Steve Bullman

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Welcome to Ruskin Lifting Engineers

rock climbing is proper climbing. Tree climbing is just rope climbing for the most part, totally different. His strength from rock climbing will be a huge bonus though.

Possibly Cornwall for me, although the tourists would do my head in during the summer.

I agree, the integration isn't the best and am looking at new alternatives, easier said than done though.

Nothings wrong Jon, that was my point. His advert had 152 views in 24 hours, not particularly bad in my books

You're right, it's only had 152 views since yesterday

there was already an aldi in stow, they closed it down. Can't imagine they'd try again

i just noticed that yesterday. Its a massive site. Housing i'd guess

Its no coincidence they build Lidl the side of town that they did

yes they are. Good point. Make sure you order the right size

Nobody works in stowmarket

Never tried the aluminiums, but in theory they should be no less comfortable than the carbons. I started of in steel Kleins, never found the weight to be an issue at all, just the general discomfort of the spikes. The carbons are cool, but if not in your budget the aluminiums are just as good.

Geckos. Don't budget on spikes either. They directly mess your body up if you get the wrong ones.

Poll seems pretty conclusive so far

its been particularly mild here today, 15 degrees I think

tempting if it were nearer

I'm sure with your receipt they will be reasonable. Regarding the fine itself though I don't think it's an unreasonable policy. In my experience locally, unlike the bigger supermarkets, Aldis are generally closer to town centres. They would be inundated with people using their car parks whilst they went to work for the day if they didn't do this.

Keeping an eye on this fresh thread as I'm finally going to give srt a bit of attention in the new year

try it, it will be awesome fun. wont be as easy as running a smaller saw though and you'll probbaly find you get more chain stretch that normal. Push the boat out and source a 9 rim sprocket if its available

technically hard yes, but for sales purposes i'd be more comfortable classifying it as a softwood personally

You still need to be half decent looking

that looks a big lump, and the tree

Can't really give any of the details that you're after, but I have driven both the cargo and leyland roadrunner, and I would opt for the roadrunner every time. Its a nicer drive IMO. The Cargo feels like a massive lump in comparison.

A refreshing change