wildwest

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• Wanted - Charge Plug 5 Titanium in medium or large

  in General • 1 week, 2 days

  

  There was a titanium pompino on ebay i think it was a one off.

• Brother R725 Track 52cm frame+fork NOS metal flake black

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 week, 2 days

  

  It was made to njs standard so the the common dia compe clamp on brake will work.

• Brother R725 Track 52cm frame+fork NOS metal flake black

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 week, 2 days

  

  Love this frame..great details. GLWS.

• Frame weld/repair in Brixton

  in General • 1 week, 3 days

  

  Hesson labs are in lewisham

• Investment & Investing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 3 days

  

  Completely agree there was a time where on average over payment of £50 pm knocked 2 years off your mortgage term, and it doesnt seem too long ago.
  That no longer applies in the low interest environment.
  Off setting is effectively paying off your mortgage temporarily and as such the return on cash is the mortgage rate which by default is quite poor right now.

• Investment & Investing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 3 days

  

  Over the long term index have historical performed well especially if your drip feeding in.
  Remember the ftse100 index is roughly were it was at the height of the dot com bubble in 1999. So nil capital gains for a lump sum invested then.
  Dividends are the key especially when compounding would have roughly doubled your return in that time but it is over 2 decades.
  And also dividends are not consistent they often get slashed/halted during down turn or recessions, and should not be relied upon.
  Consistently drip feeding in capital and sheltering from tax (via isa or pension) are key to index investing for most people.

  Edit: putting into a foreign index also puts in currency risk. S&p 500 is priced in USD

• Town planning in London, planning proposals and applications, and planning decisions

  in Improving Public Spaces • 1 week, 4 days

  

  I agree the soul of the east is being ripped out, not much left of it now.

• Top 5 custom paint resprayers (recommendations pls)

  in Current Projects • 2 weeks

  

  Not sure of surname but his name is Adrian... met him at the roberts rendezvous vous while back now.
  He was a frame builder prior to that too. So he's got a fair few frames under the belt and he's pretty sure he built mine.

• Broadband Internet & ISP Recommendations?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks

  

  Virgin media are putting prices up again! Id like to stay with because I cant be bothered with switching, but £3.50 pm rise takes the piss.
  Gonna be calling to renegotiate and threaten to leave. Any one know what I should be aiming for just landline and broadband?

• Top 5 custom paint resprayers (recommendations pls)

  in Current Projects • 2 weeks, 1 day

  

  There was a time not long ago, you could get a frame sand blasted and powder coated locally for well under hundred quid. I Cant remember exact price now.
  Once you get into multi colours and lots of masking and even fadez price rapidly escalates.