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They announced this last week - Said that the international market post Brexit was costing them money. The aim is to consolidate and focus on the UK market. Had a friend over for Dinner recently who works for a fairly large importer and wholesaler in the UK. Said that CRC/wiggle are sending truckloads of old stock back to suppliers to try and offset debt. Literally stock that they received 5-10 years ago in some cases, with no warning and no prior agreement.

Very cold riding here at the moment - sunset around 4pm as well. Makes for nice pics though

Bought a hardtail last year and only rode it a bit. Had it cleaned a few weeks ago. This thread has inspired me to take it out this weekend again.

Good choice of phone 📱

Android or iPhone ?

Wow - The is stunning

Thanks - been an interesting 18 months or so medically but tentatively back on. Flights booked for Sani so at least have a goal now

Freezing cold night ride time now. So peaceful in the forest alone at night. Saw a couple of foxes but otherwise nobody.

Haven't read the article as I never click a link to the Daily Fail, but I'll jump on the bandwagon and say the Oke is a ****

Love the Blog - have bookmarked and will read thoroughly and share

My wife keeps telling me to look at one of these.

that's terrible news. RIP

Machines

Thank you - appreciate that. I’ll put some pics up but don't want to spam the forum 😂. I don’t mind crude posts either. Lots of emotion but emotion won’t shift the kakhouse full of stuff

Appreciate that - thanks. I’d rather give the stuff away than have a normal FB marketplace experience.

Good call - thanks - hadn’t thought of a woodwork specific FB group, but will look at that now. There is some really good stuff there so it would be a pity to not get a fair price, but I am also tight for time as I don’t want to leave the old lady trying to sort stuff out once I’m away.

Thank you. The old man was chair of the local guild so they have been buying stuff for a few months now, although there also seems to be some stuff that wasn’t there before, so I suspect there’s been some swapping going on as well 😂. Appreciate the help. I’ll reach out to them now and see if there’s any more interest.

So, looking for some advice please. My ballie passed away suddenly last Thursday in PMB, so I’m out for two weeks to try and sort out stuff for my mom. The old man was a fanatical woodworker and had heaps of equipment. He was supposed to have been selling stuff over the past few months as the folks were supposed to be moving into a retirement complex, but it appears that he sold very little and the garage is still packed with kit and wood. I’m here for another 10 days and am keen to get my mom moved to the new place and to realise some cash for her from the woodworking stuff. The problem is that I have no idea how to sell it as I don’t want randomers turning up at the house because of a Facebook ad and I also have no idea of values of the stuff. So, the question is, does anyone have a suggestion as to a simplistic way to dispose of it all in the Pietermaritzburg area?

I think it’s to do with the amount of heat produced during the process by the chemical reaction. As I understand it, the deeper fills will cure more slowly and thus the heat is less of an issue in a very insulated (by the rest of the resin) place whereas closer to the surface, it is easier for the heat to dissipate thus the cure can be faster. just to be clear, this is my understanding from the university of YouTube, so I may well have misunderstood

Vitality works on a system of paying off the watch over two years by doing your exercise and meeting their criteria. So, it actually only technically belongs to you once you’ve “paid” it off. update - I’ve just read the vitality South Africa T&C and see that they do have a criteria where you can give your watch away. Not sure that selling it falls into the same category, but perhaps dishonest was too strong a word. Apologies if I caused offence.

Dishonesty pops up in so many places

Flipping tough - that’s for sure

Nice one

There are distinctions by depth of fill, so I bought a 35-85 mm epoxy and a 5-35 mm epoxy mix. Because my slab is 110mm, I did three pours in the holes that went right through it, two of the deeper fill and one of the shallower fill. There was a trick to blocking the holes at the bottom. I tried two methods, one where I just used tape and the other which involved boards with tape and silicone sealant screwed into the base. The latter was successful and the tape made a mess and all the epoxy drained out.

I found YouTube to be my friend when it came to the resin process. In terms of what product, I found a local fibreglass shop that had a range of resins and the guys in the shop were very happy to advise me on what to use