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u9ge

Member since Sep 2008 • Last active Mar 2020
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    Anyone installed a smart switch? Am not bothered about having the smartest home in the world, just after replacing the porch switch (on the inside next to the front door) to a smart switch so can Alexa/IFTTT for a timer or link to motion detectors on a camera. Simplest answer would be a smart bulb but inevitably the switch will get turned off killing the whole thing.

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    Fully agree, 25k door to door please. I start a bit further south than from your map so it's probably is what gives CS7 the edge for me.

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    Spot on, the dickish drivers of Tooting are better than the utter cunts who seem to proliferate Putney and Fulham in my view.

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    Been doing the queen of the Suburbs to City via CS7 for ages, Richmond park has benefits but I find the Putney/Fulham bits worse than Tooting and CS7 is quicker.

    Use the new Mew Malden - Raynes Park (? not Motspur), equal on time to heading via the A3/Krispie Kreme but continuous and will chill you right out.

    In short, bike lane through Green Lane Rec from Surbiton to New Malden, Elm road (level crossing but who cares if held up), right onto the cut, cross New Malden High St, new bike lane all the way to Raynes Park, get off in front of the station and just walk through the tunnel, remount, ride up Kingston road, at the end go straight on up the bike path behind Wimbledon Chase Primary then out onto Kingston Road which becomes CS7 once at Colliers wood 3 mins later.

    Can add a map if required.

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    My Ti post acquired off here did the trick but given my Brompton is pretty aged it have the integrated saddle/pentaclip.

    Are there any alternatives to the £25 Brompton pentaclip or are they a standard old school size?

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    Sorry for a dumb naive question, £60 Ti 600mm seatposts from AliExpress, going to kill me? 85KG rider...

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    Watched half of Get me Roger Stone on Saturday night, Narcissistic nutcase yes, though I struggled to reach the conclusion this was a guy who would sell his country to the Russians.

    As for Manafort, odd seeing him being a talking head on a 2016 documentary with the reality that he's now a guy who'll die is prison or get butchered by an oligarchs henchmen.

  • in Bikes & Bits
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    Makes little difference, it's far more of an aesthetic issue.

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    Bagged myself a second hand Christiania bike, I am missing a silver mudguard on the right hand side (plus fixings) any ideas where to get one, London Green Cycles seems to be the main place but those sort of spares aren't listed, I'll drop them a note but any other ideas are welcome.

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    https://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/prices/new/lti/tx4/saloon-2006/

    £31.2k plays £55.6k, so about 6.5 years payback, but lets just ignore Uber buying 24,000 autonomous Volvos... No wonder all those Gammons with the knowledge are raging!

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