I had this issue with a Chromecast, and fixed it by buying:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BECPIMC/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ugreen-Ethernet-adaptor-Chromecast-network/dp/B01N1X28F1

Basically the first one makes your mains circuit capable of transmitting data (one plug connected by the router, the other wherever he wants to receive the data) and the second link enables you to plug the chromecast (and hopefully firestick – check it’s compatible??) into this via an ethernet cable – so essentially a wired connection direct from the router to the firestick via your mains circuit.

So… here’s what you get for 25 Euros! (was actually £37 inc tax and delivery)

Looks like it’s been sandblasted or scrubbed to remove paint, but very light and all threads seem good.. tiny bit of residue on one of the chain stays but all seems fine (according to my untrained eyes)

Link is at the top of the thread if anyone wants one, currently 29 Euros

Thanks DezB, scotroutes, simon_g, orena45 and anyone else who helped identify it 🙂

Stick some forks on it along with some wheels, a drive train and finishing kit and what you will have there is a fully working bike.

Might not be up to date ‘standards’ or fashionable but it’ll be a bike regardless of what anyone else says.

Bargain really. As long as you don’t spend a fortune on the rest of the kit.

Yeah that’s what I’m intending to do, hopefully second hand / sales / spare bits and I can do it all in for around £350ish 🙂

Is that just an xc angle?  Admittedly I don’t know much about bike geometry.. That’s all I’ll be using it for anyway.. not too bothered about looks, my current bikes are a right state.. just as long as they don’t break on me..

It’s been dispatched but not turned up yet – will post pics when it turns up (prob a week or so)

Yeah I’ve never had a raw finish so honestly wouldn’t know.. does it just get a bit of surface corrosion or does it affect the strength long term?

BTW it does say 16.5″ c to c on the chart so I presume it’s gonna be about 18ish to the top of the seat tube.. so hopefully big enough for me if I stick in a 400mm post..

I was thinking keeping it plain and then custom stickers off ebay? Think I’d mess up any paint job.. or will it go weird if I keep it raw?

I have no idea – I presumed a straight steerer 1 1/8th 29″ fork would fit? Or have I missed something?

Oh and if anyone can help identify which “very famous brand from southern Europe” manufactured it that would be much appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAhJor6C4ik ?

24000 fans have applied for ticket to go to Russie, they must be crazy .

Even the players must be scared about it.

No way I would go as a fan.. if I was a player I’d be more worried about them contaminating food/drink with banned substances.. Putin would love it for our whole team to fail tests..

Thanks man, grabbed the 4TB version for £75!

No worries 🙂

Been self employed for about 20 years.. the main thing I’d establish is how many customers you need in order to pay initial outlay, overheads and your wages, and then whether that is a realistic number to target (can you do that much work in a week – see what your competitors are doing to see if those numbers are viable) and a plan about how you’re going to target those customers and make them aware of your products/services.  If no-one knows about you, you will fail – even if you haven’t got the budget of your competitors, you can still reach your demographic by being creative, you just need a plan.

If you think that it’s realistic that you can get the X number of new customers per month (every month) that you need, then it’s worth pursuing (ideally as a part-time venture initially to cut down the risk)

All IMHO of course, no doubt others will have better advice..

Couple of budget alloy offerings – Raceface Evolve is £36 and Brand-X is £12 at CRC

From what I gather they’re a Chinese mould making company who also dabble in telephone equipment..

I’m with 5plusn8 on this, it’s about low offers and bluffing IMO

The agent doesn’t really care about the price, and will just want a sale. The difference in their commission for an extra £10,000 is tiny in comparison to the commission they lose if the sale doesn’t go through.

Don’t give much away when you view the property, as if they realize you’re in love with it then you’ll be paying more. View other properties with the same agent to emphasise that you have other options. Try and find out why the owner is selling and how desperate they are..

If your first offer is accepted, then you’ve bid too high.. you can always bid higher, but it’s pretty difficult to agree a new lower price once you’ve already reached an agreement..

Money sounds smaller when talking in 1000’s, so don’t fall into the trap of “It’s only 5 extra..” £5,000 is a huge amount..

Look at the property’s previous sale and current listing history.. see how long it’s been on the market and how much the price has dropped since day 1.. also some agents list different prices on different websites, worth checking them all.. someone near me overpaid by 25k on a property that had been on the market for 2 years as they’d agreed based upon the price on the most expensive listing..

Use common sense.. the agent I last dealt with said “They will accept your offer, but it would be a really nice gesture if you could maybe pay an extra grand”. Which I surprisingly didn’t feel like paying.

