I did Spain just before covid with a 3 year old.
Your might be too small but a bag of “fidgets” from Amazon is about £10 and is basically crap Chinese made toys that kids can fidget with. That and an iPad / headphones kept ours well occupied.

I once purchased tune hubs (ten years ago) and entered an endurance race with them. The rear hub failed with a cracked shell and tune refused to warranty them for free. They replaced the body but wouldn’t supply the custom made bearings for free as they had signs of “wear”.
Cost me about £100 to get it repaired.

Tldr don’t buy tune.

I’m not sure that’s right. I have added and removed spacers from shimano ht2 bbs many times to get a desired chainline.

I would add a spacer to the bb shell and see if it helps.

People spend 5/6 grand on a TV at John Lewis (according to my nephew who works there)it’s all relative I guess.

If it keeps folks like Eddie Masters in a job then keep it going I say.

I had a gravel bike and it was nice. I now have a kona unit rigid mtb and I find it much more fun.

It’s very bike dependent. Santacruz have a nice fabricated internal guide / tube for the hoses to glide through.

My stage 5 went like this…

Struggle to pass hoses through rubber grommets. Sit grommets in boiled water, refit and pass hoses through.

Remove cranks and bb to instal dropper cable. Discover seat tube badly finished at bb junction and have to order internal cable fitting tool.

It was still struggle. Probably took me 3 or 4 hours pissing around to do it all.

I’m pretty reasonable and playing mechanic too.

If the shop is an orange dealer and used to doing it then I reckon £50 but it could be more.

I had a steel hardtail (not a sonder) and upgraded to the same frame in Ti.

Here is what I found:
Lifting onto roof rack. A bit easier.

Cleaning the frame was easier as it didn’t seem to show the muck as easily.

Looks. It looked cool.

That’s about it.

Just an FYI I know it’s not in your short list but avoid the weeride version.
It’s not great in design / execution and if you have issues the company takes weeks to respond. Spare parts take a loooong time to arrive too.

Slightly daft question perhaps but if it is the same group, will they also be hit with fines for travelling out with their local authorities as well?

Nope. Just charged with the house breaking element and the breach of covid rules is seen as an aggrivation of the original offence.
My understanding is that when it comes to sentencing for the more serious offence the breach of covid rules is taken into consideration.

I’m pretty sure that’s the case but not 100%

Worst case scenario when you see the accused if you look down your nose and tut loudly while wearing a suit you quickly find out you didn’t get selected

In terms of tracking flights people have taken…
The data is available but to whom I don’t know. Data protection doesn’t really allow this information freely.

The police can access this data but it needs to be proportionate. Tracking a murder suspect? No problem.

Tracking someone for not paying tv licence? Not going to happen.

Tracking every person coming to the U.K.? I have no idea in the current climate but I’d guess not unless the government pass some sort legislation allowing it.

Some reading…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Border_Targeting_Centre

Passengers on flights entering and leaving the UK are screened by the NBTC.[citation needed] The airlines pass data (passenger name record, or PNR) on each passenger to the NBTC, including date of birth. The NBTC tracks former flights taken by each individual going back up to a decade, and determines whether an individual’s flight history could be suspicious. Each individual is checked against criminal record databases.

It looks at the e-Borders Semaphore system for suspects. It looks mainly for rapists and murderers and pirates.

Yup, imagine you went back in time 100 years.
Would you have much advantage over the rest of civilisation?
I don’t think I would.

I have a basic concept of how a car works and I understand how things like fuel injectors and turbos work.
Could I make one or explain how it’s made? Nope.
Likewise I’m not too bad with computers. But I couldn’t make one!

Ok I thought that might be the case.

I ordered a frame from them and got a good deal.
Communication was not brilliant and when a washer was missing from a headset I ordered I ended up buying a replacement from crc as it was easier.

In short. Not brilliant, not terrible, quite cheap.

It’s against the rules as you are visiting a house.
If you are looking for loopholes you are part of the problem.

Scotland had 500ish infections and 50,000ish vaccinations one day last week so I think it’s ok to say that things are likely to improve soon.

Whilst I think what you are describing is probably fine it’s still an offence.

I don’t think a t-shirt that says “community service or some sort of rehabilitation that looks at the root of the problem for bike thieves” would sell as easily.

I don’t think you would have anpr anywhere near to Laggan.

If you were considering a UE Boom then don’t.
I have one and it was great. Really nice sound. I did a firmware update for it and it bricked.

Contacted UE they offered 5% off a replacement. The speaker was 2 years old.

I have a question for the covid genius’s amongst us.

My son (4) had an outbreak of covid at his nursery and had to isolate. A few days he became symptomatic and tested positive.

We all isolated at home but neither my wife or I took any precautions to stop catching it from him as he was quite upset and needed lots of cuddles etc.

