Speak to an accountant and/or go into your local tax office (HMRC) if there is one near you.
It is your employer or potential employer (therefore client/ customer) that will need to give you the option of being selfemployed, or stay PAYE.

http://www.facom.fr/com/interactive_catalog/catalogue/appli.htm

automotive

What car have you ? that will determin the type of brake windbacktool you get, plus oil filter remover etc..
If you can bluff your way into getting a Halfords Trade card then there stuff can be very cheap (sometimes, not always) .

Its possible to hire a floor-sander machine and do the work yourself.

Was there not some CEN test for frames?
Ah yes thats where the BS that cynic-al mentioned for BS EN 14766 came from.

CharlieMungus
I like yer style

http://beefmagazine.com/mag/beef_improving_genetics_reproductive/

"However, the technology may never become economically viable for large-scale production of calves."

An amazing complicated and expencive way to make dog food.

As already pointed out, the OP is asking specificly for Irish WhiskEy.

Before gore-tex and other plastic jackets people wore Tweed, and some still do, quite happily.

Its a good thing that I said conditioner, yes fair point nockmeister.

Schwalbe Technical Information
http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/shop.sfxp
Page 14
"Wider tires roll better than narrow ones. This assertion
generally generates skepticism, nevertheless at the same
tire pressure a narrow tire deflects more and so deforms
more."
Page15
"Why do wide tires roll better than
narrow ones?
The answer to this question lies in tire deflection.
Each tire is flattened a little under load. This creates
a flat contact area.
At the same tire pressure, a wide and a narrow tire have
the same contact area. A wide tire is flattened over its
width whereas a narrow tire has a slimmer but longer
contact area.
The flattened area can be considered as a counterweight
to tire rotation. Because of the longer flattened area of
the narrow tire, the wheel loses more of its “roundness”
and produces more deformation during rotation.
However, in the wide tire, the radial length of the
flattened area is shorter, making the tire “rounder” and
so it rolls better."

Fabric conditioner is as good as any waterproofer, it what makes cotton towels fluffy and useless at absorbing water.

W L Gore has very good customer service (a least it used to) and are worth phoning to discuss anything made of their goretex fabric regardless of who made the garment.
http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite?c=fabrics_cont_land_c&childpagename=goretex_en_GB%2Ffabrics_cont_land_c%2FWashingInstructionsLandingSEO&cid=1148660785964&p=1148660788133&pagename=SessionWrapper

Preferably not one of these
http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-001/FAIL-123.html

The less people know about bikes the further they seem to get: ignorance is bliss.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/aug/24/racer-rosa-bicycles-bike
"If you've bought a high-end bike from a big name manufacturer recently, then it may well have been air-freighted and its production certainly involved planet-damaging chemicals – particularly so if it was made from carbon fibre."

Not so long ago Carrots were the future
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/25734/Carbon-fibre-famine-could-be-ended-by-carrots

Complete the following: Snap like a C…..

But recycling plastic should be commended, although its more likely to get burnt in a power station like some old tyres are.

Carbon Fibre Reinforced PLASTIC (CFRP)
Is it the plastic that is being recycled or the fibres?

"do they use a resin to bind the material or is it just heat that is used? "
http://www.substech.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=carbon_fiber_reinforced_polymer_composites

Some CFRP has as much as 70% carbon fibre in it, the rest can be thermo or thermosetting plastic.

Some people can be a bit fussy about the materials they use
http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/technical_regulations/8697/fia.html
"10) Thermoplastics : monolithic, particulate filled, short fibre reinforced.
11) Thermosets : monolithic, particulate filled, short fibre reinforced.
12) Carbon fibres manufactured from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor. (*)
13) Carbon fibres manufactured from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor which have :
– a tensile modulus ¡Â 550GPa ;
– a density ¡Â 1.92 g/cm ;
– unidirectional or planar reinforcement within their pre-impregnated form, not including three dimensional weaves or stitched fabrics (but fibre reinforcement using Z-pinning technology is permitted) ;
– no carbon nanotubes incorporated within the fibre or its matrix ;
– a permitted matrix, not including a carbon matrix."

foxyrider
has probably got it right.
But what shoes are they make/ model?

http://www.bikeschool.com/
Spoke calc

This guy is not keen on Campagnolo UT
http://www.roguemechanic.typepad.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS0UAqq3xl4&feature=related

There are some thoughts on bottom brackets on
http://www.highpath.net/
under Cycle information

"Square-taper bottom bracket
There are two versions of this design. Both have 2° tapers but JIS (Japanese) ones are slightly fatter than ISO (European) ones; this means that a crank goes further onto an ISO axle than a JIS one. However they can often be mixed so long as each crank mates with at least 2/3 of its axle taper without bottoming on the end."

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id176.html

Whats the difference between a bush and a bushing?
When is a bush not a bearing?

FEA Flexing Each Atom?

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/store-manager-936541671?src=search

Design and make your own

Its how rats get into your house up the sewagepipe and through the water-trap in the lavy pan.

Norbar make some of the best torque wrenches around, plus they have a calibration facility that other manufacturers use.

It is estimated that approximately 450 million people worldwide have a mental health problem.

– World Health Organisation (2001)

Quirrel, you just met one, another 449999999 to go.

Liff do a couple of products Lime Beater Lime Fighter. No idea if they are effective , just know that their other stuff works OK their filters are good for cleaning-up water of particulate and taste.

http://www.titaniumarts.com/content/bikeart/anodizing.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXmWziLAlBU

Anodising only really works well on new (corrosion and scratch free) aluminium.
http://www.hard-anodising.co.uk/the-anodising-process.asp
"Any defects such as corrosion or polishing 'burns' will be emphasised rather than hidden."

Both Mark Beaumont and James Bowthorpe got by with Schwalbe tyres.
http://www.schwalbetires.com/node/1320

CFRP is it Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic or Plastic Reinforced Carbon Fibre?

There is a small bit of info about bikes in Modern Physical Metallurgy & Materials Engineering (Sixth Edition) by R.E.Smallman R.J.Bishop
"The latest type of low alloy steel for frames, available in either cold-drawn or heat treated condition (Reynolds 631 and 853), is air hardening. Although inherently very hard (400VPN), TIG welding increases its hardness in the HAZ. It possesses better fatigue resistance than other alloy steels and its strength / weight ratio make it competitive with Ti-3Al-2.5V alloy and composites."

Have a look on youtube

Ask Reynolds.
T: +44 (0) 121 777 3853
F: +44 (0) 121 777 3153
E: toptubes@reynoldstechnology.biz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT3nH0mxPCY&feature=related