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Hey Gav, cheers for the caliper.

I'm Bothwell

#Everyoneontwowheelsisafriend
#myenemy'senemyismyfriendexceptifwefirstmethiminafghanistan

What dictates how much a film can be advertised on the BBC? For the last couple of weeks "The Hunger Games" has been plugged again and again. The distributors must know a way in, and I'm intrigued to know what it is.

I'll take the Ultegra caliper if it's back on sale.

Got a pic of the Bontrager saddle from the top?

£5,250 for a nice bike!

Wowsers!

http://www.rapha.cc/the-continental-from-ira-ryan-and-tony-pereira

^you'd think given it's a 'big thing' Stella McCartney might have bothered turning up in something other than her pyjamas. It's not like she grew up in Liverpool is it?
She was ordered not to make Wolff-we spunked the budget on coke then sneezed out a logo the morning of the deadline-Olins look bad.

something elase in the spring collection.

a little black and tan credit card wallet

Ooo, nice. For sale?

no worries mate,
http://www.lfgss.com/thread48484-13.html
:D
Done! Meant to ask too - any pictures/details of your bike? Looked pretty awesome.

+1 Apolloxl - dropped a tyre to my work next day - v good tyre for the price too! Cheers mate.

Also +1 Tel, for selling a decent frame for a great price then being very helpful and generous with other bits and pieces.

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adman--did more web research on current price of bits between dibbing and picking them up and dropped price completely unprompted. + 2 very smooth transaction
-Adroit- Great seller, honest prices. +2

• Adscan- bought a PSP of the man, better than well chuffed. package arrived via matter transfer.
  
• Aidy40 - bought a frame off him, nice frame, nice guy, nice delivery, well packaged. Very happy.
  
• ALDI
  
• amey
  
• andyfallsoff +2
  
• Andypancake +5 Absolute gent... and some nice goodies. Ta fella.
  
• Andy.W +2 (top trader - collected and posted a bike for me a long time ago)
  
• apolloxl +14 excellent sale / sub 24 hour turn around from dibs to postman! / Very pleased / top man / thanks for the speedy despatch and excellent communication. / delivered the item straight to uni, like a boss / sold me a nice set of drops, turned up well quick and top bloke
  
• Arantrek - lovely wheels, run v nicely, v pleased & nice bloke
  
• Archie's Grobags +4
  
• Aroogah +2
  
• Arup +2
  
• Ascari - nice helpful guy, came to the station to meet me
  
• b4b - Good communication, deal was pretty good. Thanks!
  
• babydinotrackboy
  
• belgiangoth - sorted me out a nice cheap replacement wheel in double-quick time for polo
  
• Benjybars +4
  
• benottomadmax - Got a saddle and a couple of sprokets off Oscar - no messing around, good lad!
  
• Berniebike +1 great communication, frame packed brilliantly, next day delivery ace
  
• Bespokebicycle - exactly as the label on the tin. Many thanks.
  
• Bigben
  
• Bikejunk
  
• B'jammin - super helpful, thanks for the rims!
  
• Björn - They say good service only shows when something goes wrong; in this case inept couriers ;)
  
• Black Rainbow Project. +1 Brought from Scott twice now....A Top Bloke....Cheers.
  
• Bluerip00 easy transaction
  
• Brig7 - Bike arrived in perfect condition and well packed in about 3 days from Holland + 1 - pleasure dealing with
  
• broken_777 +7 Excellent speedy wheel builds at a great price and mega strong; always good work
  
• Buddha Fingaz +1
  
• Cake - Item as described and pleasure to deal with!
  
• Carl
  
• CasaSteve - Stuff came in a Wiggle box and it was so well packed I actually thought I'd forgotten - about a wiggle order! Plus a good guy.
  
• catfood - bargain wheels and even brought them to Souths for me +1
  
• Chegas - Worked out a good deal, answered all my questions, stayed in touch etc etc.
  
• Cheesecake_intl - great packaging of frame and very easy to deal with
  
• Chompy - Nice wheels as promised, friendly Pm's, and delivery was swift. Cheers ears. +3
  
• ChrisMGS +1
  
• cipolinni +2 Well packaged, missing bit followed shortly afterwards
  
• Citron +1 Very friendly trader!
  
