too cheap to miss out on TBH.
I know they break stuff but with the couplings, if they go then it kind of detracts from the fun of coupling up carraiges, points moving etc.
If it’s a non-starter with the lad I will wrap if for my dad for Christmas. He keeps wittering about starting a layout and at 80, he probaly doesn’t know about Thomas. Smiley face on the front of the engine may take a bit of explaining away tho!

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

:D

Had the same laptop problem myself and was tempted by an Aldi one a few weeks back but didn’t go for it in the end.
I trawled PC World etc but in the end went to John Lewis and got a display model, last one. Toshiba with 500GB HDD, 4GB Ram and Intel Core 5 processor. £550 including 2 year warranty.
Felt suitably chuffed with the deal as £500 was pushing for a Core 3 Processor.

What is this, classic toy night?!

That’s what I thought so I though the post would hit the right audience!!

I am thinking he might be too young. While he can be delicate if he applies himself, being a lad this lasts around 30 seconds then it’s back to 100mph. He has a Brio set so I will add to that but sometimes it looks a little, well, babyish.
The other option is a lego train?
(back to classic toy thread)

I think the trick with dealextreme is to be sure the item is in stock as there can be funny stock level reports. The battery showed in stock then after the order was placed it was something like awaiting for stock from supplier????. I was prepared for a bit of a wait but then I got the email to say it had been shipped.

I was at the Lego Discovery Centre today at the Trafford Centre(where the run in with the Range Rovers took place!!!!).
As an old skool Lego fan the difference now is as posted. The kit to make an aeroplane has a moulded nose piece in the shape of a nose whereas in’t good old days you had to make the shape in various regular shaped bricks, ramps and smooth flats. It seems to be marketed now on the basis that the kit you but can only make the models on the front so if you have a car kit and then fancy a lego bike, you had better buy a bike kit.

Maybe they are noticed more when there is a numpty behind the wheel…a large chrome grill on your boot or bearing down from the side is of course more obvious that a saloon car or whatever.
I’m glad you like your Disco and I don’t seem to be hussled off the road by these, just the RR Sports.

Mate of mine had same problem and his was rear dropouts. Not the most obvious fault and last thing to be checked.

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Jealousy, maybe? I’d love a Range Rover, can’t afford one,
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No desire for a sport. Standard ranges are nice but not my bag. No jealousy here tho.

cut over a mini’ish roundabout to turn right nearly hitting side of me

Assuming you were in a car…..If he was turning right at a round about should you not have given way to him?

No. He was following me ontothe roundabout and we were both turning right. Shorter route for him with 4 wheel drive I suppose.

I didn’t expect this to run to two pages!!! I raised that the MBR chap looked to be sporting an odd set up wherby it appeared (and I consider myself to be suitably shot down in flames) that the gear levers were out of reach with the hands normally positioning on the bars. I can see the sense of running the brakes in board and having had a fiddle, can’t seem to acheive it on mine due to the shifter windows. Might did out the grip shift shifters!!!!!

right to have to move the hand and adjust grip to change gear??
Not for me ta.

Back to the OP… It’s not the brake lever postions that’s strange on the mbr cover, they’re a few inches out to allow for one finger braking (tho he’s using the wrong finger, tut tut)

The mad thing is the shifters are between the brake lever and the stem- you’d have to move your hand miles to get there!

At last someone has looked at the cover and got the point of my original post….so I am right, it does look odd!

You could check a similar thread discussing a replacement for a damaged helmet. I can’t paste links yet so search for “knocked off helmet”.
You have an offer from a solicotor above so if there is no jow with your other routes of approach get a solicitor to draw up a letter of claim. That will get things moving. However, Insurers should be prepared to deal with you directly. I had a rear end shunt and within three days the negligent driver’s Insurer was ringing me asking if I wanted to submit an injury claim. I settled without a lawyer being involved. You can go direct providing the Insurer does not take advantage of your “ignorance” of the law and what you are entitled to. Case law was established in Horry v Tate & Lyle that prevented an insurer trying to buy you off for less than you are entitled to, a case that Insurers are midfull off when dealing with a direct claimant.

Have you seen the image on the cover? Yours are like that?

This thread might have gone stale but hey ho..I make a living investigating claims like this for Insurance companies.
If your after retribution or punishment for the driver then it will be a criminal prosecution that will have to pursued by the police. Result, possibly points, driving course ban and possible financial penalty when he comes to renew his cover and discloses the incident.
If you are after your helmet replacing then of course you can ask him direct and see if he agrees. However, if you do have an injury then you would be entitled to compensation through pursuing a civil claim. This is likely to be dealt with by his Insurers.
There would be two parts of a civil claim, general damages and special damages. Special damages are losses you suffered that can be quantified. Example, I had a £130 helmet, now I don't so I claim £130. Same with the bike or clothing. The basis for the settlement would be on an indemnity basis, ie, you would be paid for replacement of the item value, not new for old. Special damages may also include other financial losses, say bus fares if you usually cycled to work, that sort of thing.
General Damages are more difficult to quantify as these deal with the injury. Sometime called compensation for pain, suffering and loss of amenity. You can't be put into the position you were health wise prior to the accident, only time and treatment will see a recovery, so compensation is offered to ease the pain!
This is determined from a report prepared by a medical expert agreed between yourself/your lawyer and the drivers solicitor. On the basis of the report that will detail your injury and likely recovery period, an valuation will be determined. This is fairly easy to quantify based on guideline figures everyone involved works to. For example, a back injury with 12 months recovery, you would be looking at £2,500. Fractured wrist = £4,000.
It shouldn't be too hard a process to pursue and contrary to popular belief, Insurers try and get rid of claims asap so they can get their accounts in order. A good claim is a settled claim!
Hope this helps.

