anything made by mavic – its just dosent fit regardless of whatever size i bought!

[quoteI know a few of the steel fixers who built it ! one used to complain he always had too many nuts and bolts left……….its only a matter of time, anyway apart from that its not even straight(as in 90 deg to the floor straight[/quote]

some of the rubbish spouted on here is ridiculous but this really is up there with the very best!

:roll:

sorry i should clarify, my note was about his statement regarding bungs by the Middle Eastern investors to the planning authorities. I was merely statting they were not involved at the time planning was granted.

globalti – i think you need to do some research before making statements like that. The shard was granted planning permission in 2003 (i was involved in the Stage C design!) . In 2007 the consortium of four Qatari banks – Qatari Islamic Investment bank QInvest, Qatar National Bank, Qatari Islamic Bank and Barwa – and Sellar Property Group formed a joint venture with each party owning 20% of the issued share capital of the company (i was involved in the JV agreement!).

Thermolite here, superb

Top In App Purchases

1:50k SZ07£0.69
1:25k SZ39£2.49
1:25k SZ29£2.49
1:25k SZ19£2.49
1:25k SZ09£2.49
1:25k SU30£2.49
1:25k SU20£2.49
1:25k SU10£2.49
1:25k SU00£2.49

our lounge needs a good dusting, its terrible the amount of dust that gathers in here, gets into my eyes

whats wrong with the app – works fine for me

well done, now get the hell outta there, they sound rotten to the core

There is a set of Enve’s with Tune hubs on ebay – its been there a while so chuck him an offer.

here

I tried Dura Ace 7900 Di2 and SRAM Red, ended up with SRAM red for the reasons mentioned in Realmans and whatnobeer posts. Replacement costs and SRAM red (2012) felt superb.

worth every penny
The National Audit Office, drew up a detailed baseline for controlling the budget.

A total of 8.1 billion pounds will be made available to the Olympic Delivery Authority, including 2 billion pounds of contingency.

A total 1.2 billion pounds will be spent on non-ODA activities, such as elite and community sports, the Paralympic Games and security.

Here is an outline of the costs in millions of pounds, including VAT, unless stated otherwise:

Non-ODA costs:

Elite and community sports, 290; Paralympic Games, 66; Look of London, 32; security, 600, and security contingency, 238.

ODA costs:

Site preparation and infrastructure total: 1.94 billion pounds.

This includes work on: power lines, 282; utilities, 255; enabling works, 364; structures such as bridges and roads, 830, and other infrastructure, including landscaping, 206.

Venues total: 1.2 billion pounds.

This includes: the main stadium, 496; other Olympic Park venues, 574, and non-Olympic Park venues, 101.

Transport: 897.

This includes: Stratford regional station, 119; contribution to DLR upgrade, 86, Thorntons Field relocation, 47; contribution to North London Line upgrade, 110; other transport capital projects, 178, and other transport operating expenditure, 357.

Other parkwide projects total: 868.

This includes: logistics for site construction, 337; section 106 and master planning, 127, and security for park construction, 354.

Other costs include:

The government is forecast to contribute 492 million pounds towards the cost of the broadcast and media centres and Olympic village.

The programme delivery, including provision for performance-related payments, 647, and corporation tax and net interest, 73.

The 500 million pounds contingency, which has already been given to the ODA, was broken down also.

It included (in millions of pounds): site preparation and infrastructure, 177; venues, 100; transport, 21; other parkwide projects, 208.

Source: Department of Culture, Meida and Sport.

sad news RIP

I bought a Planet X RT57, sold the stock wheels and kitted it with some Dura Ace C24 from Planet X – 2k with SRAM Force and Dura Ace wheels, its a superb bike.

I think this is my most watched film – me and the good lady love it and our little lad look more like Kevin every day.

lovely out, 43 miles on the road bike in the surrey hills – stunning. I was in bed by 9:30pm, we have a toddler to look after.

Second light bikes – have thought long and hard about their 29er rims.

Enve are the same price – and I would choose Enve over Thomson

A quick report on SRAM Red 2012 – one word – SUPERB. The shifting on the front YAW mech is amazing.

Cannondale Flash 29er.

I switched to a 29er six months ago and ended up selling my beloved ASR 5C as it wasnt getting any use at all. I could not see myself going back to a 26er. A 29er (Cannondale Flash) is simply better in every department.

postman nicked the wiggle parcel – same thing happened to me!

Well done sir. I can’t wait to buy my little lad his first bike, only 3 years to go.

agree – Royal Mail are doing really well in our area. The chap who delivers the parcels know not to buzz more than once as it annoys the lady! :lol:

My road ride was chilly! Rode past some well known trails and didn’t see a single mountain biker. In my opinion that’s a good thing as trails will get time to recover. Lovely say today, felt awful on the bike, just one of those days.

Road ride for me too.

pies, br – im neither in IT, South African or Fat. But have friends who is all three! Lovely chap.

Br – I dont have 150mm either but I did have 140mm 6 months ago and loved it around Surrey Hills. now riding a 29er.

heihei – that has sealed it. leave the trails alone if the conditions are that bad.

Its horrible being made redundant. I lost my dream job in 2008. This was the time when everyone was running for the hills as most of my friends were either made redundant or were at risk. Horrible time. Luckily all of us found jobs elsewhere and I now have a job which I really can call my dream job.

My advice would be to keep an open mind, manage your cashflow really carefully and don’t be too proud to take a step back if it means you keep employed.

All the best with your job hunting.

all good here – ordered a load of bits using the codes and arrived yesterday

rocket ron

City Link – delivered a parcel to me 10 minutes ago! should have been delivered by 5:30pm! I kid you not, he threw the parcel at the steps and walked off!

stepped outside, slid down the steps at the front door. turned around and sat indoors playing with infant mashiehood!

is this the way to amarilo – was on the radio and now three people in the office have it stuck in their heads – arghhhhhhh :mrgreen:

thanks folks. I will go with SRAM Red, cheaper, lighter and the majority vote. Bike discount and Wiggle seem to be the cheapest for the 2012 kit.

i once found a pack of ‘men only’ behind a tree in the surrey hills!

good choice – will be a great set of wheels.

i tried really hard to get into the series but the plots just got silly – how many times did she sneak into the room!, taking on a dozen guys and walking away. In the end i just got bored!

sorry – you got one.