I have one of them at home too – says “stay fast, Jason”. Obviously he knew I was well fast.

As for worth, probably little to nothing sadly.

Every policy I have or have had has made it clear up front that it is an auto renew if it is one. They have also sent a revised premium letter for the auto renew, which advises me that it will auto renew and stating that they will use the current payment information they have.

It’s good business as it ensures your coverage doesn’t lapse – you’d be the first to complain if you assumed it would run on and then made a claim and found you weren’t covered, surely?

They’ve clearly offered you a way out of the debt so I can’t see the major issue here other than actively managing your mail to ensure that you are able to read them.

Can’t see the pics too clearly on my phone, but you’ve got campag hubs and mavic ceramic rims. If the tyre is glued on it’s like they’re tubs so you’ll need to glue another one on if that’s shagged as a normal tyre won’t fit

Oh Jesus, I just read some of the blog link that was posted up earlier. Seems that we’re in the presence of a new messiah after reading just a snippet of the self-indulgent ramblings of a clear self-obsessive.

I know well of the club that BD is referring to above…

As for the original post, that and the single ride I went on corresponds to everything that road cycling clubs tend to be. Plus, having pretty much been told to “**** off the road you ****, you’re in our way” by the London dynarod club, I have no desire to do it, and my mates experiences are broadly similar. There’s a level of elitism and snobbishness that’s just not necessary. I have road bikes, I probably ride them 80% of the time, but I make sure I do it with people I want to ride with.

Davidb, and your club will probably be happy to hear I have no intention of joining them. I don’t need club kit and rudeness to know I can ride a road bike.

I had an out of date gel once, and it coincided with the earthquake in India.

don’t do it. You will kill people.

they won’t kill you, but it’s likely they’ll make you prefer same sex relationships.

get those who can work to work. Whether they earn **** all or not, if you want money from the state, earn it.

can’t be arsed to click on the link.

kill all cows.

if it’s genuinely like in the picture, all you need to do is be able to keep it off your face for the duration of the interview.

Your mate is talking nonsense. I would happily (and have done so) employ someone who was able to present themselves well, both verbally and presentationally for interview, and that included a couple of chaps with hair similar to that – both have been very successful, as it was their aptitude in the role that I was looking for. The hair in the picture is on trend at the moment, but very easy to make office friendly. Match it with a slim fitting two button suit, a slim, plain tie and smart shiny shoes and you’ll look fine.

Realistically, if you’re asking on here for fashion advice, most people regard outdoor clothing as acceptable going out clothes. Not a good sample. If Houns and MikeT comment, have a listen, otherwise I wouldn’t bother.

own the road. Or get owned by other road users.

thank god you’ve not been near my bike with an angle grinder.

Do you not think if they were strong enough like that, Shimano wouldn’t have done it already?

Still, it’ll make an interesting feature for Countryfile’s Air Ambulance pieces.

I’m stuffed by South West Trains – it’s a 17 mile each way for me, and given that I run and swim as well, I don’t want to ride every day (I need some rest occasionally), but South West Trains decide to charge me £47 for a weekly ticket, or £44.40 for 3 daily tickets.

So, I have to ride in 3 days a week to make it financially worthwhile, so I generally don’t bother if the weather looks even slightly iffy. trains are shit, but commuting in the rain is shitter.

I’ll be doing a couple of richmond park laps on the road bike tonight – riding from Leadenhall Market to there about 6-ish.

Leadenhall’s crap for perving, it’s full of brokers, the memorial gardens in Trinity Square are the best around this area. And anyone wearing Oakleys and not participating in sport just looks like a bell-end.

Ewan, Nick has a set of elixirs, and has ridden them a bit. Personally I don’t like them as the lever flexes quite a lot, and I prefer my juicys.

Oh, and I currently have 5 sets of juicys, so will be selling at least 2 of them (probably some 5s and some really old 7s if they’re any use?)

I would just think “****t” if someone did.

sounds like you need union help tj

if you’re killing sidewalls on cinders, the advantage will be trashed even quicker.

great tyres, still waiting for the UST to be imported to the uk.

I think it’s around 10-15%, with VAT of 15% on top of that Ewan. What you planning on bringing in now, midget shirts for the mrs?

I wear the 2 piece 2XU endurance stuff. It’s all black and the shorts are longer than most.

one pieces make you look like you’re off down G.A.Y.

