The Gov tells us to spend our way out this shit and feeling my patriotic duty calling, I bought a new bike. As in cycle.
Having been a bit of a cyclist in the past I got a good 'un. Almost half price off-of eBay, the full monty, Rock shocks, hydraulic disc brakes, Deore gears throughout. The Bollocks. Little did I realise how much techno stuff was required to bung it all together, (see photo).
Bleeding disc brakes! That's not really an expletive just a requirement.
When all is up and running I shall post the obligatory happy snaps as is my wont.

click for bigger pic. Forgot to say these are only the English language destructions. There is all the same old bollocks in another 12 lingo's
Dennypoos.............still searching for this credit crunch malarkey.