• Colm +4 Shiny Dura Ace by post at good prices, prompt delivery
  
• Cohen - great international transaction
  
• cornelius blackfoot - thanks for the wheels
  
• colnago_costa +26
  
• Crows +1
  
• D- Generate - The guy is an absolute don. Thanks for the light, and best of luck with the babe!
  
• Dalester
  
• 'Dan
  
• Danb - kept me up to date, well packaged and pretty speedy all things considered. +1
  
• darstachy (spent £300+ in one go, did exactly as he said he would)+1
  
• Darwin - fast and cheap
  
• Dazzling - Pleasure to deal with, good comms ;-)
  
• Deegee - Bought some campag crank bolts - very fast delivery, top notch bloke
  
• Dirty Harry +2 (and his brother)
  
• dmczone +4 (very professional and good service)
  
• Dogsballs wheel builds -alarmingly quick but good wheel builds) +2
  
• Doktor P. Although I suspect he's not really a doctor ;-)
  
• Domwarman - Nice easy transaction and good communication.
  
• Doosh - Quick, lots of communication.
  
• Dootroy - Bought some forks- great wrapping with kodak film paper! nice
  
• Downlo - Quicker than Wiggle.
  
• dr fast
  
• drunk - great contact, fast shipment
  
• Dumps, v. helpful seller.
  
• East End Images +6 very cheap and very quick, a lovely chap
  -EdScoble - delivered a wheel to my work when I was in need. helpful and friendly, thanks.
  
• Eightball– great comms and quick post. Excellent deal on bag
  
• Erikfox, Erik supplied me with a lovely Gazelle frame with thanks +3
  
• F34Rthefixed
  
• Fahrgestell - top bloke. joker! and good bit of banter when doing our deal.
  
• Faso
  
• fasteddy – recently purchased a fairly expensive wheelset from me and certainly deserves a bit of recognition for it!
  
• Fixado
  
• Flowmont
  
• Forms
  
• Fox +4
  
• Fruit (Just one of the most helpful people) +1
  
• Germaneddie - bought lots of stuff from him at jumbles and other places. very helpful and good prices +2
  
• Hammo +1 Posted despite saying pick up only and then didn't charge any extra for it. Great guy....This is also for the Condor Pista frame
  
• harlsden - good chap and experienced tourer with lots of stories - straight and honest
  
• Harry Major +1
  
• harv4130 - not only did he post me a cog for free/gratis/nada, he then sorted me a nice stem out for super cheap.
  
• Heythropbikepolosoc - all good
  
• Hilarystone (of course-he's like the lfgss Tesco, but better) +17
  
• heavisides really nice guy, met me at euston, great bike and even better deal.
  
• Hobo - Great seller, kindly posted and in super quick time too!
  
• horatio +1
  
• Howard - Easy comms and good postage times!
  
• i am john - great packing
  
• IAmNotARobot - Made a big diversion to meet me, then gave me stuff for free when I had no change.
  
• IDOnothing
  
• igloo69
  
• jambon - +3, packaging was first rate
  
• Jammy - Top guy, was willing to hold seatpost while funds arrived! And it's the busniz!
  
• Janet Jackson
  
• JD - bought a frame to be sent to australia, ultra smooth transaction, good communication, all round stand up guy. Frame arrived packed excellent, cant wait to deal again.
  
• JC Chapi - Bought a frame. Very well packed. Great communication.
  
• Jed - brought the item to me to make my life easier. Lovely bloke.
  
• Jermaine Jackson
  
• Jessberry, nextday delivery
  
• Jimalex - +3 Honest and trustworthy fella, posted before i paid!
  
• JIMMEH (very quickly delivered.) +2
  
• Joe1983 +3
  
• joelipol Thanks for the lovely red retro jersey....a star!
  
• jonny +1
  -jontizzle91 - good price on Garmin speed sensor (new in box!) and fast post. Cheers
  -Kay nice group set ad fast delivery from Belgium!
  
• Kingcutter +36 [and more besides]
  
• King Saxlingham
  
• KLM - genuinely nice guy, I rate him
  
• knowthejo +1
  -kucharz66 fast delivery and brilliant price!
  
• lae- +1 Good seller, polite, and offered me a drink! Honest too , wheels are just what i needed, thanks
  -leotandph12 - Thank you for the snipe sir. Good man.
  
• leozon - Great international transaction. thanks.
  
• Lew_redd - fast delivery, well packaged and even got insurance on the posting of the frame
  
• loafheads - everything went nice and smooth. thanks for the deal!
  
