Harrybelafonte wrote: » Parcel motel trying to charge me €91 for a bike. Is this the norm?
Harrybelafonte wrote: » Any idea of best way to contact them?
guanciale wrote: » Happened to me. If you collect the bike as oppose to delivered to a motel it is much cheaper - i did this last year. Bring a blade to get rid of the packaging - the folks at the Dublin base (near Ikea) were fine with me leaving the packaging with them.
buffalo wrote: » Was waiting at a junction this morning, and a rear-ending happened right in front of me (and not the sexy kind!). No obvious cause bar complete lack of judgement on the part of driver behind. I went away thinking, 'how does that not result in any penalty points?' (NB I may not have thought through enforcement and long-term consequences.)
Lusk_Doyle wrote: » You left the scene of a RTI? How does THAT not result in any penalty points!?!
magicbastarder wrote: » best remark i heard when at the scene of an accident - in a good natured manner - 'what are you going to do, give her a backer to hospital?'
tomasrojo wrote: » .. the wheel had probably fused with the axle, the way seat posts fuse with the seat tube in bikes. So I rang up someone I knew who was knowledgeable about cars, asked him how to get a fused wheel off an axle, relayed to information to my colleague, the wheel was removed....
Wishbone Ash wrote: » Presumably the tip was to unjack the car and drive forward for a little bit. Usually does the trick.
Beasty wrote: » The guy who deliberately rammed into the back of my car twice and then left the scene last year was not prosecuted by AGS and would not have picked up any points. They have left it to the insurers to sort out. He does face a private prosecution though, and I suspect his insurance premiums will have become rather prohibitive.
CramCycle wrote: » I find a few swift blows of a club hammer does the job.
CramCycle wrote: » I done that as well, the PM crowd let me leave it in one of their bins outside the depot. Phone is the best way, or at least, the way that worked for me. Sorry I forgot to mention I collected mine, which may have helped with the reduction.
Harrybelafonte wrote: » So a phonecall was made and it was sorted. I arrived tonight to collect. The box was ****ing massive. I’m used to much smaller bike boxes. Opened box and the whole bike built in its entirety was in it. PM guy took box. Lucky I had roof rack on and off we went. Junior finally graduates from a BMX.
Lusk_Doyle wrote: » ...to...?
dahat wrote: » Xmas shopping earlier and while looking at some shirts etc for Xmas day I was promptly told not to buy anything as you won't wear it so just spend money on cycling gear as you'll get the wear out of that! A good sort my Mrs is!!!
tomasrojo wrote: » I didn't mean to leave people on tenterhooks. The advice about the car wheel fused to the axle was to tap the wheel from the axle side, rotate it a bit, tap it again, etc., until it came off. I guess that's pretty much the club hammer route? (And to put some copper grease on the axle before installing the wheel in future.)
Unknown Soldier wrote: » Technicians usually loosen the wheel bolts/nuts and drive a bit while steering, ala WA's suggestion above.
tomasrojo wrote: » Yeah, that tip about driving a bit with the wheel nuts loosened sounds like a good plan. Wasn't needed on that occasion anyway, and I guess the idea would have been misattributed to someone who drives anyway!
