the label should have an orderID tracking reference wiggle can use, i tend to write my order number and email address on a slip of paper, or print of the order page, and stick that inside

I’m always amazed how a few of my colleagues earning circa £70k (up north) claim to be working class, maybe they grew up working class, but educated to degree level and in white collar t-shirts and jeans

bought some extra holidays

what next,

• they’ll continue selling high priced bikes to cash rich individuals and/or those who have strived to own one.
• meanwhile Joe will spend more time with family then either get bored and take on a rich paying consultancy job at a struggling rival, or go back to basics and set up his own bespoke cycle company.

leave a spare card in your car ?

if anyone needs a power bank it seems Amazons Anker & Iniu brands are having a turf war.

both slim USB-c/regular usb 10,000 amh charge packs have been under a tenner, i just got the little iniu magnetic iphoine bolt on 10,000 amh for £15

on the item page they have been adding 45-55% discount tick boxes, if these arent showing stick one in your basket and go back to it, more info on hukd

thanks onzadog for clarifying on 38s

the £630 factory is a bargain, the performance is cheap £495, wish they’d had the middle spec ‘performance elite’ cheaper, currently £723.

i’m hoping for that np scout frame drops to £200, its down to £245 delivered

29er boost forks 44mm offsets   price quoted after using EXTRA10

150mm 29er lyric RC debonair £369 (***** 3 in stock only BUY NOW TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT ****

170mm 29er fox 38 A Float grip performance £495 ( 30+ in stock

170mm 29er fox38 K Float grip2 factory £630 ( 22 in stock

anyone know what A & K mean ?>

i always scratch my head when they say apple, yes definately more expensive than rivals, but usage and years they last, we are talking pennies per usage, plus they hold value unlike many cheap phones

UK tax , i pay in 20-40% of my wage, my employers adds NI on top,  i then spend it to pay 20% VAT on the majority of stuff i buy. plus all the indirect tax, airport/flight duty, vehicle tax, alcohol duty..

yay i get my grey bins emptied every other week

new cars for me, new electric cars, i’ll stick to my £20 vehicle tax pa that i can recharge in under 5 mins at the petrol station

regular physio appointments.

trips away with friends or wife

friends rode it last saturday, its not great, very flat, dull were the comments

crc/wiggle

cheap wheelsets NS bikes random hubs 20mm upfront 157mm rear, £60-90

dt swiss m1900 wheelset 29er boost 6bolt microspline 12s £210  seems a good price, effectively front wheel free

great deal on the hope pro 5 rear wheels, looking at £200 for the hub alone, i’d have jumped for a silver one.

tredz codes

GATBFX4XWD £5/£50

GA9UAL8NWG £25/£250

its the one gold trp brake, and mismatched burtec top button that adds 2k

thanks @poly that sums it up very well, just so annoying, the CCTV is clear as day, and with the injuries caused,

its a shame they don’t get an FPN of say 3/6/9 points and allow them to do the course to save themselves 3/6 points.

do the police have access to insurance claims information?, ie would they know if the driver had previous at fault accidents in the last x years..

had a root canal whilst travelling 20 years ago, the dentist in sydney asked how much my insurance covered me for, i said £1k he got his calculator out and said ok thats Aus$XXXX works out about £975 converted.

it was long and aching, i had a temporary cover/tooth till i got home 8 months later and got a cap.

now i’d probably get it done again, although i cringe thinking about it.

if i was in my seventies maybe not

Thanks all , yes Leigh day involved and civil process (bike damage, personal injury etc)  has been started , just such a shame it seems drivers have no accountability ..

it seems vulnerable road users don’t matter

Will pass on well wishes , advise

ps in terms of home insurance/ additional legal policy

they will  take on issues as long as they believe they can win them, I used mine 15 years ago for an employment unfair dismissal claim

@nickjb thats what i thought, will this record remain on her file/name/address as she is not getting points, she has been refered to National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme 

Do the police have access to insurer claims, the driver may have had previous at fault accidents that did not involve the police.

hopefully someone will have

one glove in footwell, missing glove, assumed recent windy days had blown away, glove found in wife’s cars footwell, microfibre sponge window wipe still missing..

as fooman says, risk, if you can afford the risk ie your mortgage is £500 a month but you can easily afford to pay £1k, then go for a tracker as unlimited payments, if you can only afford the £500 then get the fix..

mortgages need to be paid down to 65% LTV to ensure you get the best rates available, if your mortage ltv is high then you’ll get poor rates. my first mortgage was a lifetime tracker, which kept dropping from 2008.

