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[Closed] Just when I'd given up on singletrack

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I got fed up reading about places I'll never ride on bikes I'll never be able to afford, but then they publish 'Chris's Bikes', a beautiful and moving piece about rider just like us who unfortunately didn't make it. Thanks for sharing Tom Ryan, it can't have been easy.


 
Posted : 27/10/2014 9:19 pm
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Which issue is that in?


 
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93.

Yeah, really good piece that.

Edit: Agreed about the bike prices though. I can't ever imagine spending £4k on something that'll be thrown down a rocky descent without it's rider at some point and frankly if there's no danger of doing this then you aren't doing it right!


 
Posted : 27/10/2014 9:28 pm
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It's in the latest issue Stevelol


 
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I was about to give up when they started reviewing £850 hard tails, what sort of poor people do they think read these things 😉


 
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Cheers folks. Means a lot to me to see people say they liked it. 🙂


 
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Just caught this before I shut the lappy down.
Picked up the mag and read about Chris.
Fired up the lappy again to write this while I thought of it.
Beautifully written Tom...bit dusty in here 😥


 
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Oops wrong thread!


 
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The Chris's Bike piece was a lovely, moving, and honest piece of writing. A great testimony Tom.

The mag is particularly good this month. Loved Chipps editorial too. Struck a chord.


 
Posted : 30/10/2014 10:23 am
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Thanks rascal, binners. 🙂

For the record, selling Chris's bikes raised over £1,750 for Kirkwood Hospice, which is pretty good I reckon (I've also donated the fee for the column too, we didn't get chance to add a note to that effect before going to press). There's a [url= https://www.justgiving.com/ChrisTurner68/ ]donation page for Chris[/url] on JustGiving, this goes direct to Kirkwood too, in case anyone feels like adding a few pennies to the total...


 
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Mint

I'm doing Sober for Macmillan at the mo - so not dissimilar causes.
Your story stuck a chord as my mum died of cancer 6 months ago and have given belongings to charity - very tough thing to have to do.
Good luck with it 🙂


 
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Funnily enough, I just read that column and logged into STW forum because I wanted to express how much I liked reading that. It came as no surprise that someone had already praised the piece. A really well written, heartwarming piece of from the heart writing, pays a lovely tribute to a friend. Thanks for sharing


 
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