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    Paper Helmet?

    Can't wait for the version that is approved for motorcycles as it can sustain a regular crash on a regular road.
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    Bike Forks?

    If you are buying any of the ubercheap china stuff then buy it from amazon/ebay for way cheaper. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00G7IPHSY/ref=twister_B00G7IPHU2?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Best buy about by far atm is this, I got myself one and the size/strength against regular ones is huge...
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    Government department rejects Cycle to Work Scheme..

    You do know the cycle sheme thing is supposed to be interest+tax free deductions from wages over a period of time? You end up with like 35% off once you total up everything if I remember right.
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    bike on ebay

    Has some of them awesome "chaoyang" tyres on too.
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    Government department rejects Cycle to Work Scheme..

    My employer just wasted my time with "we will get to it soon" for months before I got fed up with asking them even after doing all the paperwork and putting it infront of them to make it as easy as possible. All that I think of it now is that whenever they bug me about helmets and high vis I...
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    Custom cruiser build

    Could I have some more info on the bb adapter? I have a beach cruiser and it has the same awful american stuff and I keep thinking I should either sell it on or make something of it.
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    Your very own parking bay...

    The bike rack to the side looked ok to me.
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    What is the best theft proof bike?

    I wouldn't leave a brompton outside for 2min in london. They are great if/when you can take them inside but from what I can tell the first time you leave them outside they get stolen or parts get stolen off them. Halfords own brand is where it's at.
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    What is the best theft proof bike?

    Yeah, looks like a worn out vintage brooks saddle would be gone in minutes.
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    London's Lawless Roads

    The statistics in the pdf one only go until 2004? Before most of the cycle routes, advanced stop boxes and other changes to the roads.
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    What is the best theft proof bike?

    I wouldn't leave any bike anywhere outside overnight. It's hard to think of a bike rack that doesn't have a frame that's been stripped of every single part chained up, have even seen bikes that had crashes/buckled wheels then got chained up by the owner and stripped down days later. Luck and...
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    Bulgarian and Romanian Immigrants

    They are all on apprenticeship schemes to make them highly qualified "stock distribution agents" instead of "shelf stacker boys" and that is backed by the government or they are working in workfare placements made by the job center. The company's pay taxes applicable for them trading from a tax...
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    Fabulous cycle lanes

    Nice to see so many near me lol
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    Schumacher's Helmet

    They can't all split open and be uselss... so your helmet will be even safer as the odds it happens twice are that much lower. Logic, sponsored by a newspaper.
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    My brompton stolen :(

    With some luck you see them ride towards you one day and can clothesline them off.
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    Schumacher's Helmet

    Helmets are tested for a 12mph impact on the crown of the head and that the strap works, some test for other things but legally that's all they need test for to be in the shops. I wouldn't say any brand is better/worse, and more helmet buying advice things say that the helmet having the best fit...
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    Bike Forks?

    Lots of rubbish but skip to 5min and a great way to get freewheels off. Found it a bit ago, couldn't find my cheat bar then found the method of wheel against a wall and step over/onto spanner, 20cm spanner took off a stubborn freewheel first time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bDgnfn4uU
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    Blind spot

    They are extemely badly placed signs that are put up on bus stops, the position of the signs has nothing to do with cars but instead is placed on any space just like an advert(what they usually use the space for). For obvious reasons they can't see the signs on the back of a bus stop and so the...
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    Custom Frame 100v 54mph

    Looks fun to ride.
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    Bike Forks?

    You don't need new bearings unless the ones you have are worn/ruined. You will need to remove the crown race from the old forks, sometimes this is awkward so replacing the headset is easier. Also clean and regrease stuff. This should show you how to remove/replace stuff on the cheap but the...