Hi guys. My best mate recently had his bike stolen, he loves riding and loved his bike. It may have not been the best bike in the world but he sure loved it! Anyway, he has gone away to visit family for 1month out in Canada, and i thought while he was away it would be a good idea to build him a cheap singletrack/trail shredder!!

So.. i sold all my spare bike related nonsense (mostly crap finishing kit) and raised £50. I bought my mate a Kona Lava Dome Frame in green, (Really light, awsome frame, old but pretty!). 6 days into the month and struggling on how to make money? I have a job and am using alot of the small amount i get monthly, but im really stuck on how to make money now. Nothing to sell!! I was thinking washing cars?

Anyway in order to complete the bike, i think it will cost me £100 now, all 2nd hand parts!!

Any ideas on how to raise money are appreciated, and any old/free working parts i will gladly accept! Dad said i should get everyone who is willing to help to donate their left over pennies/odd change in their paypal account!? Every penny counts!

Hopefully by this time next month i will have a complete bike for my mate 🙂

I will post pics at the end.

Any help appreciated!

Do you have shared friends or people you both know at college/ work, if you asked everyone to chip in or a few of you washed cars etc you might be able to raise the cash? Good luck and I hope you get all the bits you need in time : )

Nice idea!

Cutting grass and trimming hedges – right time of year for it.

How about I start the ball rolling by donating a pound to your paypal account? Yeah, right. Best try another forum, how about freeloaders.co.uk.

thanks for that hepful comment Diawl, i am asking for ideas on how to raise money, not steal yours! I thought that idea dad gave me was quite good, every penny counts!

To be honest it just sounds like ‘how do I raise money (can you all give me some freebies please)’.

ok im not getting much help/advice, other than sod off, maybe this should get deleted

Get a better job, or.. put a list up of what you need an you may get more help that way.

ive just taken a pair of RaceFace lockon grips off one of my bikes
they are mint apart form some scratches on the endlock rings

if you email me your address i will send them to you – i’ll even pay the postage!

There is a precedent for this kinda thing.

Didn’t work out too well then, so maybe that’s put people off helping.

if people think i am going to do that should this be deleted? i am only asking. if people are worried, dont help me. 🙂

out of interest how much do you guys think i should charge per car wash around my local area?

cheers

£5 and make sure you wash the wheels. Don’t do it with a mate either – split gains.

ok. I will take my Fenwicks bike cleaner aswell!!

Go down to your local riding spot and wash bikes?

I think i would get laughed at, lol. And at my local spot its all my mates :/

How about you tell us what area your in, then if we can find a willing long term STW member to send all the stuff to, the member then meets you at your house to ‘evaluate’ you, meet your parents and we go from there?

I’m all for helping a fellow cyclist out, but unfortunately many in the past have taken advantage of the free flowing good nature of this forum & made us cynical.

I would give parts and/or money if you would agree.
Sound fair?

If your spot’s all mates, get them all to chuck in a tenner, pocketmoney or whatever and you’ll be sorted, there’s not always a need for it to go more than local.

yep so far from the help of mates we/i have got together:

Kona Lavadome frame

Hussefelt Cranks

Bikehut bars

Hussefelt stem

front wheel

tioga headset

couple of old tyres

😀

where are you based??

down south!!

Isle of Wight surely (possible mis-spelling)

yes 😀

Any other ideas?

given the nature of your posts thus far, and what looks like all classifieds, no help from me I’m afraid. Given recent events on here, I’m cynical to say the least.

You want free money? So do I.

Sell a load of stuff on the Classifieds but don’t send any goods?

Are you IWH in disguise?

whats iwh? I am selling some of my spare finishing kit to raise money 😀

I was thinking putting odd job fliers round my area..

More begging….great.

iowrider:

Any other ideas?

Pick your timing better?

I think what PK is saying is that your only involvement in the forum has been classifieds.

Tarmac some driveways.

Can you blow a trumpet really badly and drive a flat-back transit?

i dont think this thread is going anywhere, mods, please delete

Don’t go, we want to lynch you, pre-emptively. 🙂

Some “tough guys” will be visiting you and your Mum about now 😆

ok thanks to those who did offer me genuine ideas, but it seems more of you think i am simply begging for things off you.. so mods, please delete.

Timing couldn’t be worse mate. You did ask for free parts and/or free paypal money – I think you can forgive people for thinking you are begging.

yes i have just read that scamming thread that guy did and realised what most of you were on about. If i could edit this thread i would not mention your old parts/left over paypal coins!

Are you Mikey in disguise? Are you Mikeeeey in disguise?

Laughed at Bigdummy, “don’t go we want to lynch you”…….
correction! I’m still laughing now! I can’t stop! 😆