I hope you realise that this sort of talk is grounds for being put in a care home.

plus they claim they ‘can tell when tyres have been fitted’.

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That means they’ll reject on this ground

But surely the distance selling regulations over-ride this?

The cable tie is very large and thick, I don’t have one like that and don’t think i’ll be able to find one very easily. Plus I don’t really like being dishonest 😕

I think i’ll probably ‘fess up. Best case scenario: common sense prevails. Worst case scenario: they lose a customer, I moan a lot and lose £10 or so selling second hand.

The tyre was accurately described, it’s just stupid Maxxis and their bizarre way of measuring tyre size.

I think it will be reasonably obvious that the tyre has been fitted as I had to cut the original zip-tie to get it out the packet, plus they claim they ‘can tell when tyres have been fitted’.

I just read through the DSR and it states that:

Can I insist that consumers who cancel an order within the cancellation period return the goods as new or in their original packaging?

3.58 No. Consumers are under a duty to take reasonable care of the goods while in their possession …. The DSRs allow consumers to examine goods they have ordered as they would in a shop. If that requires opening the packaging and trying out the goods then they have not breached their duty to take reasonable care of the goods. In these circumstances you cannot insist that consumers return the goods as new or in their original packaging. You may ask consumers to return goods with the original packaging, but you cannot insist on this.

I would take this to mean that I could return the tyres. Would you? A pedant might argue that you wouldn’t be able to try on tyres in a shop however.

Less than seven days. Website says they won’t accept returns of tyres that have been fitted though.

I thought it was a big load of hollywood bollocks, but I am quite grumpy.

I use the Larssen rear HR front combo and absolutely love it, I can’t say I’ve noticed any difference in size though.

Really? Ok, i’ll expose myself for the tyre geek I am. I measured it bead-to-bead and it was ~155mm compared to ~143 for a Minion. That’s bigger than a 2.35″ Small Block 8, and they’re huge!

Ok, I just found this page by some searching…

http://mtbtires.com/site2/tire-specs/68-maxxis/54-maxxis-tire-specs

Gold dust! Shame it doesn’t have the Larsens on there, I want to make sure i’m not imagining things. Looks like the 2.1″ Crossmark is about the same volume as a 2.35″ HR, but they don’t do it in my preferred 60a compound 👿

Thanks!

Err ok.

Thanks for posting that, very interesting. Have been following the story in Private Eye etc.

So, is a tomato classed as a fruit or a vegetable?

Ordered from NDT. Cheers all!

If it wasn’t called an aerolatté mooo I would get one of those!

Down in Hampshire, i’m afraid. Thanks for the help though!

You need some means of frothing the milk. You should use full-fat milk I believe (the fat makes the foam more stable). If you bring it to the boil and whisk it you should get lots of foam. There are probably more elegant ways too, however.

No unfortunately, I am pretty rutheless when it comes to FB friends and don’t come from the area either 🙁

Maybe I can get my wife to ask her colleagues with teenagers…

Does nespresso make as good an espresso as a dedicated espresso machine? Interested.

I have a license but haven’t driven for ~12yrs (hence the lessons), but that means I don’t know anyone that has recently passed. 😕

Yes, it’s from Asda. 😆

I don’t eat my meat so I don’t get any pudding.

I lol’d at this:

Also, it’s amazing how many girls seem to have been skydiving..massed ranks of them. And it would seem that for many, their lives won’t be complete until they’ve tried Zorbing.

So true.

Obviously not crepuscular.

and the opportunity to have some bored slapper waggle her arse in your face. Don’t forget that.

Hey, I said I was going with my wife later.

Yes, I admit it, I am wholly evil.

Depends on how heavy you are and how big your tyres are.

13.5 stone
2.35 High Roller
24/34 psi front/back

You can go very low, but you will start to feel your rims hit things. Personally I don’t like that, and I worry about the tyre rolling off the rim. Experiment.

All done. Had a great time, Krakow is lovely. I would highly recommend visiting, I would like to go back with my wife for a ‘city break’.

Handle, door, shelves.

Stint down t’mine?

Go to the gym, drink protein shakes, grunt a lot. Check to make sure people are looking at you when you do your curls. You don’t want to waste them.

Some people do different things to you. Get over it.

How would you like it if everyone was identical? Billions of Piers Morgans? Exactly.

Stir fry?

A Mercedes driver?

We didn’t ask either, but i’m pretty sure there’s a hampton on one of our scan photos.

Does that have anything to do with kicking hobbits?

People with more money than they need to survive spend it on items not essential to their survival. In other news, pope still catholic etc.

Not my cup of tea though. Maybe you could price it up in the equivalent number of malaria vaccinations you could buy for the same money, then get ‘This car is worth X human lives’ put on a bumper sticker. Would have to factor the mortality rate in, but if you limit it to children in Africa the mortality rate would be higher, and your bumper sticker could say ‘This car is worth X childrens lives’, which would be even cooler.

Babies can’t sweat, just like pigeons can’t fart.

Optimal physique is upper body of Kate Moss, lower body of Geoff Capes, surely?

I think fail might be older than that?

People can take a digital photo of the original photo and upload that.