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It's most likely quite an early iteration of the i5 though. With outdated integrated graphics. So Video editing and gaming are not going to be it's strong points. On the subject of Chromebooks.... I don't get them. What's the point of a laptop with basically a mobile OS? Also, I will refer you to my first post, which is also relevant here.

I recently sold a Thinkpad T460s on eBay, comfortably under your budget. Why couldn't you have made this thread a month ago It was a lovely machine, which I would definitely recommend. Should be easy to find one on eBay with a good spec, and in budget as well. EDIT: Just looked back and saw that it's mainly for the kids to do schoolwork on. The T460s is probably a bit fancy and overkill for that.

Define cheap. I would recommend getting something like a used Lenovo Thinkpad off of eBay, before I would recommend a new, budget laptop. In my opinion, there are few things worse than a cheap laptop.

@Mark W It's the pivotal one. That does look a little weird and I didn't even consider the staple holes. I've got short arms and long pockets. I guess I should stop being a tight b*****d and buy a new one.

I've got an inspired saddle, but it's looking a bit tatty. Has anyone cut the padding off of one of these, to make it like the lightweight, bare plastic pivotal saddles? What do they look like with the padding removed?

Not much happening in the film department at the moment. WW84 was a massive disappointment, having really enjoyed the first one. Tenet was good, but not as good as I had hoped.

@forteh I don't think Microsoft really care about Windows activation anymore. There aren't that many limitations on an unactivated install of Windows 10. Plus the vast majority of PCs are OEM activated, compared to those that are self built and activated by the consumer. If anything, I think ditching Windows activation would work in Microsofts favour. Since it would drop the price of PCs, in a diminishing market. I've been trying to buy a second hand, low-mid end PC on eBay for a while, to use as a linux machine. But the prices are just ridiculous right now.

Most of the drone footage was horrible, but the POV shots made my palms sweat.

@isitafox What forks are they? I want to get something like those for my hardtail MTB. Swap the forks and tyres around depending on what I'm riding.

I would say that frame is from 2008, give or take a year or so. FYI, there is a far better Echo on eBay at the moment

There will always be people who have bad reactions to vaccines/medication. A lady who used to live up the road from me was in a wheel chair because of a reaction to a flu jab.

I've heard several times that the ratchet ring threads go on pro 4s. Something about them being thinner then the pro 2s and stripping under the loads of trials riding.

That frame looks as though it is probably one of the best examples left now. The second hand trials bike market isn't great, but you will get a lot of interest in this bike because of that frame. A valuation is tricky, so I will just say that it is worth what someone will pay for it. As @isitafox said, eBay will probably be your best option. And share the listing on loads of trials Facebook groups etc.

Watching other people play video games, on live streams.

@monkeyseemonkeydo You leave marmite out of this. But I will expand on one of your points... Sram as a whole. Why do people buy their junk? With the exception of RockShox.

Regular bikes won't disappear...

@MadManMike Hopefully I will be able to get a box today

I will source a box and get back to you

I would be happy with £50 plus postage. A 10 speed cassette will fit fine, as long as it’s not a SRAM XD cassette.

@MadManMike Do you want to make me an offer? I haven’t thought about a price, as I was going to hang on to them as a spare set for my mtb.

Dug them out. Unbranded hubs, but has got mavic rims. A box would be my next problem.

I've got a set. Nothing special, but they are a matching pair in good condition. You will have to bare with me for a few days, for me to dig them out. They are stored away and I am super busy at the moment.

The fact that they got control of your account so easily is absolutely shocking, for a company like Google. Did you have 2FA turned on for your account? Edit: I don’t believe that a company like Google, would save unsecured passwords in cookies. Are you sure that you weren’t a victim of a phishing attack earlier on? And then maybe they needed more info and contacted you after they already knew your password?

I used to buy and sell a bit of tech stuff as a side hustle. I would for example, buy a broken laptop cheap on Facebook, fix it and sell it on ebay. iPads were something that I made the most money on, usually profit in the triple figure region. But I guess other people in the area started doing it, as broken stuff started selling really quickly and for higher prices. So I threw in the towel.

Clair de lune is my personal favourite