• longman1971- fast, simple and brilliant deal. Well pleased.
  
• Maelstrom
  
• Malaysian +2 - send me a saddle as good as new, before even having paid, at very reasonable price. cheers / excellent communication, very helpful, well packed frame
  
• Marxist_fixie - + 1 Pleasure to deal with, Got what i wanted the next morning!
  
• mashergirl
  
• MatP - Received a few parts in lovely condition, quite literally as new. safely packed and swiftly delivered. spot on!
  
• maxcrowe (traded seatpost + bought some sweet S75's)
  
• mdcc_tester +3
  
• Mechamorgan - Great comms and pleasure to deal with!
  
• Mechanical_Vandal - good comms and quick postage. Items exactly as described.
  
• Michael Jackson
  
• miro_0 - Reliable, great price and super quick delivey. 531.
  
• Mr Bump - nice guy!
  
• Mr Cow - +1 Needed rear wheel today, picked up today, great comms, what a gent.
  
• MrLemon - really helpful and well priced, worked around my schedule to meet
  
• nefarious
  
• Nickyboy
  
• Nigel182 - Bought from and Sold to - smooth transaction both times.
  
• No1 - Bought a few bits of him on several occasions. Pleasure to deal with. Great guy! Thx;)
  
• ntc
  
• number6 - +6 quickest postage in the land! and good guy to boot.
  
• Nuknow +5
  
• NurseHolliday - went well out of his way to deliver me a part, top chap
  
• Nuts - very helpful in posting a cheap frame that I wasn't able to collect
  
• Orko42 +2 (Quality trader, did everything to make me as happy as possible, top man!)
  
• pajamas - Overdue Anyway, great build, great bike, fair price/top bloke/great wheels. +3
  
• Paramounted +2 (Dealt with 3 times, top bloke!)
  
• papercrate
  
• PeterV +14 (extremely helpful, extremely friendly and sends a well-packed bike fast)
  
• Philosovril
  
• PhilS - Items well packaged and good communication. Decent chap!
  
• Philxthomas +1
  
• Pifko +2
  
• Pistanator +1
  
• Pistoffski +14 (super polite & straight up, delivered just as promised) A true Gent.
  
• Platini
  
• PortsmouthFixedGear - Had to go to portsmouth to trade frames but was worth it - chucked in some very nice parts too
  
• pricey
  
• Prince
  
• ProMarker
  
• Rawrrr - only a small sale but very helpful and friendly
  
• rbh0riz0n - Quick communication, posted asap, & pedals smoother than expected. Bam.
  
• Readview - Sold me a nice frame. Posted next day. Friendly too. Thanks.
  
• Re-cycled +1
  
• Red-biff. Nice guy, easy to deal with, great frame!
  
• Reginald (bought bars months ago - v helpful)
  
• RetroDiCorsa +15 He is the Man!
  
• Roberto (example to follow) +2
  
• rocksteady
  
• richoking - great communication, friendly to deal with and a great price.
  
• RIH (bought bike very well packed from Holland) +13. MF says you a good man
  
• Rik +5
  
• Robertoegg
  
• Rodolfo
  
• roowilliams - picked up some forks - no fuss
  
• Roy_Airs - absolutely chuffed with the saddle, friendly and honest chap. Thanks! +1
  
• RPM
  
• Sacredhart - Lovely bike, good price, good trader. Would recommend
  
• samdaniel +1 winner of best packaged frame award - and best packaged wheels award
  
• sash +4 Very nice, sat and had a cuppa and a free camera to boot!
  
• Sharkstar - went out of his way
  
• Schnitter - 2 good transactions
  
• Sheathy
  
• shinkuu kiss
  
• Shuai - Good transaction, fast shipping, great packaging.
  
• Simplex NL +16 (extremely nice and an excellent bike packer, great bike, perfect condition, great price. excellent communication and good delivery)
  
• Singspeed - punctual. friendly, and good guy. +3
  
• Sirf - couple of things weren't originally perfect and he fixed it up! great guy.
  
• skelator - +1 good price, well packaged and just as described. sorted thanks!
  
• Skully
  
• snowyagain
  
• socialamnesia +7 (very Excellent - total dude- more than helpful. cannot fault.)
  
