rkk01 – that’s really shit.. My old man got Maxwell.
However, the issues Pensions face are that people still believe they will get maxwelled or same as you.. and then in the last 10 years everyone went into property making pretty big returns.
The upshot was that pension got a bad name, so even those with no other form of income at retirement said so it, what’s the point…
Which leaves a pretty big problem looming in the future..the non-pensioned.

It’s got so bad, our company offers a pension contribution, and despite it being part of their package, several younger people have said don’t bother with it…

7% Growth!

Lol, that was a calculator created before 2009 !

http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=8415

Pensions Act 2008
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/30/contents

If you want £20k p.a for your retirement the payments are something like £1000 per month given a growth of 5% over its life…..
Calculate and fear !

what if i dont want a pension? what if the employer goes under and collapses as a business, what if the manager steals all the money and leaves the country?

Read up before you rant… its a personal pension that is not employer owned. So it moves with you all your life.

how do people not having pensions cost people who do have pensions?

Because, there are a large number of people who have made NO provision for their retirement. (Not sure if you have or not). So come retirement age, there are those of us who have sacrificed salary all our lives, and those who have made no provision. We can’t just toss those people out in the street come retirement age. So they either live off the state pension.. which is inadequate, or other government benefits. Both of which are a cost to all tax payers.
Now, more than ever, fewer people are making any provision for a pension.
Its no different to the argument that the public sector are demonstrating today.

Had one, in fact several, since I was 19. Next year the Govt will make all private workers have a compulsory pension deducted from wages at source, and about time.

Can you imagine the cost to those of us who do have pensions, and have sacrificed all there working lives to paying in to, if the “others” never bother with a private pension ?

ou can get 2 Fox or 661 helmets for the same price,

Same could be said for Troy Lees but they sell extremely well… I guess your conk is worth looking after.

I have R1s.. best brake I’ve ever owned. Reliable, always bleed well first time, light, great looking, powerfull, good modulation.
Have owned (to compare to) Hope mini, Avid Juicy, Elixir, Oro 18, Oro24, Mega’s.

Just got a pair of “The ones” for my bigger bike.

OOO, that one is nice though,

Ive got the Prestaflator,

But just seen there doing a right angle one that looks much better to get on / off…

Can anyone recommend a good Presta head for a compressor ? I’ve got one from Ebay thats a pain to connect / disconnect, end up taking my knuckles off on the discs.

cheers.

watches out of the sale of the Centaury on 456c’s then…

bloody hell… I’ll stop using that site then !

Fixed mine, I released a little bit of oil and now there all good.

also beware in situations like this, kicking up a fuss now just means you edge yourself closer to the top of the redundancy pick list…

look at the positives… you’ll get twice as much time to ride.

even wound right in on the good one, there not quite in a perfect position

ahh, thats intresting, so could actually be an issue with the lever then.. ta.

yeh, amazing brakes.

that’s where they are ! …. very stumpy fingers 😉

I can usually live with them, but after a bleed of the rear Its very firm and I just can’t quite sit on them. Had to stop a descent on Friday as I just couldn’t get enough finger round the lever.
Was playing with some sort of wedge under the clamp to just tip them inwards by a few degrees.

good man Mr. Barnes 😉 cheers, thats the ticket, many thanks !

Yeh, mine are the 5700, and the shims I had stated 6700 but very different profile and don’t fit 🙁

Thanks Carbon, at least that confirms they exist.

ta.

Youd think, as we are seeing an increase in thefts, the Police would see a growing trend to this type of theft, and increase there efforts in this area…..

er no, its got an e.n.g.i.n.e

next people will be saying you can’t leave a £20k car on the drive without expecting some scrote to take it…..

on the ones next to railings its very well camouflaged.

fantastic section in the river.

whats with binning the DH bike !

How do you remove a press fit BB ? I guess there is a metal mounting for the BB… still wouldnt like to try that at home.

Just been through the same with the Mrs Car, we went with an Altea XL, V nice.

second Montmartre, top evening, meal in one of the restraunts, stroll around looking at the artists work aftewards then to the front of Sacré whatsit to gaze across Paris…. Just the walk along the Pigalle to get there is often interesting ! O, you can take the funicular to the top aswell.

hehe…

Thats interesting, I didn’t know that about the Thurlstone Bridleway / Path, I did ride over that a couple of times, I guess the guy was on Holiday then !

So, its a pretty poor MBR route on many counts !

I’m running 29er crests with Ardent 2.4s on, there fine, done plenty of rocky descents in the Peak and IOM and all good. I think sometimes people get too hung up about rim size / widths etc.

DO NOT RIDE THAT ROUTE IN ANYTHING BUT THE DRIEST DROUGHT !!!

To be honest, Its poor that MBR run that route without researching it, the bridleway from A628 to near Dunford is the boggiest night mare you’ve ever crossed at least 10 months of the year. Last time I rode it there was even a sign up asking walkers not to use it due to erosion.

kashima “floating” ? not coating ?

OMG at that Kayak…

ooo, who does those bottle cages

Nomad C .(full stop)

Save yourself a wad of cash and spend 10 mins bleeding your elixirs properly, or take the bike to someone who knows what they’re doing. Got 2 sets and they’ve never missed a beat in 2 years.

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Yeh, that never occured to me ! 3 sets in 3 years and all had various issues, sticking cylinders, bleeds lasting a week or two, uneven pad ware.. there just finiky.

Do the Finned pads on SLX’s make much difference to normal pads ?

Can I go old Skool again,

My Fave from the 90s

(Who are the mad fools who still think Hopes are good !!!)

Er, the ones who actually use them, like me for instance.

ahh, a mad fool steps forwards.