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  • in reply to: Brompton clones in Europe? #1426703
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    Brompton deliver to some European countries – https://www.brompton.com/support/delivery-and-returns

    If you’re on a budget I’d suggest Decathlon – https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/folding-bike-fold-120-grey/120068/c443m8500543

    It’s also worth looking at 2nd hand bikes, I found a Decathlon bike similar to the above for £50.

    in reply to: Drivers and their problems #1197927
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    Abandon shipment: how an Amazon van got marooned on the UK’s ‘most dangerous path’

    Amazon Van stuck in mud

    “Apparently the Amazon driver was a lady who’d been in the job three days,” says Jason. “She, I believe, got to the top of the sea wall and phoned her supervisor and said: ‘Am I doing the right thing here? I’m questioning this.’ And they said: ‘Does the satnav tell you to go that way?’ She said: ‘Yes.’ So they said: ‘Well, carry on.’”

    in reply to: Brompton clones in Europe? #1431479
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    Posted this yesterday but it isn’t showing for some reason, I’ll try again without the links.

    Brompton deliver to some European countries – see Delivery and Returns section of their website.

    If you’re on a budget I’d suggest Decathlon – they do a BTWIN 120 Folding Bike for £280.

    It’s also worth looking at 2nd hand bikes, I found a Decathlon bike similar to the above for £50.

    in reply to: Favourite funny #1286941
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    Garmin April Fools post.

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    Last time I checked you could

    Last time I checked you could still buy a reasonably priced bike in Decathlon.

    High end kit is expensive, but hasn’t it always been?

    in reply to: Favourite funny #1182739
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    Two wheel foot pusher

    Two wheel foot pusher

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    in reply to: Drivers and their problems #1157061
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    David9694 wrote:
    Furthermore, if the number is low enough that you can actually name the victims, it then highlights that human tragedy even further.

    One death is a tragedy, 1600 deaths is a statistic.

     

    Tom_77

    Jogle wrote:

    [quote=Jogle][b]Dramatic pictures as double-decker bus crashes into Royal Cornwall Hospital[/b] https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/dramatic-pictures-double-decker-bus-10562359%5B/quote%5D

    “Dramatic” seems like a bit of an overstatement, I guess not much happens in Cornwall.

    in reply to: My Family #1156921
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    tom.redfern [at] gmail.com

    tom.redfern@gmail.com wrote:
    How about a precis or a link?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Family_series_6

    “Ben starts a one-man anti-cycling campaign, which causes chaos in the household. He also appears on a radio show in an attempt to get people to support him however; all he manages to do is aggravate the whole cyclist population of London and have his house egged. Meanwhile, Susan makes a great effort towards her fund-raising idea by getting Michael to take photos of semi-naked men to form a calendar. Unfortunately she doesn’t check the pictures before sending them off to the printers. Also, Roger takes Abi to see Gordon Ramsay but to everybody else’s misfortune she has picked up some new cooking phrases.”

    Tom_77

    Skoda do an internal bike

    Skoda do an internal bike rack for their estate cars, you need to take the front wheels off though.

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    in reply to: Guidance Required #1156463
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    I envisioned selling my Light Blue Wolfson and using the proceeds to acquire said bike. However my advertised Sram Red equiped steed has not even elicited a single enquiry. I suspect that the presence of rim brakes is seen as a big no-no in the second hand bike market these days.

    Not sure where you advertised it and what the asking price was. Generally speaking, used bikes just aren’t worth very much. This table from HMRC is probably a bit pessimistic but the reality is often not that far off.

    The upside of that is that you could get a 2nd hand city bike for not much – probably around £100 – £200 depending on what you were looking for. Facebook marketplace has lots of these.

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    in reply to: Solar micro generator – summer 2025 #1156377
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    This is what we’ve generated,

    This is what we’ve generated, used and exported so far this year. We use a lot of electricity – we’ve got a heat pump, work from home and use the washing machine a lot.

    We’re with Octopus on their Cosy Tariff, so we have cheap electricty 04:00 – 07:00, 13:00 – 16:00 and 22:00 – 00:00. Our solar system has a 3 kWh battery so I charge that from the grid when it’s cheap. I also have the heating and hot water on high during the cheap periods and low / off when it’s expensive.

    Looking to replace our gas hob with an electric one at some point so we can have the gas supply disconnected.

     

    Edit – better picture

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    in reply to: Future Reform UK Parliamentary Candidates #1156355
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    Wikipedia has a list,

    Wikipedia has a list, although there are only 18 names on it so far.

    in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1156221
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    Front cover of the latest

    Front cover of the latest Private Eye

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    in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1156089
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    I’m going to write “Refugees

    I’m going to write “Refugees Welcome” on an England flag and hang it from the nearest lampost, see what the local “patriots” make of that.

     

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