Henry VIII was the last person in England to have a common law wife. Something to do with the Pope.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2006/en/aspen_20060002_en_1.htm

common law partner, does that not just apply to the unique position of the soveriegn?

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/exb/a-z/m/mileage-expenses.htm

Oregon red fluid grease.
Or thick gear oil.

http://www.lhthomson.com/carbon_seatpost.htm

http://www.specialized.com/es/en/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=41851&menuItemId=0&eid=0
"advanced composite weave combines high strength and stiffness with excellent comfort"

stiffness with comfort……….. now that is advanced !
also, High modulus = stiff

Do people still use Thudbuster or USE suspension seatposts?

Oscar Pistorius has flexy CFRP legs, but even they break some times. A credit to the man's resilience is that he never seems to see this as more than a minor set back.
CFRP is fairly strong in tension, but not so good in compression.
Also fracture toughness of CFRP is not so great.

What about
http://www.vernonbarkercycles.co.uk
?

CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic) was originaly developed as a material with a higher stiffness to weight ratio than aluminium, steel, titanium.
Is bike carbon fibre different from CFRP?

http://aluminium.matter.org.uk/content/html/eng/default.asp?catid=89&pageid=2144417038

Sorry , Surrey was mentioned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh4-o8z-22A

http://www.michelinbicycletire.com/michelinbicycle/index.cfm?event=airpressuremtb.view

Wadders

"Do people really bother to measure this sort of thing?"

amazingly yes
http://bikefitkit.com/fit_kit/seat_height.php?osCsid=f4752400b106a556fffec17a437d029f&

The last time Bonthrone went bust
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/19755/Bonthrone-goes-belly-up

June 2006

What paste is it that you are using?
Tacx, Effeto, Finishline, Pace….. ?

http://www.sutherlandsbicycle.com/Chapter11.pdf

http://cyclespeugeot.com/Threading.html

Tips?
Do not back horses.

"Nasty Italian" is that possible.
Some nasty Italian kids bikes, however are made of rusty putty disguised as metal.

Marchisio sprockets seem to last longer than most.
From:
Highpath
Webbline
ParkerInternational

Although they do not have the same slick gear changes as Sram, Shimano.

As long as its the right recycle bin. Some nasty Italian kids bikes are made of the stuff that failed to become cat food tins.

chiropractors are quacks

Once you start changing enough bits it is sometimes easier to start with a different bike.

The french BB thread might be awkward to retap (taps can break in the process) :
British 1.370" x 24F tpi left / right
French 35mm x 1mm right/ right

Some tandems have other strange quirks:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/bart.html

Also the Peugeot frames are commonly metric size tubes, strange size seat posts and front mech sizes needed. Plus, headsets that convince most people to abandon and get a different bike.

Keeping cats away either a shotgun or some people say orange peel is smelly enough.
There are some people that advise against combining the lawn turf into a raised bed because of the pests that can be found in it leather jackets etc.

Enigma

http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/pdf/techinfo.pdf
page 21

http://www.hopegb.com/page_mep_force_58.html

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id254.html

highpath

Buckfast, its what the discerning pub goer can be found guzzling.

Highpath

The Borders is Fishing, Rugby and Horses. Oh nearly forgot Shooting.
There is some 4×4 driving .
There is somewhere that does Archery:
http://www.yumping.co.uk/archery/eastcote-archery-centre–e15753

http://www.exploringscotland.co.uk/show_listing.php?id=2430

Loctite 222

So important to have the right shorts, dont you think? about 2 minutes in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mg6NbIjmOM

As well as Wurth Rost Off there is
Loctite Freeze and Release http://loctitefreezeandrelease.com/

Ambersil Rust Flash
etc

Decking , rats like to live under decking dont they?
A big bonfire should do the trick.

Black ones are good.

Did some one recommend kwikfit????????

http://www.kwik-fit.com/tyre-technology.asp

straight from kwikfit web site. can anyone make sense of it?
"Nitrogen is completely safe. And by using it in a mixture with oxygen to inflate your tyres the theory is that it’s possible to negate the issue of slow deflation, which is caused by oxygen slowly infusing through the tyre wall from the atmosphere. "

"From the atmosphere" ?????
what is air if its not oxygen (20.9%) and nitrogen (78%)?

Dynamite

or it might not.