Same with bike sales unfortunately,never have I come across a good deal for us little folk!
How much!!!
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howdy, I'm three and a half weeks into recovering from a ruptured patella tendon
signed off for three months so i for one am well chuffed at full coverage
yes, i did pay for a whole new swiss/hope rear wheel a week before my mishap, sigh
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raleighnut
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Ouch,howdy, I'm three and a half weeks into recovering from a ruptured patella tendon
and I'm so bloody bored I'm reduced to posting on here again, that and realising that watching the highlights of the 2012 tdf was not good prep for the velo fantasy tdf thingy
signed off for three months so i for one am well chuffed at full coverage
yes, i did pay for a whole new swiss/hope rear wheel a week before my mishap, sigh
Drago
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Didn't know you had to be bored to post on here? Been doing it wrong all this time.
GWS @Tynan! That is going to be one fugly scar.howdy, I'm three and a half weeks into recovering from a ruptured patella tendon
and I'm so bloody bored I'm reduced to posting on here again, that and realising that watching the highlights of the 2012 tdf was not good prep for the velo fantasy tdf thingy
signed off for three months so i for one am well chuffed at full coverage
yes, i did pay for a whole new swiss/hope rear wheel a week before my mishap, sigh
I used to be of the same mind as the op - "how much?!"
But I can honestly say you get what you pay for.
If you want to buy three of four tops/shorts a year, go cheap. If you want your kit to last a few years go expensive.
I'm not convinced castelli is the brand to go for though - their sizing is really off, and some of their tops are positively flimsy.
There are plenty of midrange brands like endura and altura though.
As for the mark up, now that I have to buy these things in for work, I know how much is being made on them by the shop, and it's not a lot at all actually.
But I can honestly say you get what you pay for.
If you want to buy three of four tops/shorts a year, go cheap. If you want your kit to last a few years go expensive.
I'm not convinced castelli is the brand to go for though - their sizing is really off, and some of their tops are positively flimsy.
There are plenty of midrange brands like endura and altura though.
As for the mark up, now that I have to buy these things in for work, I know how much is being made on them by the shop, and it's not a lot at all actually.
Also I hope you get to know how much the shop needs each week just to open.
howdy, I'm three and a half weeks into recovering from a ruptured patella tendon
and I'm so bloody bored I'm reduced to posting on here again, that and realising that watching the highlights of the 2012 tdf was not good prep for the velo fantasy tdf thingy
signed off for three months so i for one am well chuffed at full coverage
yes, i did pay for a whole new swiss/hope rear wheel a week before my mishap, sigh
..tis but a scratch dear boy.
it goes all the way down to the bone as well of course, and i strongly advise you not to google the op pictures for a ruptured patella tendon, I did when someone suggested the French surgeons had been rather cavalier with the scalpels, pin hole surgery this one is not
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oldroadman
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My late mother had a knee replacement, pinhole it cannot be. Lots of highly skilled body mechanical work to be done and it needs a bot of room. Having seen a replacement recently it's only a marginally smaller scar. tendon work can need even more room. It'll be a cracking scar, one of those "you should see the other bloke" ones! Heal well 
raleighnut
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Ditto with the Intramedullary Nail I had fitted to repair my Femur, even the animation is bad,
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...gt9Z8c&usg=AFQjCNG8xdaQcfWHEV7l5CyhqlnZtrEctA
vickster
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You might find some useful stuff here about rehab etc
http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEtalk/index.php?board=56.0
GWS
Good lord, what a website, thanks, in a knee brace with 30 degrees of bend at present, back to hossie on the 5th for a checkup and expect to hear of physio then