hsbc

2 year fix (65%ltv) 4.54%   [versus 4.29% £999 booking fee

Tracker 2 year is 6.09% [ie tracker is 0.84% above curent 5.25%.] fee free unlimited overpayments.

is the base rate gonna fall 1.55% in the short term, i doubt it,

i’d only take the tracker if i wanted the flexibility to pay it off in full, but then you could lump sum before fix starts

otherwise SVR is 6.99% for full flexibility. need to also consider if you intend to move or get divorced in the fixed timeframe, and or ease of switching

tracker will always be cheaper over the long term, but you can get lucky/unlucky on fixes if you strike at the right/wrong time.  rather than use a calculater, plumb the numbers into excel and model it,

I dont think you can you get a lifetime tracker these days, i had one with hsbc, but now they only do a 2 year tracker circa 0.8% above base rate..

fees need to be considered, a £999 booking fee may benefit a massive mortgage if the % rate is slightly lower. for a small mortgage a slightly higher interest rate may be better than to pay the fee

are you likely be able to lump some money over the coming years, if so a tracker may work better unlimited overpayments.

i just cant see a tracker beating a fix (4.25%) in the coming 18 months

that orange looks like homer simpson designed it

my orbea occam looked great, just a shame it was badly designed and the rear triangle has wobbled since 2 weeks old, new bearings fix it then it goes wobbly again

orange have never done it for me. and i’m less than 10 miles from factory.

chatting to a mondraker lady up on cutgate at the weekend her XC full sus (possibly a Raze carbon) looked very very nice.

are they giving you 24months gardening leave / pilon then, thats ridiculous

nearly got a cherry vitus mach utility nexus 3 speed, but didnt.

see how the money is, no plans at present, probably 2 out

ok, anyone used  https://www.mtbfinale.eu/en
or the single shuttle service bikeshuttle.me  upto nato base / DIN Melogno,

calendar shows they are running 3x a day in april, so looks a good option 15 euro an uplift, or day trips 75 euro per person, ? worth it, anyone done these
can you recommend?

just a bit wary that the news articles on these pages are quite old.

how old are you now and in twenty years, will you still be fit enough to do fencing, if that timeframe prolonged,

i’ve got some to replace this summer, we’d just moved in and did budget, the cheap £18-22 ones have disintegrated in 7 years, i’ve had paint fence on job list since early covid,

i bet cutgate doesnt look like that tomorrow, anyway end of january dark starts 5pm, instead of 3

i prefer os maps, komoot and ridebygps are ok.

the os yearly sub is pretty cheap when on offer, i bought alot of paper copies with a free online map, scratch off number, if you can read a map, understand contours, map features etc, i find an os screen i can work out a track easier than say a friend with garmin who can easily go the wrong way

15 min cities, after covid, ukraine this is the next in the firing line for conspiricist flat earthers.

they dont see the benefits and only see it as a way of getting the general public they like to refer as ‘sheeple’ to be controlled, to then ban all driving outside these 15 min designated zones.. :0)

just remember flat mount versus mtb regular post mount, i did deore with tiagra levers a few years back, but it was a 2017 gravel and post mount so straight forward

remember folks eBay will pass on data to HMRC automatically if you’re selling 30 or more items a year (from 1st jan 2024) OR have total earnings over the equivalent of £1,770

so you may get a hmrc letter is which case you’ll have to reply to the letter and/or submit self assessment.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1pYXgOK4N0/?igsh=MWN0eGt1ZnJtMTdlaw%3D%3D

smoking so 1980s darts 

Those links never work till the day before the offer starts , best to try again on Friday

@cynic-al, is that yes its easy or yes avoid,

i’ve just noticed it has a sliding dropout (not sure techncal term) just seen a picture on ebay of a 7 speed, that is the same colour, looks to be same frame

i’m considering this https://www.wiggle.com/p/vitus-mach-1-vrx-utility-bike

only 4 left, 2 sold in past few days

would it be straight forward to convert to a belt drive? new chainring / rear cog

I’m thinking as the back end isnt moveable the answer is no.

it should just fizzle out, we’ve all had good friends, male female that you lose touch with, still have the great memories, no point cutting bridges.

takes a while to be happy on your own, then someone will come along and shatter it :0)

that bundaberg is lovely, full of sugar, home bargains special from time to time.

i agree i never got smoking, its no wonder people hate the first climb at llandegla , the stink of pot being smoked in the car park when ive been

a friend ordered the 29er £399, he got an email saying build delivery 26-30th jan, but message them within 48 hours and they can ship unbuilt, presumably they are semi built overseas and CRC/wiggle mechanics just check gearing brakes etc are working..

really fancy the vitus mach in red 3speed Nexus 5 medium left, £199