Kom grou biki hier as jy kans kry dan gee ek jou wat jy wil gebruik. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Nicolai van der Merwe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi D&D Guys and Girls, > > Please allow me to take a few minutes of your time. > > A few years ago I started building up a few MTB's and donating it to worthy > recipients. I do not build commuter bikes. I try to build something for > someone that is interested in MTB'ing but cannot afford it. (I have donated > to gardeners, students commuting to and from class and some kiddies bikes to > orphanages, but that is not my main aim.) > > A number of you helped with donations of old spares in the past. One of the > bikes was donated to a 14 year old boy a few years ago. I remembered > donations from Brandon, Hardy and Dirt Rider that went into that bike. He is > a few years older now and have finished on the podium of some of the > Trailseeker events as well as topped the podium at a Babbas race or 2 (just > to mention a few). He got his dad involved in the sport soon after he started > taking it a bit more serious. together they got bikes for his mom and sister. > I met up with the young man again last weekend at the first event of the new > SportsMax School Summer Series. (He won that one with a landslide.) His story > of how this bike changed his life and the life of his family is just > inspiring! (the original bike I donated to him has been passed on to someone > else also getting into the sport!) > > Well, I am still building up bikes and either selling them just to cover > cost, but preferably donating them where possible. I have just converted my > trusty SS back to a geared bike and donated that to a student in need of a > MTB. This youngster was desperately in need of some healthy exercise and some > outdoors to complement his fantastic academic results. His friend is into > MTB'ing and will assist him in getting into the recreational side of MTB'ing. > > Well, this last build left me a bit low on spares. :-) > > I am busy building up an older soft tail frame I got for a bargain from a > friend in Cape Town. This one will go to a young teacher with lots of > potential. I lend him my bike a few times already and he is just loving the > sport. > > This is where you guys come in. I know there are a number of us that chop and > change components on our bikes for various reasons. If you happen to have a > few old parts (still in working order) lying around without use - please > consider donating them or selling them (preferably at a reasonable prize) to > me. > > For this build I am still in need of a few things: > > Seatpost (30.9 mm) > Handlebar (31.8 mm) > Crankset (Preferably 3 chainrings - I have 3 x 9 XT derailleurs and shifters) > 26" rear wheel and hub that can take 9 speed cassette (I have a front) > 6 bolt rotors (I have a set of hydraulics) > 26" Front shock (straight steerer - length at least 180 mm) > > Any other parts or MTB frame donations are also welcome. I will most of the > time find a home for them! > > Thanks in advance for any donations. I will collect almost anywhere in > Gauteng. :-) > > The Russian > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "DarkAndDirty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/darkanddirty. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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