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If you're the careful perfectionist type you could save a lot of money by printing 8 A3 sheets and sticking them together. If its for a visual joke it wouldn't matter that much would it?

£20 is pretty much standard for A0 though

I'm the tight type, so this might be an option...

Righto, will look into them a bit more

Watcha, I know there's a couple of you on here who know the printing business well, so I'm after a bit of advice.

I'm looking to get a large poster done. It'll be a blown up photo for a visual joke in a best man's speech. In my mind I'm thinking that a full on glossy fella would be a bit ott, I'm after a relatively low quality / resolution colour print. The kind of thing a bog standard colour laser printer, only in A0...

I've looked around (albeit briefly) online and am not really sure what I'd get for my money.

This place www.1clickprint.com would cost me £20 is that about as cheap as it goes? Or would a local copy shop be able to sort me out cheaper?

Thanks

Watcha,

I've just been offered an old holdsworth and I'm thinking of honing my bike mending skills by trying to convert it, but is it worth while?

The bike itself if a bit rusty in places, but it looks surface stuff only, so a new paint job might be in order.

There's no indication on the frame of the steel used although the forks are reynolds 531. The only details I can find on the net indicate this was a fairly low end bike.

Is it worth trying to rescue?

Thanks

that crash has clearly hurt him, judging by the way he lashed out at reporters who were deliberately poking his left shoulder during an interview after the last stage. i reckon he rode an awesome stage on monday, considering how much pain he must've been in.

I thought it was an aussie reporter, why would he poke him deliberately? He's a spooky bloke with spooky eyes. I remember him giving the reporters a bit of a tough interview last year too.

Having said all that I'd kind of like him to win.

I put a set of race blades on the rear, no probs, think clearance was an issue for the front though. I put them on as a spur of the moment thing one morning, so might have been able to get it to fit with more time.

Deffo nothing on the frame to fix a standard rack for panniers to. There are a number of solutions to that I believe (seat post supported ones, something that fixes on to the skewer / uses p clips) but you'd need to look in to a non standard solution, sorry...

also, if u say there is very little damage, why try to claim money? fair enough if u or ur bike are totally fucked, but i don't get it if there is no big fuss.

Because with my right arm in a sling I can't ride or drive for a week (tube and train fares) cook properly, write or type normally, I'm in pain when I sleep and hence don't sleep well and I keep having to hoover up painkillers, all because of someone else's carelessness....

I'm with you on this one. I cacked up my ankle in a completely someone else fault accident. This meant I couldn't cycle or do a number of other things I enjoyed at the time for about 3 months. I used the relatively small cheque I got from her insurers to buys frivolous things that would pay back some of that lost enjoyment.

I'm sure I read a book that basically blamed Wimpy for the collapse of the UK's biggest chain of Tea rooms. Lyons Tea houses or summit tried to expand into this modern american "fast food" market converted there tea rooms into Wimpy's to taken on the clown and the rest is history...

All sorted, lockring practically jumped off was so loose (well not THAT loose, but pretty loose).

Thanks

I have a chainwhip and a lockring tool, (not sure if its the right fit though) will see tonight. I've blagged a lot of my lbs of late, so should probably actually buy something before I ask for more...

Will take a look at them tonight, thanks

To add to the mix, I'm 6'1" and have a large. Tried a medium and to my monkey like arms it felt too crowded, the extra 2cm gives me a place to stretch out...

Watcha, I need a bit of advice, am a bit cack with bike maintenance and want to make sure I'm not missing something.

When I try to lock the back wheel on my charge plug it feels like it slips. Not in a pleasantly controlled skidding way, but in a "the pedals aren't moving, but the back wheel is" way. When I then try to acelerate hard it slips back.

I kind of assumed it was the rear bolts, so tightened them, any tighter seems to slow down the wheel when I give it a spin.

Any thoughts of what the issue is and how to fix it? My brain isn't mechanically minded at the best of times and I just can't get my head around it on a monday morning....

Oh, and anyone know of a likely place to get a 4mm x 12mm pawl spring (for a campag freewheel)

Happy Monday

Pretty fast lens, so would be good for gigs etc. But unless you need the zoom you can't beat the 50mm f1.4 for low light. (and or the 85mm 1.4)

The 50mmm 1.4 is the best lens I own by long way, and not too pricey second hand neither.

Funny that 'libertarians' like Fatso only want their own favourite freedoms. He's no better than the lefty bleaters who would like to ban range rovers. Clarkson too. If he believes it's ethical to drive at 186mph, then surely by extension he cannot object to me cutting him up at the lights, going the wrong way down a one street,smoking brown, drinking poteen whilst getting blown by a 14yr old on a recumbent.

As long as you're both wearing a helmet...

It says something when the only quote they can get against it isn't from the RAC or the AA or any noted motoring organisation but from that frothing at the mouth buffoon...

Do as Salmonchild says. Just go into your branch and be polite yet firm with them.

When I got stung for £60 for going overdrawn by a couple of quid, because of an unexpected direct debit when I was in between jobs, NatWest credited it back after just being polite and explaining the situation.

Not an option with many banks at the mo, I applied about a week after the whole "test case" thing kicked off and all banks are now just sitting on the complaints until there told they have to pay. As they've appealed the decision it could be a while. Although they MUST act now if your in hardship (see the original linky above)

Spraying / adapting / blinging bikes up might make some of them more interested than the standard tabard wearing cycling proficiency* types.

This is kind of where I thought the maintenance bit might go. Almost like the LGFSS open toolbox, I know my LBS charges a RIDICULOUS amount for a flat tyre fix, it could be a bit of a come along and help out...

I think it's got to be a bit of a many pronged attack. Some basic infrastructure, some training, some exciting bits. It's the balance that'll be the killer.

I do like the idea of the 'cycling bus' to start off things, hopefully we wouldn't attract some twat like that guy in Oz. I saw something on the news a while back about training for a cycle commute and one company did your commute with you for the 1st time, thought that was a nice touch.

See now we've got on to content which is a whole different kettle of fish. The first hurdle is to get the idea past the management and parents.

Which I feel you need to play up the safety aspect (I may be wrong, I've not done something like this before)

When it comes to exciting, what kind of things were you thinking about? A Junior polo team?

There are some good off road trails locally but mostly footpath orientated and I'm sure I'd need some kind of licence?

Aaah my grammars crap, although three in 1 post must be some kind of record. (Does it help I don't teach english?)

It is a bit rubbish as:-

• majority of kids have a bike
  
• Most live within 3 miles of the school (easy commuting distance)
  

On the sies I've looked at, it appears it was bike to school week about 2 weeks back (oops).

Like I said, there's no bike racks, just some fencing. I rarely see more than 5 bikes there, never more than 10. The school also introduced a 'no cycling on site' rule meaning the kids (and staff) have to get off and push there bike.Not that it means much as I'm the only one who doesn't ignore the rule.

Thanks for the tips. There does appear to be money out there, need to start to pull together information to take to the head.

Watcha all,

I work in secondary school and want to encourage both students and staff to get onto their bikes. Out of about 1400 pupils, I regularly see 4-5 kids on bikes... Staff is a bit better with a hard core of 5 everyday come rain or shine and another 5 or so fair weather cyclists.

I've got a number of idea's, but wanted to see if there's anything else you might have heard of, or if you know of funding for any of these projects...

Idea's so far...

For the students:-

• Bike parking (currently kids lock bikes to a fence)
  
• Training (Bikeability seems to be the latest thing)
  
• Publish 'safer' routes based the national cycle routes
  
• A series of basic maintenance course (would try to get LBS involved)
  

• Incentives (kids are greedy, but what / how?)
  For the staff:-

• Secure bike parking away from kids bikes (currently I use a lockup, which is fine, but some teachers keep the bikes in there rooms)

• Changing facilities (showers, lockers)

• Bike to Work scheme
  This is all very early days, so I'm including everything I can think of. I'm after anything that would get more adults or kids on bikes safely.

Don't know if you've a bike in mind already, but they also hire out Fuji's for £35 per season. A mate's got one and he loves it. It took him a couple of sessions, but now he thinks its set up just right for him (better than having to try to setup one of the freebie bikes every time)

Scrapper, rather missed this thread, but if any other mens M or L's pop out of the shopping cart system, can you drop me a PM?

thanks