• Solarider
  
• SoperRiva - Cannot BELIEVE he's not on this list yet! - agreed, the man is a legend - ta henry - super, cannot recommend enough, super cool! +5
  
• spaghettihoops +2
  
• Sparky - Cheers for the cateye!
  
• Spinto - bought some well used Ksyriums at a good price, friendly chap and didn't mind my getting caught in traffic and turning up late...
  
• spin2win
  
• Spotter - +3. I generally like him =))
  
• Stedlocks - nice bike, super condition, great price, lovely guy. Safe.+1 gave up his violet hip pouch for me!
  
• Steelarts +1 This guy sure knows how to pack a bike.
  
• Sumo - +2 Bought forks and headset, lovely job, simple as.
  
• supersonik-zlad - thanks for Les
  
• sushigeezer - bought half link chain and hurley laptop bag today - almost brand new for £20, thanks dude : )
  
• teenslain +2 top sowf london geezer
  
• Tee Tee
  
• Tel +22 - friendly, fast and fantastic packaging.
  
• Temper_Temper
  
• Tenderloin - thanks!
  
• The Bonk +4
  
• The_BMX-KId
  
• TheBrick(Tommy)
  
• The Caped Crusader - Quick delivery, 2 days from Lisboa! well packaged, kosher.
  
• TheCrane +2
  
• The devils falcon - +4 Really nice guy and he goes the extra mile with requests
  
• Tilover +2 prompt delivery, and reserved an item for me for a very long time, cheers!
  
• Tito Jackson +1
  
• ToeByeErs
  
• Tombardo- good comms, bike as described, great price
  
• tomd - reliable, very quick postage, items always as promised
  
• tommmmmmm
  
• tomsvoboda - bought a saddle, excellent condition and top bloke
  -Tonydiamond
  
• tsou +1
  
• twiltshire
  
• Unit lost - Nice chap in Lithuania, helpful and prompt.
  
• Upstart - top bloke, I know I'm not the only one.
  
• Varno +9 (Five brilliant transactions, good seller)
  
• velocipede65
  
• Vince +1
  
• VintageBikeCave - found some obscure parts for me then sorted me out with new bits when I found some of the old stuff was worn. Graham & Betty, legends.
  
• Virgil +3 Great price and well packaged - cheers!
  
• wblenkin - +2 > 2 deals, one sale, one buy, both good
  
• weaselyone - pleasure to do business with
  
• Weslito - stand up guy, really nice & easy to deal with
  
• Wharry - Cheers for the setup, well packaged and in pretty much mint condition!
  
• whatok was very easy to contact and meet up with, and friendly once I got there. And gave me what - I wanted for free.
  
• Wicksie
  -Willem
  
• WjPrince
  
• Xander - Excellent guy.
  
• XMAN
  
• Yap
  
• yeahnerdz +3- Good Comms, and a speedy delivery too... Top Bloke. And give out free nuts!
  
• YesNoGame
  
• Yetidamo - good deal!
  
• yogicabbage
  
• Yorkiefix: great deal, came real quick
  
• zieleman +3
  
• 1000archangels
  
• 1894mk2
  
• 313 - Nice wheels. Easy transaction. Thanks, start of the new build.
  
• 36x18 - brilliant service, really quick wheel build turn around :) +2
  
• 606 - Bought a Langster off him, rides sweetly, he even threw in a 3rd tyre, mtb grips and straight handlebars and some road bike shifters
  

Hey Apolloxl - thanks a lot for delivering the tyre. Top service!

Is this the only place one can be cynical about the Olympics? It feels like legislation may have been changed to make criticism of the Olympics an act of Treason.

I was thinking today about how I would answer the reporter in the street asking what the Olympics meant to me:-

5 weeks of struggling to get into work to earn a wage that is then taxed to pay for a nice summer jolly I've not been invited to for a bunch of bankers, decorated by a load of "designers" paid a fortune to produce utter bile, out of all of which the only discernible effect I will notice will be the additional traffic congestion and a few years of decreased investment in our local area.

M10 is an MTB brake lever barrel adjuster size, road brakes use M6
Trust Tester! Thanks a lot - you've helped me out a number of times.

Does anyone know off-hand what size barrel adjusters most brake calipers require? The set from my campag monoplaners fit my much newer shimano 105s but eBay seemed to suggest M10 was the right size and they are far too big.

Yaaarrr, Bethnal Green/Mile End in the week, and Elephant & castle the rest of the time.

