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The big one!

How can we make sure it goes past Shell's office right by London Eye? Can the beast be tamed?

Cheers Calum, got your pm.

Nothing?

Bunm before the bay

More pictures here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-6WzmAu2WgoDQmbBMmQXcwz-szlmRyq9

There’s also a d lock holster I bought here many years ago - Free

And a few Brompton rack bungees. I’ve got 3/4 pairs and they’re also free

Sidi Winter Boots UK size 9 - £50 used for two winters and then storage for the last 8/9. Comes with SPD cleat adaptor

Specialised SPD trainers UK size 9 £20 plenty of life left

N-lock 25,4mm - new unused - £20 two keys

Double leg cycle stand £5 - no rubber feet

Bike cover, mini pump, track nut extensions - free

Collection from NW8. More pictures below

Something like

https://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/blb-flat-rat-hanlebar-rack-matt-black

Have you got something? London pick up

Thanks,
Suami

On yer bike, Shell!

🚴‍♀️🛢️🚴 Demo against Shell's Greenwashing Sponsorship of British Cycling 🚴‍♀️🛢️🚴

📆 Saturday, 15 October 2022, 12.00pm

📍 Shell Centre, Waterloo, London SE1 7PE (Next to the London Eye)

📢 Optional: Bring you bicycle or hire a bike, as we may do some angry cycling around the Shell HQ. (There's a big Boris Bike stand right next to it.)

✨ British Cycling announced a major 8-year partnership with fossil fuel giant Shell. It has already faced widespread condemnation from cycling and environmental groups. Join us for our demo to tell Shell that we see through their shameful Greenwashing attempt and to pull out from the sponsorship.

Action Network: https://actionnetwork.org/events/on-yer-bike-shell-demo-against-shells-greenwashing-sponsorship-of-british-cycling

Thanks for sharing this here @Oliver Schick. I happen to be quoted in that piece (smug face) :)
Glad funding is back and more certainty with it.

This needs a refresh. Happy to help but probably best coming from a level 3 trained instructor. Maybe @skydancer would like to do one? The industry is desperate for instructors, funding is secured for the next 20 months, what a better time to train as instructor?!

Thanks for sharing this @dancing james. It's great news that funding is now back on. Are you still instructing?
Suami

Hiya, how you getting on with your adult training with Bikeworks? There are plenty of providers in London and the going rate is £20ph, although it's been this rate for over a decade. A real terms paycut of 30/40%.

Many providers will pay lower than this though and there's been a race to the bottom with instructors being the ultimate victim - providers fighting over contracts offering it cheaper based on lower hourly rates for instructors. We unionised back in 2019 mainly due to the retraining, stagnant pay and worsening conditions, and despite most of our existence being under COVID rule, we've been able to achieve so much, I'd encourage you to join the instructors union https://iwgb.org.uk/en/page/iwgb-cycling-instructors-branch and organise your workplaces for improved working conditions. You may have experienced some cancellations in your work that may or may not have been covered. We really admire the islington cancellation model. Both @WillMelling and I work for Islington where we get 100% pay for group and school courses cancelled within 2 weeks or 50% if cancelled within 4 weeks. The cancellation terms are also much better for 1-1s and there's admin pay all @£20ph. Cycle Confident pay £18 per hour for 1-1s in 2 hours blocks. no admin pay and 24 h cancellation policy. It's crazy! CC pays £15 for school work if your provisionally qualified and £20 for lead £18 for co if you're fully qualified.

There are plenty of options out there, don't settle for too little and know that cycling instructors are in high demand at the moment so you can be picky.

If you'd like to know more, just ask.

Suami
Chair, IWGB Cycling Instructors Branch

Both. Usually behind though.

In front if you want to model behaviour as it's easy for them to see how you'd deal with a particular situation. Then swap and let them have a go, being behind and slightly further to the right allows them to feel comfortable to try things out.

