I’m from  Durban, South Africa. I lived in an area called the Bluff. Always feels like home when I go back alway nice just to go down and sit at the beach.

I love it here, especially when you see the problems SA has but The Bluff will always be home!

Only brand I know who still do that are Levi. They have a nice cargo trouser and obviously Levi 501s still have buttons

Cheap Madison DTE 3-Layer Waterproof MTB Trouser £49.99

https://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/clothing/trousers-tights/madison-dte-3-layer-waterproof-mtb-trouser-black__370992

Must admit, i have used market place to sell 2 cars recently, with no problems what so ever. May have just been lucky.

I must admit it’s difficult to weed out the genuine sellers though

Ordered Mid Pro’s on the 3rd Novemeber. Had given up on them as the Paypal payment vanished from my account and no money taken. Money taken today and email to say they have been dispatched

I’ll buy the 

“Put down that cake!”

for me :-)

Think my own toenail in my coffee would put me off drinking it, let alone someone else’s!

Just bought the Polar Grit X from Polar. Half price. Down from £370 to £185. Lots of other Polar watches discounted as well.

https://www.polar.com/uk-en/grit-x?sku=90081734

Also haven’t seen Lion Bars in my local Tesco or Waitrose for months – gutted!

I was in Lidl today and they have Lion bares in the food equivilant of the Middle of Lidl

Don’t worry… we, the great unwashed, still have our Gold bars.

Normally carry a few on a ride :-)

:-(

Lash an XT (M8000) one in there, they’re better than the Deore (M5000) level ones, they spin round, last well enough (few thousand KM’s) for what the £20 pay for them.

Just bought that one from BT. Second one in my 2017 Trek Stache,  I don’t think 2 in 6 years is bad. Especially as it’s my winter bike which really does get used in the worst of the mud fest that is Epping in winter

If you have a few bikes it’s easy to swap it over?

Ordered 25th nothing yet but the worrying thing is the Paypal payment has not been taken and the pending payment has disappeared from my account :-(

I’m so sorry. Remember the good times. 

You can just use a debit card and tap in and out. Not sure how it would work for 4 of you if you only have debit cards for the adults?

Mr Inbetween if you like Australian shows. Think it’s on Disney now though

Me too!

Oh yeah! The days of Chainring tattoos. Forgot how dangerously jagged those old chainrings were.

Colins been around :-)

Can they?

The way I understood it is if its a true PCN (Penalty Charge Notice), rather than a ‘PCN’ (Parking Charge Notice), then they’re legally enforceable, and unless you really do have a genuine appeal, just pay it – this is normally what you would get ticketed on a council owned car park, on the street, etc. However a ‘Parking Charge Notice’ issued by the likes of Parking eye, etc, is not legally enforceable as you have not entered into a contract with the land owner to pay to park on their land. Parking on private land is trespass and as such is a still (curently LOL) a civil matter. The land owner, or the parking operator have no legal right to issue a fine. They make them look like a real PCN for obvious reasons of putting the frighteners on people. Its been a few years since I’ve done this, but if it’s issued by a parking management company, not the council, then I would ignore them – their only route to legally get money from you is to go to small claims court and sue for damages to property – which they won’t win because you didn’t damage anything. Plus they can’t be bothered to go down that route. They’ll say they’re passing it to collections, but they can’t send baliffs, they can’t do anything apart from keep sending more letters to you. eventually they give up.

Be very careful about this advice! I believe there was a case that set precedent that they can and will pursue you. Best to at least appeal then decide if it’s worth chasing.

Beavis vs Parking Eye is the case

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/supreme-court-dismisses-85-parking-ticket-challenge/5051987.article#:~:text=Beavis%20v%20ParkingEye%20hinged%20on,any%20loss%20from%20an%20overstay.

I was talking to my local Orbea Dealer who said he doesn’t get paid by Orbea for labour on warranty work. Not sure how true that is but I don’t think that’s fair.

He has also just lost the franchise? as he isn’t able to order enough bikes from them. He said he isn’t ordering more as he still has stock from his last order.

Uber bikes have a good video to explain it.

There’s no need for a backhander. that’s built into the exorbitant price up front.

Thought this was pretty good

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/sram-x01-eagle-12-speed-rear-derailleur-112753477

£85 is not a bad price

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<p style=”text-align: center;”>Deore 11 speed mech for £14.99?</p>
Awesome. For info these work perfectly on shimano MTB 12 speed

How do you set them up for 12 speed? Do they just work ok with a 12 speed shifter?

The first Jurassic park movie came out in 1993. 30 years ago :-o

There was talk of it having the 650 engine which might be worth waiting for?

Sven, is that you?

loved his books

I feel a lot better after reading this :-)

How does a silent Auction work then?

Funds are normally released when the mail tracking registers as delivered.

On a trip to the Alps last year I used Insure and Go but paid for a enhanced policy. I was concerned about the wording on the normal policy so so bought the enhanced one. Wasn’t a huge amount more. I called them up and asked if I was covered for everything and was told I was including racing as we were doing Mountain of Hell. Seems I would have been covered by the MOH insurance but I wasn’t aware of that before I left.

Not sure if that’s still available this year.

I have SMARTY. Get 30 gb a month for £8. But be aware that you only get 12 gb roaming in Europe. Calls are free.

Bit drawn out at times but still found it interesting. I’m sure I have seen clips of it somewhere else though. Probably on the Ukraine thread

I asked this a while back as well. Not as much money involved but still a sizable sum to me. Not an amount I could afford to lose. I said I would pay the deposit as soon as the materials arrived on site. True to his word, materials arrived mid week. Only problem was they deliverd the wrong sizes.

I pointed it out to the roofer who didnt believe me until he got to site. Cue a delay of about a month while he sorted it and had the old delivery collected and new stuff delivered. I think he ordered the wrong sizes and the supplier wouldn’t refund.

Any way new stuff delivered and deposit payed. He then didn’t turn up for another month despite promises to be on site the next day. Turned out all right in the end and he did a good job. There was a little snagging to be done but that was all fixed by him.

Must admit we were getting worried at the no shows but as we had the materials were happy that we could get another in and use them. I really hate dealing with tradesmen like that.

Me too, happy with them so far

I don’t know if it’s the same but on the bikes I’ve had the reserve intake is separate and a lot shorter than the main intake. Could the main intake have a moveable blockage or just a piece of plastic that moves a bit over time so restricting the flow. On mine it looked like a long straw and could be detached.

if you can detach your may be worth running it like that to see if the problem still happens. Just don’t forget to put it back or there will be no reserve

How much fuel in the tank?