Edit: Don’t be afraid to ask them outright.. “I don’t want to mess you around at all – What’s the lowest you’ll realistically accept for the property?” Worst case scenario is they tell you the asking price, but you’ll be surprised how many people will give you a price substantially under, which you might be able to negotiate down further if you bid close to it..

Just my 2 cents, feel free to disregard..

https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/top/?sort=top&t=month

or

https://www.reddit.com/r/fullmoviesonyoutube/%5B/url%5D

These might help, bit of a mixture but good stuff gets voted to the top usually..

I was slightly disappointed that the Ollie Plimsolls second dream sequence didn’t turn out to be the school kids cruelly encouraging him so they could take the piss behind his back..

As someone else pointed out on here..

“It’s certainly a much better day today than yesterday”
“It’s great to bounce back after difficult day (yesterday)”
“I felt quite within myself today”
100% fit and healthy today? “Yeah – I felt fine today”

Not the words of someone who had was suffering that badly he had to take an excessive amount of (or go right up to the limit on) his asthma drugs..

To me he just struck me as a bit of a freak of nature and naturally gifted on a bike but not the sort to involve himself in the shadier side.

I wouldn’t buy into the freak of nature, naturally gifted line.. yes he’s better than the average rider on here by a distance, but he was a very average professional cyclist til his mid twenties where he suddenly transformed himself into the best climber and time trialist on the planet. He’d previously been kicked out of the Giro for hanging on to a motorbike to make the time limit.

His sudden transformation at the Vuelta was a shock to his own team, as otherwise they’d have transferred leadership to Froome sooner and he’d have easily beaten Cobo, rather than be made to work for a clearly struggling Wiggins.

His excuse for this transformation was that he was suffering from Bilharzia since 2009 (which doesn’t explain why he didn’t achieve much before this date, certainly nothing to show he would dominate Grand Tours) but has contradicted himself in interviews about the gender of the doctor who diagnosed him, the year he was diagnosed and the location.

To me it’s all a bit donkeys into racehorses.. transformations like this don’t happen in cycling..

Why isn’t his mum writing him a PE excusal note when his asthma gets bad?

She would but her laptop got stolen on holiday..

Buy £300 worth of xmas crackers
£50 worth of rude novelty toys from aliexpress
£50 worth of custom stickers to re-label crackers.
£20 on a domain and hosting
£10 on printing out jokes from sickipedia
£70 on advertising Facebook page and giving away freebies for likes/shares

SickJokeCrackers.com

Couldn’t see any mention of Ms Palmer yet?!

Might be slightly NSFW..

There is a NSFW version of this video featuring Ms Palmer for those who’d like that kinda thing!

Amazon’s Black Friday Cycling Deals are here – a few items are ok, but plenty of cheap unknown gear with inflated RRPs IMO..

Edit: had to shorten the URL to get it to work

Wetherspoons? Free WiFi, free Coffee refills, mains sockets, use the App to order so you don’t have to leave your laptop unattended? Edit: Ah scratch that, seems to be 9am opening for my local, sorry 🙁

Tom Dumoulin during stage 16 of this years Giro

Thanks guys, will have a think 🙂

RHLSTP?

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast – essentially him having hour long chats with celebrities/comedians using (usually slightly filthy) questions they’ve never been asked before. Had everyone from Fry, Izzard, Coogan, Pegg etc to lesser known.

This reads like an advert, it ain’t, I just love this series!

Just found this piece about Possum – the real life Bubbles from the Wire..

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-03-16/news/1992076028_1_possum-police-department-baltimore

Turns out the hot shots and hats etc were based upon real life events..

Assumed they’d gone bust.. seems Mango Bikes have rescued them?

Never had any of their products, but this article makes for interesting reading..

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/what-the-hell-happened-at-vulpine/021275

My name is Joey, and back in the day when I raced I managed to somehow take wrong turns on clearly marked XC courses.

7) Do you still do TV work? Haven’t see you on there for years..

5) Do you still hear from *more successful ex comedy partner*? They’re so funny!

When you meet a comedian in real life it’s best to say “hello. I think you’re really funny”.
Then everyone feels good.

Nah, everyone knows you 1) Shout catch phrase, 2) Ask them where they get their crazy ideas from, and then 3) Tell them you’re not too keen on their latest stuff.

When I get those calls I either start to tell them about my (fictional) accident, making it as depraved and disgusting a story as I can come up with, to see how long they last before hanging up.

Or I tell them that I’ve got a case to claim on, but will just be a sec, and ask to put them on hold.

One guy lasted 21 minutes of this on repeat before he realised..