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Thanks guys. I'm off to the police tomorrow morning, as well as to A&E to get stiff shoulders / neck and bruised knuckle looked at.
Adrenaline is a decent analgesic! But two days on I'm a little stiff and sore and reckon I really ought to get it "formalised".

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York: Tuesday morning @ 08:30
Bin lorry didn't see me and turned right into me at road junction.
No time to avoid.
Managed to hit him sideways on, and "shoulder-barge" rather than head on collision.

Smacked the windscreen with the side of my helmet, then bounced off and down.

Result:

• fractured windscreen (aww)
  
• bruised shoulder
  
• twisted bars
  
• a few cuts and bruises
  
• a very apologetic company manager offering to pay for repairs asap.
  
  

I didn't report to the Police, but have witnesses and photos and admission from driver.

I just consider myself lucky, and will probably get the price of a nice new pair of wheels out of them (and a replacement helmet!)

Any recommendation on wheels then?

Shame. I'd have had it too.

What sort of money are you after for the wheelset?

At 5'10 I fit a 56.

I have a new front end off a Kona Paddywagon (stem, bars, levers) if you get a threadless steerer frame...

One on Bikeradar road kit for sale.

Prices?
Pictures?

Sorry - not quite awake this morning!

Pictures will be posted this evening

Prices- I'm not really sure what to charge for most of these. I'd appreciate any pointers. I'll have a look on eBay this evening for a guide, then knock a bit off. Sound reasonable? In the meantime I'd be open to offers or PM for further details.

Cheers.

edited to remove HTML gobbledygook!

Road bike & track items for sale

I’m having a clearout of my garage and have come across a few old (unused) and new bits.

1) Dura Ace 7700 crank arms 170mm --£50

2) Ultegra SPD-SL pedals – cosmetically scratched, but straight, smooth and true --£35

3) Planet X road stem 110 mm -- £15

4) 1/8” 14t sprocket unused -- £10

5) Boxed unopened Dura Ace 8 speed chains (3 of). NB running new 9/10 speed narrower chains on older kit causes problems, so these would be great for your old 7 or 8 speed classic. I can’t remember how, but I managed to get a few of these and used them on a 8 speed Campag record set up for many years, and have 3 unopened ones left -- £20 each

6) Tektro drop bar levers – brand new unused (taken off new Kona Paddywagon) - £15

7) Kona stem new (taken off new Paddywagon) -- £15

8) Kona drop bars new (taken off new Paddywagon) -- £15

9) Shimano Deore DX 7 speed thumbshifters unused – still in their packet - £35 -- SOLD

10 Shimano 10 speed cassette 12-25 brand new unused. I’ve just bought a pair of brand new wheels (taken off a showroom Boardman pro), and they still had the unused cassette attached -- £30

11) Dura Ace double chainring bolts- these are superlight (6g on my scales, compared with my standard steel set at 20g) -- £10

Photos available this evening.
Collection from York, or postage at cost

velocipede
You need to earn enough to still be paying tax at basic rate AFTER you have the "salary sacrifice".
Obviously, if you are paying tax at 40% then you will save 40% tax rather than basic rate.
If you are VAT registered then you can reclaim the input VAT as well.
You will also not have to pay ers and ees NIC on the salary sacrificed.

There are 2 other things to consider:

1. could you not get the company to buy the bike, to be made available for its employees for business purposes only? (so no Benefit in Kind). You would reduce the company taxable profits by the full amount of the bike's purchase price, so would be paying less Corp Tax. You wouldn't have to charge anything to the employees for using it for business purposes...
   Obviously it depends on what kind of business and business travel you do!

2. if it's your own business, then you #might# want a monster bike. I've heard of the CS being used for a £6,000 beast! The only restriction is that the company must apply for its own consumer credit licence (@ £75 and probably a bit of form-filling) if it wants to go above the £1,000 standard limit that the CS allows.

3. you have complete flexibility over which scheme to use. I'd err towards the one that allows you to use Planet X or your local bike store, if it were my choice...

chain and brake levers please - if they are still available.

very good move. Well done and hope it sorts your probs

Hilary - I'd be interested in Ultegra basic drop levers.

