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I've managed to kill my phone (again) due to an unscheduled trip in the canal (again). My current contract is 8.50 for 100 min, 100 texts (of which I only really use the minutes). While shopping for a new handset, it seems to me that for about the cost I could get a free phone with a 10.50 contract and get all kinds of other stuff (like download megabites and stuff) but for the life of my I don't know whether that's particularly useful and what to get from the phone.
Possibly I'll just chuck it all in and go pay-as-you-go.

Cotteridge is better than Stirchley, a bit further out but better park and less of an endless suburbia feel (and near historic Kings Norton Green and Bournville).

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But, if I made a report every time I had someone nearly hit me, accidentally or otherwise, I'd be filling in multiple forms every day.

I use stop-smidsy for near-miss; while the police won't do anything about it, it's recorded for stats and lobbying purposes, so may one day be useful.

If anyone has a set of 26mm crosstop/auxlilary levers to sell me ASAP I would be muchos grateful!

Spec interruptors for sale, used maybe once, will sell for whatever half the cost new is.

EMM, I have some flipped and chopped drops - now bullhorns. 25.8 diameter.

"Bidons" freecycle:
3 Bournville college water bottles. They are not designed as water bottles but they fit (althoguh they rattle a bit). Tell your friends the "B" stands for "bidon".

Spotted: bloke on blue 'bent (with rear fairing) in Kings Norton playing fields - think the 'bent was a homebrew. Not that I know anything about it but seemed like a lowracer seating angle but 700c/26" wheels.

Prove to me that public sector workers get paid less.
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Baby boomers are going to ruin our lives with their cushy pensions, and we're going to get nothing.
The system worked when they signed up and it doesn't anymore.

1. Compare the salary of a teacher at a King Edwards Private school and a Birmingham State school. That is a like for like comparison and not only do the public sector workers get less pay, they also get WORSE pensions.
   
2. Baby boomers are retired now, the attack on pensions is an attack on people currently saving for their pensions.
   
3. Just keep ignoring the fact that public pensions' cost has peaked this year and is going down, so while you would expect that "The system worked when they signed up and it doesn't anymore.", it does still work and even the conservatives don't argue with that.
   
   

Basically it's an attack on anyone who can't afford private school by trying to lower any other schools to crowd control (I already took a 10k pay cut for this job, cut my salary by 10%? I'm not that stupid, I'll go earn 5 times my current wage in the city). Can you imagine 68 year old primary school teachers?

As to striking while the talks were ongoing, the scottish red-haired rodent had already let slip that the outcome was decided against us and there's nothing like warnings of "if you strike we'll only make it worse for you" to underline the fact that this is not a decision born out of necessity, but rather out of political choice.

Crosstop lever for 25.4clamp (single)

I have some speciallised interruptors, if that's the right thing? £10 the pair?

Load of bullshit that, I was at work, teaching lessons and covering lessons for those who did take a day off school. I honestly dont think teachers should have the right to strike

Well then, my considered response is FUCK YOU.

First ever strike for ATL.

How was Midnight Mass?

Oh, I thought it was this coming Friday ... go me.

For sale: Price Drop, everything must go!

• rear SS wheel, 120 spacing, steel rim, brand new velox rim tape - £25 (now with SS cog!)
  
• Step - through 3-speed (now without puncture, with working gears and with new rim tape) - £30
  
• Marathon + 700c (28 and 25, one of each, some wear but lots of life left) £8 each, £15 the pair.
  
• Rev Courier Race (good for 5'10" or taller) £100
  
• Selle Trans AM £5
  
• No name 700*28 tyre, plenty of life, £1
  
• Front Crud Catcher - Free
  

Hi renton,
I have just broken my rear mudguard, so a replacement would be great. I'm not around this w/e so happy to be beaten to it by anyone else.

How much are you looking to spend? I have a blackberry for sale

About £2.
Actually, after a two day hiatus my phone has resurrected again, so I'll stick with it until I can downgrade to an even cheaper contract. thanks though.

Wanted: Functioning Mobile phone - don't need any of that fancy touch-screen stuff, just to be able to make calls and receive txts. The cheaper the better.
Thanks for offers, phone now back with us.

Freecycle: Nothing special 700*28 tyre, tan sidewals I think. Very low use but not much on te puncture protection side of things either. Warning, it bites when you try to fit it!

Pub other than the anchor?? An outrage!
Still, don't know how I feel about a brum CM with more than six riders, what is the world coming to?

Freecycle: Really old 26*1&1/4 tyre, it's a funny old size and the tyre is not in the best condition.

Sure thing n3il, can you collect from Kings Norton (near 55 and 5 intersection)

Freecycle:
1 - short seatpost with saddle (labelled "turbo"), old and dusty complete with cobwebs.
2 - front crudcatcher style mudguard
3 - tortec rear rack - broken at the bottom (still works but makes a racket when ridden)
4 - rubbish EBC bike stand, it's the tune up mini (a bit better than leaning against a wall, but more faff to get it there). Some paint flecking and rust.

Wanted: Powergrips or equivalent to try out fixed riding with flat pedals.

Glad you like it, good luck this w/e.

I'm after any 27" front wheel you might have. I'm representing Birmingham at the Cambridge polo tournament on Sunday and at the moment my front wheel is so smashed it's rubbing on the forks which no amount of grief on the wall can reduce. Think the rim is well-and-truly toast. Open to suggestions around £10-15

I have such a wheel! It's a steel rim, got a tube and a mostly unworn tyre. £10 collected from Kings Norton (near the intersection of the NCN5 and 55 local route). PM me.

WANTED! Rear ( or set ) of 700c fixed wheels... anything considered.
Holler.

If you consider "anything" I have a 700C wheel that is really SS, but I ran it for a year+ as Fixed with a loctight-ed cog before I decided to change cog and realised. It's about 120 or 125 OLN. If interested, Holler Back.