Post by charlie on Aug 6, 2003 7:49:19 GMT 10
hey guys... just had a cracker of an idea! (yep, its better than the busking one:)
it seems to me that theres a lot of ppl with stuff to give away... but less ppl who need the parts (ppl wont need something till they break their own).... SO... either we ride non-stop for 10days straight (i dont like this idea) till we break everything on our bikes... or (this is much better) we could put the parts to use right now and build a COMMUNAL TRIALS BIKE!
now, b4 u all go and sweep this idea under the floormat with commments that that your parents have obviously made to you, just THINK about it...
we could all chip in around $35 ... which would give us almost 600$ that we could use to buy a frame and forks (doesnt have to be anything special... rhino stuff? i think it should be a stock tho, cause the large majority of us ride one-sorry sean)... after doing this, we could then SLOWLY build up the bike using parts that are a tad sketchy or that we simply dont need AT THE TIME.
We could take the bike along to the rides we have (just leave it in the back of someones car) so that if anyone needs it (cause they dont have a bike for that night for some reason) or breaks a part on their own, then they can just use it for that particular ride, or until they get their bike fixed or someone else needs it.
and b4 u all go and tell me that this would simply defeat the purpose of the 'freebies thingy' just listen. what we could do is use it for parts as well... so if someone needs say, some handlebars... then we could simply take them off the communal bike until we find some others to put on there... so you could also think of it as a big all in one parts toolbox!
maybe the best thing to do it make a list of things we need for the bike... and then ppl can add things to the list if they have the particular part (b4 we go buying a frame etc...)
any comments (nice ones of course
)
charlie
it seems to me that theres a lot of ppl with stuff to give away... but less ppl who need the parts (ppl wont need something till they break their own).... SO... either we ride non-stop for 10days straight (i dont like this idea) till we break everything on our bikes... or (this is much better) we could put the parts to use right now and build a COMMUNAL TRIALS BIKE!
now, b4 u all go and sweep this idea under the floormat with commments that that your parents have obviously made to you, just THINK about it...
we could all chip in around $35 ... which would give us almost 600$ that we could use to buy a frame and forks (doesnt have to be anything special... rhino stuff? i think it should be a stock tho, cause the large majority of us ride one-sorry sean)... after doing this, we could then SLOWLY build up the bike using parts that are a tad sketchy or that we simply dont need AT THE TIME.
We could take the bike along to the rides we have (just leave it in the back of someones car) so that if anyone needs it (cause they dont have a bike for that night for some reason) or breaks a part on their own, then they can just use it for that particular ride, or until they get their bike fixed or someone else needs it.
and b4 u all go and tell me that this would simply defeat the purpose of the 'freebies thingy' just listen. what we could do is use it for parts as well... so if someone needs say, some handlebars... then we could simply take them off the communal bike until we find some others to put on there... so you could also think of it as a big all in one parts toolbox!
maybe the best thing to do it make a list of things we need for the bike... and then ppl can add things to the list if they have the particular part (b4 we go buying a frame etc...)
any comments (nice ones of course
)charlie
