I'd suggest Ebay's completed items search to find out individual prices, but if they want to sell as a job lot maybe £350 ?

Amazing, isn't he. There are very few people who I'd consider are genuine sporting heroes, but he's on my list for sure.

Never mind "a" stag do, I reckon you'll be going on tour next summer !

Hi Mike

You're welcome any time.

Regards

Hi Mike. My first thought is are you perhaps in danger of chasing money for the sake of it ? If you're doing a job you love and earning 30% more than the average wage then I think you may need to take a good look at how good things are for you. If Kirstie earns more than you (as Ali does in our household) then believe me, unless you have a burning desire to own the newest car every twelve months you have enough money, and more won't make you happier on it's own. A move to Scotland might help you to make a fresh start and decide what you want from life – it certainly worked for us when we moved to Wales. After running and then selling the B&B I've now gone back to being a buyer, which I used to do when we lived near Oxford, but I have a completely different approach to the whole work / life balance thing. We earn no more money than we did ten years ago, but it's certainly enough to do what we want to do, and we've managed to move somewhere we actually want to live. However, we have no kids and I don't know if this may feature in your future plans. I'd suggest you avoid the twice yearly "putting your life on hold" by living a little more frugally for, say, 12 months and saving yourselves a bit of a slush fund to use when tax bills are looming. Concentrate on enjoying your lives, not chasing a bigger wage. You'll only end up in ten years with a bigger mortgage, no free time to enjoy yourselves and no more disposable cash than you have now.

All the best to you both, and good luck.

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Buy a Nikon or Canon instead ?

EJ lost his hair due to shock after a powerboating accident, IIRC. Apparently he has three different length hairpieces, one short, one medium, and a longer one so he can look like his hair is growing….

Gaggia Classic is great for espresso, I don't drink any other type of coffee though so if you need anything else I can't comment

Please continue to post whilst you feel you want to. If at any point you decide to keep things to yourself we'll all understand.

Juju – as our company has less than 1000 employees they won't source anything else. I've asked so many different people I've been warned by our HR department to stop pestering them…

As a couple of other people have said there are other shops that'll take the Halfords voucher. I'm going down that route now, but there aren't many 2009 Trek Portlands around (There's one in Bike Factory in Chester, but they won't take the voucher….)

Sorry if I bit your head off a bit with my earlier reply to you:-)

To clarify the Boardman hybrids are too small, I have no particular problem with Halfords otherwise, although I would prefer to spend my money in a local bikeshop rather than a large chain.

As it stands I'm following up some other leads from earlier replies and will see where that gets me.

ooh…..will look into that funkynick, thanks

ilikebikes – Condor bikes look good, but I'm not in London, I'm in North Wales and our scheme is open for 2 weeks….

Jujuuk68 – yes, I have asked, hence me posting the list direct from their website. They have absolutely refused to supply anything else. Perhaps you hadn't read what I posted ? P.S. Racist is spelt r-a-c-i-s-t.

Yes there are loads of good bikes on the list Nick (Hi !) – to be honest there are more that I expected. I already have Andy's old 'dale, but fancy something different to commute through the winter, hence my questions.

For a company our size they will only order bikes from their normal range.

* Boardman
* Carrera
* Condor
* Dahon (Foldable)
* Dawes
* Diamondback
* GT (Halfords Specific Range)
* Kona (Paligap)
* Merida
* Pashley
* Saracen
* Voodoo
* Van Nicholas
* Raleigh
* Apollo

I think it's down to luck with the individual bike. I had my Blur for five years, and although at the time I varied between 85 and 100 kg I never had a single problem – indeed I never changed a bearing, and didn't need to even when I sold it. As long as the rear triangle is completely square to the frame you'll be fine. If it's slightly out I don't think it matters what you weigh, you'll be changing bushes.

Beat you :-)

any good ?

I don't post on here much anymore but there are times when it's necessary – all I can offer is my best wishes I'm afraid, as others have said try to stay positive.

that does look unhealthy

In my experience there's a huge difference between Vancouver and the rest of Canada. Hope it works out for you Plum. We thought about emigrating to BC and figured if it all went well we could both end up with decent jobs and a nice house in the hills. Then we realised that's what we have already, here in Wales. Still love BC though, but we accept that for us it's a place to visit rather than to live. That said, if I was 25, single, and got the chance I'd be off like a shot.

No gears on a roadrat though, which wouldn’t suit the ride – some of the hills are quite steep, and if I picked a ratio to suit the ups I’d be spinning out all the time on the flat / downhill bits.

FWIW we went to the Azad Manzil on Barlow Moor rd, very good it was too :-)

Thanks TJ, but there are about a hundred curry houses on the mile, anywhere specific anyone ?