Any question answered...

How do I know when they need replacement? Just ride it until seize and death?

Take the wheel out, hold it by the axle and spin.

If the bearings feel tight, check the pre-load.

If the bearings rumble, replace them.

John Lewis used to do a basics one with proper glass and we have a couple of them. I resprayed the outer, as we wanted a different colour. They’re ok on the wall, but feel a tad flimsy off. A1 to the frame though, no mount.

Edit: scrub that - they’ve doubled the price

IKEA Ribba frames are reasonable quality but the biggest they do will just about fit A1 without mount. I bought poster frames from Wilko before but they're a bit shit.

Have been overpaid (only 2 grand) by a client who left me about 30k in debt for most of last year. I am in absolutely no rush to pay them back or notify them of their error, though concede I'm happy to do so if they contact me and bring it to my attention.

Before I consider that, are there any internet lawyers who can advise if they're liable for their own negligence and is there any chance I'm not obliged to return the funds? My moral compass sits at zero degrees at the best of times. With these utter toads it's in the negative numbers. I'd be happy to donate it to charity. I just don't want to be of any benefit to these people in any way - assuming it doesn't provide me problems down the line.

Presuming that I can't just Arkell v. Pressdram them when the time comes?

You will need to find out the correct account to send it back to. That could take some time. I would put it into the highest interest account you can find for safe keeping until you can be totally sure you know the safest process for returning it.

They'll probably spot their error when they look at their accounts in a month or two - You won't earn much interest.
Stick it all in a premium bonds account and pray for a big win, then withdraw the original amount and hand it back?

Turn it into bitcoins then transfer them way less back when they ask because the market has crashed.

Before I consider that, are there any internet lawyers who can advise if they're liable for their own negligence and is there any chance I'm not obliged to return the funds?

Fraid not. A claim in unjust enrichment on the basis of monies paid by mistake can be pursued even where the mistake arises as a result of the paying party's negligence.

Of course, if you have a claim for interest (say under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998) you could always deduct the interest you're owed from the 2k overpayment and just return the balance.

IANAL but from accountancy work I've been told that keeping money that has been overpaid and you're aware of it is potentially notifiable under anti-money-laundering regulations.

HA!

le sigh. Think I'll just flag it now on basis that I can't be bothered to deal with it later and that it might make them behave in a slightly less odious way with me in the future.

Tell them, then act with exactly the same sense of urgency that they did in sending the cash over in the first place when returning it. I suspect you could enjoy this.

Of course, if their failure to pay you on time meant that you were £30k in debt, and that meant you incurred interest charges you wouldn't have incurred if they'd paid you on time, you could also deduct those interest charges from the amount you repay them.

Is there a liquid resin, or glue, that can be used to soak plywood, that then dries clear, providing extra strength. Penetration up to 5mm or so. No good it just sitting on the surface.

What type of plywood, what thickness, and how much more strength do you need?

Standard b&q ply, so 5mm, layers have been glued together then cut on a bandsaw at an angle. Strong enough to make into rings.

Edit, happy to buy better ply, this is just testing the idea

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If the bearings rumble, replace them.

Since @Heldring's hub is a dyno hub, the bearings will always feel tight due to the notching created by the magnetic field.

Have been overpaid (only 2 grand) by a client who left me about 30k in debt for most of last year.

https://www.gov.uk/late-commercial-payments-interest-debt-recovery/charging-interest-commercial-debt

The interest you can charge if another business is late paying for goods or a service is ‘statutory interest’ - this is 8% plus the Bank of England base rate for business to business transactions. You can’t claim statutory interest if there’s a different rate of interest in a contract.

Example

If your business were owed £1,000 and the Bank of England base rate were 0.5%:

the annual statutory interest on this would be £85 (1,000 x 0.085 = £85)
divide £85 by 365 to get the daily interest: 23p a day (85 / 365 = 0.23)
after 50 days this would be £11.50 (50 x 0.23 = 11.50)

30,000 x 0.085 = £2550

£2k is about 286 days (41 weeks) -worth of statutory interest.

https://www.gov.uk/late-commercial-payments-interest-debt-recovery/claim-debt-recovery-costs

You can also charge a business a fixed sum for the cost of recovering a late commercial payment on top of claiming interest from it.

The amount you’re allowed to charge depends on the amount of debt.
Amount of debt What you can charge
Up to £999.99 £40
£1,000 to £9,999.99 £70
£10,000 or more £100

These amounts are set by late payment legislation.

I recently got a Genesis Datum frame to replace my cracked equilibrium. It has a shimano bb86 bottom bracket fitted, which i need to replace with a gxp equivalent.. I bought a Pro Bearing removal tool, inserted it according to manual and hammered the shit out of it..bearing does not move at all..Wrong tool, bigger hammer or bring bike to bike shop?

I know it exists because I have some workshop tools that are exactly that, usually referred to as 'resin impregnated', I think - can't point out a source though, sorry.

resin impregnated

@moocher I think you'd need a vacuum to get any decent penetration depth into existing plywood, and you would still struggle to get past the bond layer between plies. AFAIK resin impregnated plywood is impregnated at the ply level before being laid up into boards.

What are you making?