Oh, and no, you don’t have to wear a top for the swim, but I think you do for the rest for race numbering and the like.

i just have a tub of electrolyte plus tabs from myprotein.co.uk – works for me, and far better value than these poncy effervescent ones.

nice one.

when you conceive, promise me you’ll call the kid “spoddy”

bum cheddar

to the best of my knowledge, payment in lieu of notice is non-taxable when agreed as part of a compromise agreement. But only because it hasn’t been challenged through the courts as yet.

due to their being any number or specifics contractual terms etc in the agreement for payment in lieu of notice, it is impossible to give a clear answer.

I wonder if all the glass is rose tinted?

Duckman, spot on

Matt, it’s only rudeboy that doesn’t get the concept, so no change there.

I’d like to see these protestors go face to face with a police force that aren’t subject to such media scrutiny. There’s any number of countries, including European ones that would have quashed this whole protest already with water cannons, tear gas etc.

The relative restraint and coordinated effort our boys are showing right now is admirable. The penning in is a standard tactic of containment in anything like this, and used to protect the civil liberties of the non-protesting majority. Whether it inflames or not isn’t relevant, as in the same way as a fire, if you contain it, it will burn out.

I just wandered down to bank, in my suit and tie. not really much happenning at all. the police are keeping them pretty well penned in.

Plenty of people in suits etc right up close to the action, and no ill feeling there. Business as usual as far as all but those in the square are concerned.

CF, I’d actually be tempted by a bottle of Lebanese over lunch, plenty there to spark the palate.

plenty of suits happily wandering around between Swiss Re and Lloyds.

peaceful protestors always wear hoodies and scarves. muppets.

you got beaten by a septagenarian.

Next week you’ll get beaten by a girl.

The week after that, a small child. And no, not Richard Sandrak, a proper small child that can’t even walk properly.

You are rubbish.

All quiet this end, was quite a nice ride in this morning, although there’s a small crowd at the BoE right now.

I just banned Kate Winslet from crawling around the Primark in Kettering on all-fours whilst pretending to be Gollum.

I’m banning the cheeky girls from dancing naked in my flat.

you clearly are from planet utopia

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and hopefully they will if justified.

I’m interested how you’ve extrapolated my statement above to a blanket statement of what constitutes a protestor and how I’m so against them. Personally I don’t advocate civil disobedience any more than I advocate the police using heavy handed tactics, oh, and look, that’s why I stated the phrase above, which includes the words “if justified”.

My mind is perfectly open to the politics of a global economy, funnily enough, that’s because that’s part of what my work involves. And whilst I agree with sentiment that things could perhaps have been done better by any number of people, that number of people is counted in the tens of millions so specific protest is naive at best and missing the overall picture of how everything in a global economy is interconnected.

For example:

– Do you blame the investors in the tiger economies for not having sufficient faith in their own economies and instead investing in the US?

– Do you blame the any number of people globally for working hard and wanting a return on investment on their savings to allow them to grow so the time they’ve worked can provide for them when they need it?

– On the basis of that, do you blame the banks for seeking to provide that return, and perhaps somewhat ironically, investing in the tiger economies as they show consistent growth year on year?

The three statements above present an incredibly simplified picture of just a few specific circumstances that have led to the current position.

What my mind isn’t open to is those that are calling for the heads of bankers, those intent on criminal acts against specific people, intimidation of any kind on those that are seeking to carry out their normal work, and specific disruption. That impinges on everyones freedom. If those people who are protesting can specifically disassociate themselves in entirety from any interactions with banks, corporations, or in fact money, then I would support them.

I still don’t want a drink with you. ad infinitum.

As far as I’m concerned, tomorrow will be business as usual, taking advice from the security services and our internal risk managers. They’re making the calls on my behalf.

with respect to the protestors, anyone who goes out of their way to antagonise them tomorrow is on a hiding to nothing. If there was the opportunity for reasoned discussion, that would be fine, but hey, that’s not what protest is all about. Surely you’d realise that rudeboy?

I like your final point. Kind of ironic with you saying it.

You can find my response as to why everyone is complicit in the economic situation on a number of threads on here if you wanted to rudeboy. But obviously you’re not part of that complicity as you’ve eschewed the modern lifestyle and therefore won’t have access to a computer, modern media or anything like that.

It must be nice in your world. Always sunny.

Oh, and yes, I would call you a muppet to your face, I just don’t need to prove it.