Thanks for the link Hippy.
I hadn't looked at the dual purpose pedals (I've got a couple of pairs of the M505 pedals but they are spd one side and rather ungainly bear trap the other side so look a little out of place on a sleek road bike).
These new ones look much prettier indeed/

Thanks Hippy- I saw these last night when trawling through eBay.

Ideally I'd like the single-sided road SPDs, but can't find any new ones. I guess Shimano have discontinued these? I'd prefer 2nd hand road single side spd pedals, but I might have to settle for double sided ones!

I don't have them in front of me, but they look similar to the ones here
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/pedals/product/ultegra-6620-spd-sl-road-pedals-16856
I will have to check later to see whether there are different versions of the SL pedal so I don't mislead you inadvertently!

(I've not been in the cycling game really since around 1995, so I'm rather out of touch with these kind of new -fangled bits of kit).

If there's such a differential in price between the SL and classic SPDs, it might be wiser for me to get a bit of cash thrown in with the swap!

I'll try and get some pics up tonight so you can see what I have.

Got a pair of ultegra SPD SL pedals, used but work fine.
No use to me, as all my bike shoes and pedals are the classic 2 bolt SPD style.

For sale, or swap for 2 bolt road SPD pedals.

(by the way: no cleats)

Building up my Langster, and I've got nearly to the end.

However I need a couple of things to finish this off:

• drop bar road aero levers - (obviously) not Ergopower / STI!
  
• road spd pedals (not the modern SPD SL fancy ones)- all my others are the early 90s 2 bolt spd road pedals (Dura Ace, Ultegra, 105) so I'd like to continue the theme
  
• road shoes. My existing ones are coming apart after many miles of service, so if anyone has a spare set of size 46 road shoes with 2 bolt spd holes then I'd be keen...
  

Dibs on the Ultegra 91 (with the single 52t ring)
Failing that - dibs on the ultegra 92 arms only

They USED to be dealing with a lot more companies than they do now. wouldnt bother with the boardman as its a heap of crap. go paddy wagon for fixed/SS, or merida/cube/felt for road bikes!

I liked the look of the Boardman team carbon- seemed a pretty impressive ride for £1000 - that works out at around £50 per month for me...

I'd stll rather a Planet X though, but can't under the Halfords scheme.

not quite - I asked them to order me a PlanetX but they said they can't. Like the look of the boardman but not really what I wanted.

Planet X and Wiggle used to deal with the Halfords scheme, but no longer do so.
They threw their toys out of the pram after apparently being charged a kickback on each bike of around 10%.
They do their own schemes (Cyclescheme?) - see details on their websites.

Halfords scheme is still quite flexible - I managed to get a Brompton off mine, and colleagues have managed to get Cannondales, Treks, and even a Focus (before Wiggle stopped playing).

I do wish that my employer (a LARGE insurance company) would sign up with the Cyclescheme though. I'd rather the choice of LBS and giving them my trade, than going to Halfords.

Saying that: I will be getting another just as soon as my current deal matures.

I know it's not going to help (much), but I'm selling DA cranks on that well-known auction site at the mo.
Unused- so no square taper rounding issues.
Hope you manage to get a decent result from the Paypal dispute.

always

ex-pat: I guess if you're that unsure, take it to your LBS and compare it to a chainring they have in stock?

obvious! My brain really isn't in gear today.

Thanks- the reason I asked is I've found a few bits and pieces stored for years in my garage - and am looking to get rid of them.

I've got a nice track Dura Ace 7600 170mm spider circa 93-94, and an (almost) matching DA 7401 LH 170 arm.
I've also got a Campag 52 t ring (used) and a 42 t unused Sugino, hence my question. I know I got hold of these when I was planning to build up a track bike in '94 - '95, but lost heart after a real bad TT accident and my cycling never recovered.
I have absolutely no idea as to whether the rings are 1/8 or 3/32. The Sugino looks to have no "profiling" on the teeth, so it might be track specific.

Sorry if this sounds a bit like an advert...

(also got a pair of wide flange hubs to get rid of as well)