I've just ordered a new battery as mine didn't last the summer. However, having stripped it down I think it was also due to water ingress.

I retract the warning re snow. It was from the mother-in-law reading the daily express! Enough said.

I take it back….not too soon to predict the onset of winter as I have just been told that snow is forecast for next week!!!

There is always the Goretex boot option but not too sure Mrs R would be pleased to see another pair of cycling shoes in the house!

Thanks for that…can't see a month earlier making a whole heap of differance to the temperature (but I'm mindfull it's chilly in winter over there :|

OK Ok, perhaps a bit gloomy…just feels like we are rattling towards winter today!

Think of the nastiest steepest technicalist rockiest rootiest widowmakerest descent you have ridden ever in your life.

You nead what you neaded for that.

Except factor in that it goes on for much longer and you will be tired from riding all day.

I went over the bars on the middle of my last day of three riding..somthing and nothing of a route but I was starting to get exhausted….had the knee and elbow pads and wearing a xen. Landed on the side of my face and if there had been a rock sticking up then it would have been a mess….defo full face IMHO and I will be buying one for next year. It might be a tad hotter but only needed the once to be worth it…it's great riding though…have fun!

trawled pc world today…pound for pound the aldi looks the best value especially with the 3 year warranty…any last miunte help or advice before a possible big spend in the morning??

thanks for these suggestions…any more tonight?

There seems to be a theme emerging here and the moral of the story is……..?

I and the group of 8 had a great day riding with quentin from rideability.com. Check his website or facebook page for sample photos. He will tailor the ride to your needs and took us to Switzerland for lunch.!!! The group agreed that it was well worth it and we will be booking again next year. Certainly worth an enquiry. He is based in Morzine.

minion on the front…hr on the rear. 2.35 and in 60a at both ends. I took a 2.5 minion in ST and hr in 60a to the alps and it faired well after 3 solid days. enough tread to take back next year but looks way way large for normal use so reverted back to 2.35 for home.

mine's good for an hour and a bit

Is it possible to run two head units from one battery?

magicshine UK sell a y-spiltter cable for this very purpose…

They love Orange Bikes, they all seem to get a 10.

as above example

I'm trying not to emabark on a slag the entire mag off post but I have just read the update on the Orange Strange prototype and they have commented that frame stiffness was always the 5's achilles heel. Is this the same 5 that won trail bike of the rear for a few years running with presumably no mention of frame problems. ( I would look back on old issues kept for the loo library but clear these out every year).
Surely they aren't saying that such a previously raved about bike had "issues"

still got the knack!! :lol:

now who would do a thing like that?

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OMG…that is way too technical.

As for the slating previous models thing, that's why things improve. Something that gets a 9 one year may be about as good as it gets at the time. 2 years later due to development it may seem crap.

joplin review inconsistency was not down to development of the product. If it was a thorough/honest test the wear problem would have been reported at the time.

yyeeehhhhh!!!!!

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direct debits take account of bank hols and go through on the next working day after the scheduled date. should be in on Tuesday.

It seems there is some quite strong feeling out there and despite people thinking they are not up to what they should be from a reference point of view, we keep buying them!

What niggles me most, and it seems to be a theme across all mags, are two traits.

1- When they comment on a first look product, say there is an update from a press camp for a manufacturer or a new product, it always seem to be glowing reports. Is this a thank you from the mag for the jolly boys’ outing??? When it comes to “testing” the product in earnest, they are then slated. This doesn’t happen each and every time but I recall a mag, possibly MBR, raving about the new range from Saracen that they had been shown. Comments such as, “it looks like Saracen has sorted their bikes” etc etc when banded about. When it came to the actual test that were slated. If it isn’t a test, don’t pass judgement.

2- The continual reported improvement of products reported year on year. One particular example that grated me (not that I bought one) was the review for the Joplin Seatpost. A product at around £250 that, at the time, was given a fantastic review, saying that the demons of adjustable seatposts had finally been sorted etc etc. Come the review for the new Joplin seatpost then it started to state the faults of the previous years model and, particularly, that after a couple of weeks it developed play. Crikey, if that was found after a couple of weeks, why wasn’t it reported at the time? Either brushed over as militant_biker referred to above or the test was not very thorough. This seems to be a theme on tests on Fox forks. When they come out they are the best thing ever and there is always a little dig at the previous year’s model. However, that perfect fork suddenly develops niggles when the next year model arrives!

I am not oblivious to the fact that mags are a business and most are merely a branch of a large publishing house but it does seem that mags sometimes appear to exist and report merely to support the industry and not the rider. If they reported that the 2011 Fox fork was not really worth upgrading too where would that leave their advertising income from Fox?