John: Thanks for the heads up. Did not think of that at all. I will make some calls.
On Jan 17, 9:49 pm, "John Speare" <johnspe...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 USAhttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