Would love the bontrager tire but nowhere near Highbury. Good luck with the sales -good prices.

I'd avoid shared ownership. More pertinently, my other half, who works as a policy bod for Shelter, also says it's not good.
As I say, it gets mixed reviews. It's important to understand the product, but if you do and you shop around you can do very well.

Where do you stand though with the other 75% of the house? Say the person owning the rest wants to sell it, or if you want to sell it?
Shared ownership is a government backed scheme, and to qualify you must earn under a threshold household income.

You get a long lease from the Housing Association who become your landlord. If they want to sell, they can, just like any landlord can - the landlord's obligations under the lease pass to the entity they sell to, your rights are protected.

When you sell on, you get a percentage of the proceeds of sale equivalent to your share - so if the property's increased in value you get a % of that increase. If it's gone down you'll take a % hit.

You can buy new chunks as and when you want, but there are some admin charges to be aware of. Generally it's worth keeping in mind that it is slightly more complicated than out-and-out ownership, and there are measures in place to make sure nobody's abusing the system - eg, you will find it difficult to sublet the property: it's not designed as an investment vehicle.

All in all, it's not a surefire lottery win, but nor is it a certain road to ruin - just something to be aware of and to consider.

new build boxy flats are three a penny in stratford and around the olympic park and the value of thise has gone down in recent years, while decent terraced house have gone up

It might be worth checking out housing associations and what they have to offer.

Shared Ownership gets mixed reviews and it's worth reading through the paperwork carefully but...

As an example there's some 1 bed flats in ec1 valued at approx £350,000. You buy 25% for £87,500 with a mortgage. You then pay rent on the remaining 75% but it's a rate of 2.5% of the outstanding equity per annum.

So your rent is £6,562.50 pa so £546.88 pm

Your mortgage is say 5% fixed borrowing £70,000 so £375 a month.

So you pay £921.88 per month.

It's quite a bit, and there's a service charge but it's your own place, and the prices are all relative - there's not many ways to get a flat valued at £350,000 by paying £920 a month...

As Dicki points out Stratford has a lot of these so prices there are a fair bit lower...

Being wealthy enough to be able to hire an accountant who can help you to avoid paying income tax is not a crime. Rape is, and always will be, a crime. Comparing the two is frankly ridiculous.
Not really - the arguments are the same: because people are getting away with something it is right that we should stop pursuing it.

Yeah, that was pretty shocking.

The main reason cited for cutting the 50p rate was that it was being so routinely circumvented that reducing it to 45p might reduce the incentive to dodge the tax and actually collect more in revenues.

I'm expecting Ken Clarke to stand up next to say that as rape conviction rates are rubbish they're going to make it legal.

I'm with Walm on a lot of what's been said. Currently 9 months into first mortgage. Repayments are slightly less than the rent was, and £200 of each payment is paying off capital loan.

For that we are now responsible for anything that goes wrong in the flat and for an annual service charge which looks likely to include some major works to the roof and external parts of the building.

That said, a flat in the same block just sold for 15% more than we paid 9 months ago so it's swings and roundabouts, I guess. It's just better to have the full facts and figures and to know whether you're on a swing or a roundabout...

On the budget, in the face of every news agency reporting his decisions with headlines about robbing pensioners, George Osborne says on the BBC, "I am not in the business of writing the next days' headlines".

He then goes on to stress again and again the news that GlaxoSmithKline have come out and said the budget is fantastic and they're investing .5 billion in the UK on the back of it.

Riiiiiight, so they made that decision overnight, right? And not over the last few weeks in discussion with the toad, announcing on the day of the budget so that it will make the next day's papers.

"I am not in the business of writing the next day's headlines"

Lying Fucktard. That's exactly what you were trying to do.

Fucking toads. One key change as a result of legislation is that Secretary of Health is no longer legally responsible for provision of the NHS. Does this mean that, as he no longer has any resposibility, Andrew Lansley will no longer collect a wage for his now non-job?

In 5 years time the Tories will be encouraging us to castigate GPs for destroying the NHS. Creative Destruction - It's their next favourite hobby after nepotism, self-service, gay-bashing and closeted homosexual sado-masochism.

Edit: forgot to say: very good diagram Tiswas - I'll be nicking that.

Sweet. Thanks guys. I've read about these salmon KoolStops. I will have to get a pair to try.