Neither my wife or I caught the virus (no symptoms and were tested twice. How is that possible?

The outbreak at the nursery was quite large and other children seemed to pass it to their parents making them sick in turn. According to the nursery / health board it was the “new” strain which makes it even more confusing that I didn’t catch it.

I got (about 6 years ago) a Microsoft office disc with word and excel etc from John Lewis in a sale for £20

Might be worth checking for old copies in department stores?

I think that’s why the schools have stayed open in part.

It’s simply not possible to homeschool children and hold a job working from home. Age depending you can’t do both.

If your kid is 15 then it’s probably fine but if they are 6 then no chance.

Also if parents are not working as a result of home schooling it only adds to the decline of the economy.

Keeping them open spreads the virus.

Not an easy to resolve situation all round!

Cheers @rollindoughnut. I’m not suggesting schools should remain open for the minority of children that get abused / ill treated. Just saying them being open does help them.

Not sure why Steve is suggesting teachers are a grass and kids have bruises from falling off bikes. Amazingly teachers although not trained in medical forensics are often able to identify when a kid fell off their bike.

It looks a bit like Steve is just trolling.

I thought I would chip in regarding schools being open.

I have no opinion on if they should be open or closed however I thought it would be of interest…

I work in child protection and when the schools are open I deal with average of 3 incidents a day as a direct result of teachers identifying concerns / bruises etc on children. Sometimes it’s a Kid that had a smack on the bum sometimes it’s a serious sexual crime sometimes it’s kids who saw there mum get battered again but I have never had a day with zero incidents… except

During the March / April lockdown I was averaging 1 incident a fortnight at a push.

I live in a city of 230,000

I guess that’s one reason to have kids in school.

Calling hospitals / custody centre etc is the first thing Police do. No point wasting time looking for a person if they are in hospital.

unless you expect the missing person to come to your house then the best thing you can do is go places you know he frequents and have a look.

I can’t comment on all forces but In Scotland a missing person enquiry is treated very seriously and there will be multiple officers working on it until traced.

The only other thing you could do to help is ask the police if they need anything else. I’m sure they have already been in his house but can you offer any idea of something missing? If a tent and hiking shoes are absent Police would want to know. Also can you find a diary or bank
Details? Again Police likely have this but you can offer your services.

Smart phone is not really a requirement for tracing (sarloc obviously easier) but if it’s switched on it can be traced quite quickly if there is enough concern.

6 figures of boba fett with launchable rocket would buy you a new house though 😀

If they are original boxes he could be sitting on a very valuable collection. 6 figures is not unheard of.

Get them stored properly and find a specialist.

Please post back once you find a value!

I have a significant original collection from when I was nipper.
I suspect what you describe is very much better condition than what I have but…

I looked into selling it and in short if they are played with they are not worth very much.

Best thing to do is look on eBay for an idea.

Generally a figure is worth a couple of quid and spaceships etc a bit more.

If they are original 80s toys and still boxed then I would immediately get more friendly with the owner!

I’m struggling to understand why you would not use the app. It alerts you that you could be at risk of carrying a virus that will probably make you sick and could kill people you love. Genuine question @edukator why don’t you or your partner download it?

Some big chains like evans are not able to get credit in the way they used to. I know they had to go pro-forma with lots of distributors as a result of their business practices so I’d guess they just struggle to purchase bikes which is topped off by distributors having poor stock levels.
Evans are not alone in this situation.

I never managed to get the code to work yesterday. Has it been stopped?

Put the front rotor and pads onto the rear. See what that does?

I’m curious as to why case numbers are spiking in France and Spain etc but not here.
I don’t think they would be any worse than us for safe practices?

Facebook is toxic and if you delete it you will be happier.
Most people are abiding by the rules otherwise the infection rate would be much worse.
That said I don’t remember to wash my hands as often as I did in March time which is silly.

I think Seths bike hacks had a whole episode where he built one.

I have a gravel bike that I more or less use a road bike. I don’t know what the roads are like where you live but my old bike had 25c tyres and frankly it made riding horrible on the battered potholed roads where I live.

Gravel bike is fine on the road and I don’t notice much difference.

If you can be bothered to make one this looks like quite a neat, customisable and cheap solution

I posted already but it didn’t seem to be noticed.

Perhaps this will explain it in more detail:

“LISSIE HARPER’S BATTLE FOR JUSTICE.

Dear Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, David Blunkett and any other person in which has the power, moral value and sheer strength of character to right such a despicable wrong for our Country…

I am sure you are acutely aware of the details of the recent trial for the conviction of my late husband PC Andrew Harper’s killers. Not only was this the second of two trials as the first one eventually had to be cancelled due to Covid-19, but it was also an utter injustice. Not only were the three remorseless men found Not-guilty by a possibly influenced jury of 11, but the way in which the trial was conducted, the suspected interference with the jury and the manner in which the defendants behaved was a total disregard for any legal justice system. Myself among what appears to be almost the whole country are frankly outraged and determined to have this miscarriage of justice overturned.

