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I recently bought a Strael

I recently bought a Strael and seriously considered building it from a frameset, but the price difference really was marginal if you can’t / won’t do the build yourself. After allowing for labour (I was quoted £150 for the build) it was really borderline and, for me, not worth the hassle versus ordering a complete bike set up by people who work on that frame every day.     

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I dunno, a flatbar Faran has

I dunno, a flatbar Faran has a certain something

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I think Luddite make a disc

I think Luddite make a disc brake cleaner don’t they?

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David9694 wrote:

New Forest: High numbers of animal deaths in 2025 so far

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25244869.new-forest-high-numbers-animal-deaths-2025-far/

“I was out changing signs and putting out massive signs saying foals in the roads in high vis, and people were still speeding past me.”

Maybe they sped on, reassured that they should have no difficulty spotting them. Fragment, consider revising.    

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But you don’t have to go to

But you don’t have to go to the social media site. They are embedded in the live blog so you can look / watch / read the social media content on this site. If they’re not showing for you that is probably down to your browser settings.

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andystow wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Peugeot 3008 overturns in Cheriton High Street, opposite BP petrol garage, as garden wall destroyed

So strange that a garden wall being destroyed would make an innocent passing car flip like that!

Pet peeve – headlines using ‘as’. Just sounds to me like they’re coincidental events. “Hurricane in London as butterfly flaps its wings in Peru.”

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Came here to post that one: 

Came here to post that one: “the car, with one man inside, appeared to turn the wrong way when exiting the car park before crashing to the ground”.

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mark1a wrote:

David9694 wrote:

… nearly as pricey as a Campagnolo pizza cutter so I better go real easy them. 

It’s Park Tool that sell an overpriced pizza cutter, Campagnolo sell the overpriced corkscrew. 

If you try using the Campag corkscrew to cut a pizza you’ll conclude it’s overpriced for that too. 

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Do us a favour and read the

Do us a favour and read the forum descriptions before mouthing off. This is posted in the Tea Stop, which is described thus: 

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David9694 wrote:

“Now why would you spend another pound on parking if you are only buying a pound worth of porridge. You wouldn’t, would you? It would double the value of what you’re buying.”

There’s a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. 

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Not on precisely the thread

Not on precisely the thread topic, but close enough. I have just learned that due to overwhelming demand, Operation Snap (Wales) is currently taking no further action in any cases that would only warrant a warning letter – it’s saving itself for serious cases.   

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HoarseMann wrote:

…we will take no further action. The driver will be spoken to and he will be given a warning with words of advice and guidance.

Err, isn’t that further action (albeit of the lowest order)?

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Love that people think

Love that people think reversing through a no entry is somehow better.

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I’m enjoying this one which

I’m enjoying this one which appears to be literally just an IKEA bag with a Klick n Fix pannier attachment!

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True – same as a close pass

True – same as a close pass (I’ve put the wig back on!) 

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