other directly. Any request or communication that is made outside of those channels, ask for in writing and forward to your insurer. As for the advice about getting information from the police. That’s not true either. Any information gathered by the police is covered by the data protection act and will not be disclosed to you, only to your insurer who will have to request the information. Put them to work. That’s what you pay them for.

Make it single speed. You can ride it till the rings are smooth. 🙂

I sold a cannondale to a chap in South Korea when I was living in the states. It took a while to get there and he was becoming a little nervous. PayPal took the funds back. However, when the bike was delivered, everything resolved to both our satisfaction. So, proceed with caution. Look for seller protection such as confirmed address etc. cover yourself basically but remember, it can work work both ways. There has to be an element of trust for it all to keep working really. We do have a global market now after all. 🙂 Also, more bidders means a better end result for you. Especially when emotions are involved.

mikewsmith – Member
see the box top right with the word search in it?
or try google with
singletrackworld 26 29
once you have read them then come back if you want and re read the same stuff over and over and over again.

Trying to be polite but it’s been done to death – looks like you just popped out of the classifieds to do some market research

I love this type of condescending remark. It assumes everyone should spend every spare moment they have trolling the site to gain a full knowledge of the history of subjects covered to prevent repetition.
Sometimes you just think of a question and want to ask it,
If you’re the type of person who becomes irritated by someone who wants to cover a subject you think has already been done. P**s off back to your hole and take your misery with you. There are plenty on here happy to repeat themselves for the benefit of those who aren’t quite as brilliant as you.
It’s a perfectly valid question which has answers that are constantly evolving as the industry and market continue to change attitude toward this subject.

How about not being so hard on the bike? I hear there’s a new brand out of the US called Wolverine making frames out of adamantium.

I hope you’re ready for a good bashing. Cus you need one. Better get your anti troll suite on.

I can’t explain the physiology of it but yes they hurt.

already been to russells hall a&e. they diagnosed the headache and sent me home with a promise of a letter for a scan. fat good that will do if i’ve had a brain bleed.

Ask your wife to do it for you.

Bin it.

Quite an interesting topic, one I have with a lot of my clients, the one thing I try telling them is wheel size will not make them a better rider! It will make them a lazy rider that’s for sure but we must go back to basics eventually! I’m a very fast downhiller by all standards but a bigger wheeled bike would just ‘dampen’ this effect.

What colour is the sky in your world?

I have and I do from time to time. Its very hard to avoid it. I’ve had very few altercations with walkers because I try to be considerate and polite. However, there have been occasions when I’ve been confronted with comments like. “This is a footpath”. I tend to reply by either saying. “Oh, thanks for letting me know’. Or. “Thats OK, I’m travelling in meters”.

Hey! If you ask and you receive…..all good for you. Enjoy.
But a little risky loaning someone’s kit. I once had a geezer standing by the trail with a girl ask me if he could have a go on my bike. “Sure”, I said. “If I can have a go on your misses while your away”.

I don’t loose sleep over missing segments. Enjoy the good and roll with the not so good. As previously stated. It’s a free app, unless you upgrade, and for what it is you really can’t grumble.
You can’t take it all for granted anyway because there always going to be to large a margin of error and cheaters to contend with. Like the chap who holds a KOM on a road climb segment where the next slowest rider is doing 17.5 miles an hour opposed to his 36. Hmm.

I wonder if maybe its more likely related to dodgy mobile GPS signal or crappy software. I found that some iphones 3, 3G, and 4 struggle to find and keep a signal on occasions and yet the Samsung S3, Nokia Lumia and LG Google 4 I have also used never had issues ??

You can’t hide it FeeFoo. Idiot. Sorry if that offends. I should have said, ‘challenged’.

Oo oo, I have a question. What gear do you think I should use to get up a hill?

I remember when when we used to cast our tubes out of pig iron and forge them onto our wooden wheels. Oh, those were the days.

I think it’s up to you.

At the moment. I’d have to give a 2 out of ten for the Matt black only. It looks dangerous! 🙂

Oh, sorry for the loss buddy. Hope you get some resolution.

Yes , but technically the thief would never be totally without the penis. And a little presumptuous to conclude that all bike thieves are in possession of one to begin with.

Oh shit. Now the cats out of the bag. Thanks a lot Pete. 🙂

I wouldn’t come here if I didn’t expect a bashing. It’s all good.