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Awesome. Thanks.

Yeah, but companies can sign up for a scheme and do the admin themselves. It's very basic. Yet companies like Computershare say to companies, "We'll do it all for you without charging you a penny" while then going to the bike company and saying, "we're only gonna give you 90% of the voucher price." The bike company then has the choice to accept the hit, pass it on to the scheme user, or just refuse.

As I say, easy money for the muppets in Computershare.

Who to?

I''l take the Barbour waxed canvas messenger bag if it's still available.

Fuck Asda right off. Bunch of dumb cunts. Jesus Christ fucking cunt magnets.

Edit. Possibly a bit strong. Can you tell I've spent the day battling the stupidity of humanity's jetsam?

Very unpleasant. Vile woman too dumb to realise how ignorant she is.

Please push with the roadsafe stuff - as she was clearly already bullying you and threatening violence with the tailgating, her near pass, and attempt to hit you with her vehicle was therefore a demonstrably intentional attempt at violence.

As if it needed more evidence, she then essentially admits that she was "punishing" you for cycling in te middle of the lane - she had full knowledge of all elements of the situation.

This one really shold go to the regular police - It's aggrevated assault.

Never tried them, and wondered whether they'd rotate about the handlebars, but they came up when I was looking for something else and your post reminded me of them:-

Raleigh Handlebar Mounted Bottle Cage

How about the London Road?

I've just got one of these. Haven't had a chance to really test it, but it's been good so far.
Everyone appears to have different views on groupsets. My only other point of reference is the 10 year old 105 on my other bike. SRAM Rival feels positive but a bit crude in comparison.

If I had known, for my ideal commuter, I'd have gone for Ed's suggestion:-

http://www.lfgss.com/comments/12394902/

C) put nails in their tyres, cut their gear cables and undo their stem bolts before shitting on their saddle?

Pretty certain I read this almost verbatim in Debrett's.

Not sure which elements are important, but when I was looking for rims I ended up with Velocity A23 which may or not suit your needs:-

Maxwell from Colonna and Small's new book on water and its influence on coffee: waterforcoffeebook.com/

This appears to be an earlier overview of their research:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/10875537/Secret-to-perfect-cup-of-coffee-lies-in-the-quality-of-the-water-researchers-say.html

Get him to order from home, but delivered to the office. They can't tell whether he's in the office or in his underpants.

I used Amazon Prime Now for the first time on Wednesday. It seems that if you (or someone you can ask for a favour near you) has Amazon Prime, and you live/work in central London (or some other urban locations) you can order certain stuff and have it delivered within the hour.

I was pretty impressed!

(Someone recommended I use the Amazon Prime Now app which had an introductory offer knocking £20 off my first spend over £50. Meant I got an Amazon TV box for £40 within an hour of ordering - bonkers.)

EDIT: Tl;dr? - http://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=6584642031

Wow! That's a lot of bike for £1k. Wish this had been around a couple of months back when I bought my Planet X London Road - it's a lovely bike, but i'd much rather Di2 over Sram Rival.

radball players

That's it. They were nuts. Like they were born on bicycles.

Gah. That's a shame. Thanks for letting me know.

No interest in playing - not got the skills. When I say "researching", I meant I was trying to determine what event we actually saw.

It was a fun day, and I'd like to go and watch again, if there's something similar (ie, a decent sized/organised tournament) on this summer in London.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask. A few years back (2012 I think) we stumbled on a bike polo event at Bethnal Green that I remember (seemingly mistakenly now I'm researching) as the world championships.

It was an awesome event. (I remember a German team in crazy control of fixed gear chopper style bikes, and a "short shorts" final).

Can anyone tell me what that was and whether there's anything on a similar scale in London this summer?

Thanks for any info.

"To be fair..." needs to then be followed NOT by another point in favour of your own argument, but by a counterpoint. This shows that you are capable of empathy and furnished with enough intelligence to spare some on consideration of others.

Apologies. Ingersoll. Away from home and on my phone all weekend so not able to check spellings.

My research suggested Abloy padlocks were unpickable, but Ingersoll were almost there, and their extra closed shackle makes them slightly more resistant to brute force.

@GA2G not sure if there's space for the info but after reading your recommendations and other sources I went for a Pragmasis 19mm chain and an Abloy 362 padlock as my main lock I leave at the station.

My research suggested Almax and Pragmasis are equal in all practical regards.

I needed another lock for outside the flat.

(EDIT: Mispelt Ingersoll all through this - correcting my mistakes, once GAG2 pointed them out)

I read that Ingersoll padlocks are very good and liked the form of their Extra Closed Shackle padlock. Abloy are supposedly harder to pick - namely impossible, but Ingersoll are supposedly nearly as unpickable whilst more resistant to brute force attack. Their "extra closed" shackle appeals for the incredibly limited access it offers between padlock and chain.

I just bought a 16mm Almax chain to use with it, but they are not compatible. The links in the chain are quite circular and the padlock can't close around them. I've had to use the Ingersoll Closed Shackle padlock instead.

When I bought the 19mm chain from Steve at Pragmasis he was really helpful, and sent me sample 13mm and 16mm links to use to restrict the gaps between my chain and the Abloy.

The 16mm sample Pragmasis chain link is a narrower design - they are more oblong in shape than the Almax - and fits the Ingersoll extra closed.

Tl;Dr - My research so far suggests to me that the best 16mm chain and padlock option is the Pragmasis chain and Ingersoll Extra Closed Shackle.

Winwood. We used them for shelving I've mentioned in the "owning your own home" thread and we're currently waiting on some worktops.

I'm on the phone right now. Pm me if you want more details and I'll ping you something when I'm next at a pc.

Dies anyone have any experience of the Alpkit Possum or Stingray.

It looks like the Large Possum would be close to an ideal fit for my bike. However, the large is £60.

For £65, Alpkit offer the Stingray which is tailor-made to your specifications. It seems worth £5 extra.

Are there any other differences that anyone knows of?

bumped into one of the guys from this store at critical mass last week:
pelagobicycles.com/blog/commu­terfrontrack/

it looks like an affordable soma..

Those look really good.

I've been looking for something similar but with a narrow width rack - a similar width to standard rear racks.

Pelago's are called large and medium, and the only difference seems to be the width - if they did a "small" conforming to the same pattern, powder-coated matte black, it would be exactly what I've been looking for.

If it transpires that golf is a game played and enjoyed solely by aliens, the world will actually make more sense.