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1) Shimano 600, right/drive side crank. nice condition, few small scuffs. 170mm. £12

3) Campag crankset. Good amount of scratches, but still work and would be good for a town bike etc. £15

5) Stronglight RH/Drive side, and 38t chainring. No chainring bolts. £5

I'll PM this morning

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Absolutely. Missed last year so its a definite this year.

Dunno what happened about the stall on Sat but it seems to have got lost in the noise. still - unable to do it now in any event...

The point is one of customer service. The amount is immaterial. If any business wants to keep its customers then it must look after them. If a business is failing then perhaps they need to look at why. A business only survives because of its customers and this is especially true of smaller businesses. Ignore the customer and they will ignore you.

I'm out. I have a three person rather crappy tent that folds down nicely. Nothing technical but possibly Ok for a couple of evening non-serious camping. Joe - you interested?

1. Mr C - nice to see you again
   

Looks like I took the f**kin photo!

My point exactly. What's wrong with a bit of basic courtesy - you never know, as a shop owner what they will buy next? I had been thinking of a Brooks from VR but not now. As someone involved in a service industry a little give and take never hurt business and £3 should have been neither here nor there for VR but would have engendered customer loyalty.

See BJ website and give them a call. I didn't think it was overpriced for the quality. Diffence between Mario V/Armourtex and Argos/BJ is the difference between powdercoating and stove enamalling. For soemthing like the HQ it's gotta be stove enamalling all the way.

fk fk - missed it.

What about Bob Jackson bikes? No idea if they will do a non BJ but the quality on the restoration they did for me was fantastic....

Joe - there is some marital "tension" at the moment about this ride as it is my daughter's GCSE French oral on the Tuesday so I may not attend. If so (and I will let you know tres shortly) You can borrow mine. I'll leave it at left luggage at Waterloo on the Thursday and post you the receipt. You can collect on the day!

Right - camping equipment:

1. Tent: check
   
2. Sleeping bag: check
   
3. Mat to put sleeping bag on: check
   
4. Torch: check
   
5. toothbrush: check
   6 errrr
   
6. Cider
   8 thats it
   
   

Is that OK?

Arducius - thanks a bunch. Aiming to get there v early on Sunday and drop off kit etc. What time does it all kick off on the day?

Hmmm. Not interested in bumping the rascism issue but interested in what people thing of VR.

I bought a jacket for my GF's birthday last month from VR and she found it was too small. So we toodled down to VR to change it. No problem - staff (forumenger) remembered me and have left the small jacket and ordered a larger size. My GF then saw some nice gloves for us both. One pair marked £10 and the other £13. When she came to pay it was £13 for eachpair! She politely insisted that the shop charge the price shown but the owner guy was rude and uncompromising and accused her of profiting from the reduced price - even after admitting that they had bought them in some time ago to sell at the lower price. Should have walked away but in the end bought one pair. Disappointed as I had been looking to buy a Brooks saddle (or two for the tandem) from them. Still least I know where I won't be going once I get the jacket..

@ Joe
@ sam

Found tent so I am almost definitely in. Will come over on ferry on Sun morning and camp over. Need details (UTFS) of camp site etc.

North's breakfast pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29363048@N08/sets/72157623753112159/

Great day in the sun.

My pics of the day plus some from North's Breakfast are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29363048@N08/sets/72157623753112159/

Bloody hell - a ranga thread

Bit sad to see that no-one else says "yes"

I took a long time to find the right frame for my GF (5' 4"). Found a nice Holdsworth mixte frame on here in the end after about 6 months of looking. Unless someone has something to offer, UTFS.

Re 24th April - a picnic and build a bike for africa sounds like a fantastic idea. Am able to provide the following:

1 peugeot frame
cupcakes (various) and chocolate brownies.

I may even be tempted to make a vegan chocolate cake....

Fancy nicking a croissant on Sat so I'll be there.

Looks like I need to be in on this

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