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My boss has lost countless important documents in the mail. He only now sends unimportant stuff via Royal Mail. Anything else gets couriered as it always gets there.

I always get mail for a flat with the same number on a different road and vice versa. No wonder there are identity theives about with bank statements etc going to the wrong addresses all the time.

I don't want to drag out the old "it was better back home" thing but Australia Post was bloody good in my experience. I don't understand how Royal Mail can be so crap.

1. Buddha Fingaz
   
2. shootthebreeze
   
3. spagettihoops
   
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5. pajamas
   
6. Jung
   
7. wools
   
8. marcom
   
9. Eididididdieiddie
   
10. Sasmon
    
11. (46) Cornelius StrawberryFoot
    
12. Gustav
    
13. dj
    15.VeeVee
    
14. huge
    17.Clefty
    
15. Glover
    
16. S/J
    
17. Jim of Billy
    
18. Object
    
19. kattt
    
20. James Brown + Friends
    
21. slamm
    
22. Hoonz
    

@RichardCheese ^^^+1
not to mention environmental.

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Originally Posted by tom.
Maybe show this person a picture of a fishspear and go "Dude, seriously. Dude".

fished

It's called a gidgee - note the multiple prongs - traditionally made specifically for spear fishing by the Australian Aboriginals, still the best fishing spear and still used today. The gidgee name is from the Nyoongars of SW West. Oz.

Old ideas still work well - just like a fixed gear ;-)

Always wear a helmet on bike... It takes no effort and it looks cooler than having your brains splattered all over the floor. Don't understand why you wouldn't wear one (except that a good one is expensive). Most people think adults who ride bikes are a bit weird anyway, so it's not it's the helmet that makes you look odd...

Well, good luck to them and their backwards attitude. People in cars look odd. Lots of them have a wide wobbly bit in the middle around their waist - THAT looks odd.

It's all person preference. I wear one when commuting as I find the driving more aggressive and erratic. Out of the rush hours I like to not wear one as it feels much nicer riding without a helmet - wind in the hair and all that.

Whatever blows your hair back I guess

http://www.fullboost.com.au/news.php?newsId=2096

Looks like GM is in the weeds, Holden is escaping unscathed thankfully....

I had a look at the site yesterday and am a little confused. I take it the initial 50+ orders has happened already, is this in for another round of 50 before they make any more or will they now just make them as and when people stump up the cash?

@Superprecise - I think the design is mint

Signed.

Can I suggest that the title to this thread gets changed to something more descriptive. You will get many more signatures.

"Mobile Phones" sounds like someone will be asking "whats got the most gizmos and gadgets?" etc.

pit locks or other skewers, are just as easy to take off as the nut for a formula

I know it's not hugely difficult to get past a pit lock without the tool, but it's much more difficult than merely possessing a spanner. I would be using the pitlock as a deterrent and if locking up for lengthy periods of time would not be relying on this alone.

Afterall, this is London's infamous London

A quick question if I may, does anyone know if it is possible to swap out the solid axle in say, a System Ex/Formula hub (front) for a hollow road type axle.

The reason I'm asking is that soon i want to upgrade my front wheel to something a little better than my £10 special and would really like to keep my pit lock.

I have absolutely no experience when it comes to modern sealed bearing type hubs so any info would be much appreciated

theres no need to take the piss, I'll happily give it away for free

ripping the piss.

Do you need to freeze it first?

What's a street anvil?

Any street furniture which has potential as an anvil/bodge/fixing object due to it's inherent shape and or construction. As I don't have a work bench or vice I sometimes go looking for one of these. Council tax has to pay for something good, right?

That was hippy

Uxbridge is full of pissed up pie munching ozzies stumbling all over the place tripping over their stupid flip flops!
I am going to start a thread where we award points for mowing them down. points will lead to prizes at the end of every month.

If all goes well we will have a flurry of ozzie and Kiwi ped "incidents" around the last friday of every month.

+1 but kiwis acrue less points, after all they are kiwis

A fabric horse please if you've any left by now, by my count 9 have gone already

~PM'd

I need a hub to build up a new front wheel and I really like my pit lock I run currently on my cheapy road wheel at the mo. Are there any high flange hubs that will accept skewers?

I wondered if this would but I think the axle is too long:

Does anyone know if it is possible to swap out a track axle for a road one on a sealed bearing hub?

Apparently there's loads of ex demo bikes n stuff. Am planning on driving in case I find that bargain i can't resist.

Not tonight Josephine, for 'tis the Champion's League final...

1 more reason to go to east drinks then......

I seem to recall there being talk of the "Tour of East London" for tonight

thanks for all the replies... i think they have been locked together in a passionate embrace for atleast 1 year, outside in the rain. i have tried smacking it with a hammer a few times, and tried wd-40, so i will try hoonz idea and see how it goes.. also somebody told me that ammonia is good to try and dissolve the fusion between the stem and fork,, anybody heard of this??

Ive heard of people on here using caustic soda but apparently it literally dissolves the whole stem in a day or so. If you can find a good "street anvil" then you'll have it out in 5mins. Once the stem starts to move downwards about a 1/2", you should be able to twist it out with the bars

The big TWO FOUR, enjoy it while it lasts, happy birthday, amigo.

If you've no prior celebratory engagements will you be gracing us with your presence at Easts?

How old is the marriage between forks & stem? Mine was well and truly fused together and had no doubt lived out in the rain for years. Multiple applications of WD40 did absolutely bugger all for me.

If it's being really stubborn and wont move you need to find something solid to sit the fork crown on, otherwise all the hammer force is only bending the fork blades and squashing your tyre. I used a cast iron park bench end with piece of wood for damage protection for the fork crown. A few good hard hits right on the bolt will free it - don't assume the stem will be usable afterwards however, unless you own a copper mallet. I had to use a big ball pein and the stem knew all about it.

I got a set of black mag wheels.

How much you want for them mate?

I'm after pretty much anything that will get it rolling better, some clownpants shoved a 20" sturmey archer 3 speed hub wheel on it, so it's geared really tall and takes ages to speed up.

On a budget so brand new is out of the question.

Looking for a 20" BMX back wheel, prefer an ally one but will consider steel. Must have the old smaller size spindle/Axle as the bike is from the early 80's and is one of these: