I remember reading an interesting tweet from @Lord_Sugar recently. Went along the lines of retailers have set pricing points, £9.99, £99.99, £199.99 and so on. These will never change so retailers will either swallow the increase or more than likely they will put the squeeze on their suppliers in order that they pay less for the goods in the first place!
Kinda makes sence when you think about it….

Toughened glass will still shatter and the sharpe edges can cause minor cuts and abrasions. A laminated glass would be a better solution for a shop front.

Onone are doing a rather nice merino top for £27.50. I’ve lived in mine through this cold spell!

Was even worse in HD!

If the problem persists and is an inconvenience to rectify you could invest in a trace heating element. A small filament of wire is inserted in the pipe and when the temperature drops below s predetermined level the wire heats up preventing a frozen pipe.
As a side issue you also get trace heating for gutters as a few insurers are getting pissed of paying out for roof repairs every year when your gutters ice up!

Morgan has done well to avoid the question of the bog attendant bashing, maybe time he changed his name to piers bashire!

Say the drive is 15 x 4.
Dig x 200mm deep at £3 = £180
Disposal x 12m3 @ £50/m3 = £600
150mm type 1 base @ £7/m2 = £420
6×2″ kerb @ £15/m = £570
50mm carpave @ £18/m2 = £1,080.00
Total for 60m2 drive = £2,850.00 or £47.50/m2

I got 10m from CRC and IIRC it was plain black cause I had exactly the same thought…..kinda figured that CRC wouldn’t be down with such shenanigans though!

Merlin, front and rear, blue on XM719’s, delivered in 8 working days, £280ish, can’t complain :-)

Worth remembering that Howdens carcases come ready built.

I personally wouldn’t pay any more than £40/unit, £100/3m length of worksurface and £20/m for pelmit, cornice and plates.
You also need to budget for cutting holes, electrics etc.

Tried using it but it wouldn’t pick up a gps signal. Loaded google maps and it found me in seconds!

Also if you are trapping fingers between brake lever and bars, either your brakes needs bleeding badly or you need to lay off the pies.

You’ve never owned Juicy 3’s have you?
I got a set bled after one ride and they came back just as bad as before……..waste of £20!

Now it’s back up I am rather enjoying reading all the updates along the lines of
“arg **** fb is down, stupid **** thing”
Get a life guys…..it’s a free service. If you had to pay you’d have a valid complaint, you don’t so get up and speak to someone face to face!

Hmmmm, **** it!
Floating rotors it is. Perhaps the looks will take the eye of my poor riding skills :-)

Dunno if I fancy filing my forks / callipers!
Might just make do with blue pro 2's….

Perfect.

Cheers guys

This used to happen to my phat PS3. IIRC it was an easy fix, something to do with changing an IP address in the PS3's settings.
Check out the PS3 forums and do a search!
Good luck.

Edit: try searching the error code, that's how I found the fix

Now lets see how far into last year they get walloped for cheating in Germany

Thats a bit strong, team orders have and always will play a part in F1!

If it's on o2 they will unlock it for free if you follow the link on their web site.
Then you can either:
1) give it to a mate to use PAYG
2) sell it on fleebay or flog it to one of the many recycling sites

I took my 16gb 3G to CEX and got around £190 cash if my memory serves me!

An interesting final though from the link above….just need the message to get out there!

However, not all bike shops think the scheme is dead in the water.

One said: "From my reading of [HMRC's rule change] the employer can sell the bike to the employee for whatever they like, ie £5. However the difference between the amount that the employee pays for the bike and HMRC’s valuation of the bike would become a benefit in kind and therefore taxable.

"So £1000 bike (£850 ex vat): HMRC’s valuation £250

"Employee pays £5 for the bike, and Tax/NI on £245 (£54 Tax + £25NI) So in effect pays a final payment of £84.

"This is still a massive saving."

You don't have to buy the bike at the end of the hire period. Should you work for a sympathetic company (or any sensible company) I'm sure they won't want year old bikes sitting about the work place gathering dust. The easiest way to stop this is to let the original lease'ee (is that a word) hold on to the bike and continue to ride thus keeping the workforce fit and happy.
Lets face it, the monthly hire charge covers the cost of the bike and your employer pays less NI for the hire priod so its not like anyone has lost out!
Final point…as you don't have to purchase the bike there is nothing stopping you apply for a new one every year. Just face up to the fact that you never own it!

I got a deep pink 456, people stare but no one has ever said anything.
At the end of the day you are usually flashing past them to quick for a witty comment to form in their minds!
Friends on the other hand will always take the piss :)

I'm in Selkirk the now and it's dry and windless….so far!

It's the thought that counts :-)

To make up for it I was trying to find a link to the site I got my Thomson from but iPhone browser sucks, think I paid just under £55 delivered.
If I get chance tomorrow I'll do a proper search.
What diameter bars you running karnali……..25.4?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Thomson70mm0degreestem

Been desperate to try this out for myself :-)

Was just about to post and say that you are entitled to a cash settlement no matter if they can replace the goods or not and that they usually settle for a figure around 20% less than the value.
If you are prepared to be a stick in the mud you could probably reduce that to 10 to 15% by arguing that you could not replace them for the devalued settlement!
I would also hazard a guess at this but they should not be able to dictate who you go to to buy the bikes…..I would argue that it was a frame with aftermarket parts that cannot be replaced unless you buy it all separate and rebuild from the ground up :-)

My 456 is killing my back, love it but can't seem to get it set up correct!
:cry:

Make your own mind up……it is great fun though :D

Can I say pink bikes are gay

You can say it….but it don't make it true so if your cruisin you best move one :twisted:

Me toooooo :-)

Thats what I've done for the last of my three bikes and two for my work mates.

Just make sure you get yourself a good contract written up (can send you a copy of mine) and that everything is above board on your accounts side.

Went for a lap of the local single track this morning and was enjoying the bike so much I made it two laps…had the wife not been waiting for me at home with a paint brush I'd still be lapping.

Nick….. The secret is loads of helium in the tyre and fork :wink:

Not exactly strong blue!
As Soma_rich I was surprised by the weight, 28lb with pedals.
Rides just as well as my short travell HT :D

And before anyone says it, yes the cables do need shortened!

Glentress…….someone had to get it out the way :twisted:

Wash with a clear silk/wool liquid and no fabric softner.

Harsh liquids and softners tend to stop the breathability of the fabrics…..and as above if all else fails merino is your friend :-)

They look better in Deep Pink……if it ever arrives ;-)

Any one else feel jimmy carr was a waste of time and only there for his own publicity?

It's really easy to set your own scheme up if your employer is a small business.
I got a series of forms from EBC, altered them to suite our office and bought the bike with a company credit card.
Salary sacrifice was easy to impliment through the pay roll system and our office has had 4 bikes out it over the last 3 years……hopefully soon to be 5 ;-)

To be fair…….this year……..you could do that any weekend :-)

Give us a shout when you are ready to slide about on two wheels again!