Unique handmade bamboo bike stolen last weekend from a garage in Camden along with many other bikes. This one was was mine, hand made by me using a home build kit from Bamboo Bicycle Club in 2017

Size 55cm
Frame: Bamboo
Forks: Willier carbon Black
Campag groupset (Veloce and Mirage)
Axiom Streamliner pannier rack
Brooks saddle and bar tape
Marathon Plus tyres 700 x 28
Double sided spd/flat pedals

This is a one of a kind bike, there isn't another frame like this one due to the nature of the build.
Distinguishing features:

Bamboo
Some Brazilian tape around the tubes where the Hemp/Resin ends and bamboo begins, they are 'fita do senhor do bonfim' and look like the last picture. There are different colour tape over the frame.
There is no front mech

Although there's a bike register sticker on the seat post, the police refused to register it due to no frame number

The photo with the brooks saddle and tape is the most current one.
Please help me find it.
Thanks,
Suami

PS. many others were stolen along with this bike, but they belonged to Camden Council which were used regularly for cycle training children and adults, community projects and free loans to residents and businesses

• Islabike Joni (well used) - Urban Arrow Shorty (black) - Tern GSD gen 1 (black, VERY used) - Tern GSD gen 1 (blue) - KIDS BIKES 2 x Frog 48 (well used) with spotty paint job
  

Sounds good mate, will pm

I'll wait and see if I can get it off with a tool before I consider heat and sacrificing it.

Thank you

Morning all, does anyone have a 3 arm puller to remove a crank arm that's stripped?

Or any other tool that will do the job?

I saw this and it looks easy enough https://youtu.be/jrpIoXxVyTs?t=193

this is the product https://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Gear-Puller-indoor-outdoor/dp/B009FDC80I

I can come to you with a frame and do it there and then if that's easier.

Thank you

Absolutely agree with you and @skydancer here. I was trained by Gill at CTUK and such a shame about what happened. It’s sad to see CC take over everything, eating the smaller providers (I still work for cc though).

And yes, we are all workers. Just not recognised as such. The apprehension some instructors had in the past were misguided. You get to keep all the ’perks’ of self employment as pointed out in the thersa link above. It’s a straight 13% pay rise as you’ll get pro rata holiday, pension contribution and a few other things. But you’re still as flexible as you are now. No change, accepting and declining jobs as you already do. It’s easy to understand why companies choose to label us this way. When we’re out delivering private 1-1s to our own clients getting paid cash or hypothetically approaching schools, delivering training and charging them directly, that’s self employment. What we do is we have been incorporated into someone’s business to do a job. Under their command. Flying their flag. We are workers and as a union one of our first asks was to be recognised as such. It was voted by members and it’s now being pursued by the reps, including legal challenge in an employment tribunal if (and it probably will) it comes to that. The union have done it before and has ongoing cases on this specifically:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/01/union-beating-gig-economy-giants-iwgb-zero-hours-workers

I would definitely recommend you to join. If you’re a part timer there’s a part time fee also.
iwgb.org.uk/join

Any questions I’m happy to answer to the best of my abilities :)
Cheers
Suami

Thanks for starting this thread @skydancer, the union is moving forwards slowly. Please support this campaing:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-cycling-instructors?source=direct_link&fbclid=IwAR0ZGpC56lTszeeEh39Fz0-V5WhmaAUBH48t3xdLWd-iBpeM1310faVgNYc

SIgn and share to support us instructors, cheers

More info on what the union is up to here:
https://www.facebook.com/IWGBCIB
https://twitter.com/IWGB_CIB

Hi all, I'm looking for some shoulder straps for my ortlieb paniers, the male female type.

Found online but will only get next week. anyone got one that I could pick up before the weekend?

cheers, Suami

Had my phone die on me and in need of an urgent replacement, can collect from central London tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for that. Let me know what you uncover

Steerer tube at least 18cm

Can collect anywhere in London and happy to pay for postage

Cheers

It's been at least 3 years since I last used it, it should still work fine.

only supplied with usb cable

£10 delivered to central London

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xj22bybirDZWo8-lF6flhKiFOUzxP2W6/view?usp=sharing