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Post by Garth » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:39 pm

don't worry Andy, being in deepest darkest Durham, we also turned our heating on a couple of weeks ago, but that was due to the servants in the lower quarters complaining, we haven't bothered heating bedrooms 8, 9 and ten this year.

nah, really it's because the wife complains 'it's cold when I get up', oh yeah, try getting up and out the house at 4am, I had -3'C on the car gauge this morning.

I got told from a heating engineer friend last year that for those people with hot water tanks, during the winter it's quite a bit cheaper to have your heating/hot water on continuously rather than on for a 3 or 4 hours in the morning and the same in the evening, so the heat just has to trickle on all the time rather than heating vast amounts of water, I can see where he is coming from, just don't know whether to believe it.
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Post by Andy » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:43 pm

Was a tad bracing when I cycled in to work at 07:40 this morning 8)
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Post by Garth » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:53 pm

cycled ...? good lord, I wouldn't be good for anything if i had to, is it far?

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Post by Andy » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:58 pm

Only 4 miles each way - but I take a longer route home via the Army ranges. Rather eerie at night :)
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Post by Garth » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:05 am

well that's just scary, haven't cycled in years, but then again, I can't really afford the bike that's gonna support my weight.....

*strengthened titanium at the ready*

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Post by Andy » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:06 am

I've got a nice Ti bike - they're bombproof! :lol:
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Post by Garth » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:10 am

I take it 'Ti' refers to titanium....?

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Post by Andy » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:11 am

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Post by Garth » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:17 am

my mate did the coast to coast (Solway to Wallsend) a few weeks ago and one of his companions had a decent-ish bike but it didn't last the distance as he is a bit of a big lad, apparently you have to the best when it comes to carrying that kind of weight around.

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Post by johnmac » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:06 am

£520 for a frame :shock: I paid less than that for my whole bike. But bike related shiny things are tempting - I've just ordered a Scmidt dynamo wheel and Solidlight at great expense. If The Dragon finds out, I'll say I paid for it with all the money I saved by doing homebrew :lol:

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Post by Vossy1 » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:34 am

My wife friend and her husband are heavily into their mountain biking and their bikes together are insured for 4K..... :shock:

I was thinking of returning to cycling until I saw the prices of the average road racer was £800 - £1000 :cry:

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Post by Andy » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:38 am

The frame (and rear shock) for my full suspension bike was just over £1K on its own....

:shock: 8)

Front forks £320
Hubs £300

it goes on :lol:
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