Cycling UK Forum

maanderx wrote: ↑27 Mar 2024, 7:35am

MikeF wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 9:20pm Note - first post.

Never to be heard of again?

borisface wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 1:54pm I live in Portugal. My local decathlon is about 25 miles away. If they have stuff in stock it's fine but when I order stuff to be collected from the store or delivered here, they are pretty slow maybe a week. Before the pandemic, it was next day. They are also quite a bit cheaper than the UK, particularly for bikes as they only attract VAT at 6%.

This bike below for example is 1399 euros, about £1200. In the UK, its £1600.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/road-bike ... R-p-332106

And this one is 3699 euros or about £3,200. In the UK, its £4500!

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/road-bike ... R-p-341573

a.twiddler wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024, 4:34pm

Airsporter1st wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024, 2:09pm A mirror on a stick?

That would work, but when it comes to reading letters and numbers they would be reversed. A prism on a stick?

rjb wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024, 11:54am I'm a convert to waxing chains. I use a slow cooker to boil them up in a home brew mix of candle wax, moly paste and PTFE grease.
I just wipe the old chain and place in the cooker. I do this every 500 miles on the tandem using a pair of chains in rotation.

Jdsk wrote: ↑3 Mar 2024, 9:33am Can anyone recommend a brush for cleaning that green brush?

Thanks

Jonathan

rareposter wrote: ↑2 Feb 2024, 12:55pm

Cowsham wrote: ↑2 Feb 2024, 12:09am Doll is not a derogatory term here -- it just means woman. Is it not the same in Scotland ?

I know you didn't mean it as derogatory but it certainly comes across that way.
What might be OK in speech in a local context doesn't come across the same on a forum which can potentially be read anywhere in the world, it reads as sexist and insulting.

Sorry - I know you didn't mean any offence but "the author" or "this journalist" would have been 1000x better than "this doll here..."

pete75 wrote: ↑2 Feb 2024, 5:43pm

rjb wrote: ↑2 Feb 2024, 5:07pm It can also reduce your works pension when you retire. Cant remember the details but it was pointed out to mrs rjb when she enquired about the scheme. She didn't take it up in the end. The saving wasn't that great and the extra hassle wasn't justified.
Salary sacrifice means your pensionable contributions based upon your salary may be reduced because of it.
I'm no expert on this. Any accountants here.

I was told that, but found it doesn't make any difference. Pension payments are usually based on how many years you've been paying in and your final salary when you retire. I suppose if you used the scheme in the last year of work it might make a difference, but not otherwise.