On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote:
> > > I could give my All-Rounder to a homeless guy but it wouldn't really > work any > > better for him than giving him an inexpensive, used-but-serviceable > > mountain bike. > > That is exactly the problem I am running into with my redundant > touring bike. I have found many programs looking for bike donations. > When you read the prospectus, however, it is clear most of these > services are looking for basic transit bikes like a Trek Globe. > > I am sure these groups would take a touring bike, but it would never > be used to its full ability. Not even close. > > That may not be a good assumption. You should contact the organizations. Your bike could be sold to fund other projects in the org. I volunteer for a local bike non-profit (pedals2people.org). A mechanic at a LBS donated his Bruce Gordon BLT. The frame was pristine and the components were all new. We sold the bike to raise funds for our free bike tune up events and other projects. The guy that bought the bike commutes on it daily and plans to tour on it too. As for having bikes sit around not being ridden, it drives me nuts. The Atlantis is the finest loaded touring bike I've ever ridden, but that's the only time I really rode it: loaded touring. Otherwise it just sat in my garage, passed over for daily trail riding and commuting. I sold it and don't regret it. -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