After the worst possible year any person can face I am immensely drained and devastated, More to the point I am not even sure if there is realistically anything that can be achieved by this letter. However what I will say is that if there is even the slightest chance that this abominable injustice can be rectified then I will do everything I possibly can to ensure that it is.

Not only was my husband brutally killed in the most savage and cruel way but he was also an on duty devoted police officer coming to the aid of an innocent member of the public whilst the defendants attempted to commit crimes as they admit without guilt that they do as a lifestyle.

There are many, many details in which made this recent trial atrociously below board including the fact that one member of the jury was dismissed well into the trial due to being over friendly with the defendants as well as their families, in addition to making inappropriate comments to the defendants in court in which was witnessed by members of the prison service. On top of this following the first trial it was suspected that there could be jury interference and was therefore necessary for the jury to be given special protection by the police after detectives had intel to suggest that family of the defendants were making plans to intimidate them. This alone in our eyes should be enough grounds for a retrial.

Further to this there had been moments in which the jury seemed to be behaving questionably, for example smiling up at the defendants families, as well as being seen to run out of court very quickly during lunch breaks possibly in order to avoid the swarms of traveller families camped out outside the court.

Believe me, I could go on and on about all of the aspects of this case that quite frankly have not been considered. It is important to note that the Police and detectives had left no stone unturned in order to provide a wealth of evidence against the defendants to show how culpable they are for the murder of my husband. The prosecution barristers made our case spectacularly and with clarity, dignified in the truth.

On the other side of things laid barely a defence whatsoever. Even the reconstruction in which to so many showed clearly that at least Henry Long would have known that he was dragging a heavy person behind his car played heavily to a conviction of murder. The jury by all accounts had a very clear journey to follow, a story of indisputable facts and detail was right there in front of them for all to see. These are the reasons that leave the entire country shocked and mystified as to how this could have possibly been a trial of honest and equitable decision.

The horrific details of the way in which my husband was killed need no repetition, once heard leave a devastating imprint on the minds of anyone who hears them. So for those who have sat day after day seeing footage and photos more horrifying than any they had probably ever had the misfortune of seeing before, for those who have sat whilst coroners divulge the senseless and heartbreaking injuries that Andrew received that night back in August, how is it at all possible to come to any conclusion other than a guilty verdict of murder?

I am very aware that myself and our families are of course biased, we will always know the truth, and in honesty if this had been a fair trial I may have been more inclined to leave it be and try to accept the verdict that has been reached. However along with the whole world it seems to me, we can all see as plain as day that it clearly has not been a fair trial whatsoever.

So whomever it may be that I must speak to, whoever the correct person, establishment or government body that has the power to help me to claim justice for an innocent man robbed of his life, to ensure that these three immoral, barbaric and shameless men are made to pay for their crimes, not only for Andrew but also for our whole country. I will keep fighting on behalf of Andrew, the future that was stolen from us and also the victims who find themselves in this unjustly situation in the future.

After all, who are we if we allow our legal system to fail us? What is this country if it does not provide justice for the innocent? What does it say to the public and the Police officers, old and new if every day they go out and put themselves at risk to detain these criminals just to witness them be treated so exceptionally lightly in the eyes of the law? It says that we are weak, that we will roll over to the despicable thieves and vile miscreants of this world and literally let them get away with murder.

In total honesty I could write and write until my fingers hurt, I could pour my heart further into this letter, I could scream and shout and stand with fierce determination in the eyes of opposition over this crucial matter. After all what else can I do for my husband now? My heart bleeds for the life that was so selfishly taken from us, but yet in arduous restraint I will not go on any further.

So I implore you to hear my words, see the facts that are laid out before us, and I ask with no expectations other than hope that you might help me to make these changes be considered, to ensure that Andrew is given the retrial that he unquestionably deserves and to see that the justice system in our country is the solid ethical foundation that it rightly should be. Not the joke that so many of us now view it to be.

Please feel able to share my letter far and wide to whomever you see to be appropriate and impactful.

Kindest regards Lissie Harper”

• ⁠Taken from Lissie’s Facebook page.

“trying to understand why the calls to retry them on murder charges.”

It’s in part due to the fear that the jury were corrupted by the families of the accused.

There is significant (but not enough to charge) evidence to show that members of the jury were intimidated by the travelling community in relation the case and one member of the jury behaved “inappropriately” towards the accused by way of nodding and smiling I believe.

Or perhaps it’s because the widow was pretty (what a nasty comment).

Roost Guard will stop motorbikes infront you spraying you with debris / roost.

They don’t really do anything else

https://covebike.com/

They are probably your best bet but postage will be high!