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  • Time for some honesty and a reach out for advice
  • Trekster
    Full Member

    OK.
    Can someone coordinate what we have/can donate?
    My contribution…..
    RM frame+wheels+forks+stem+bars+disc brakes.
    Brakes have been lying unused for some time!
    Will do pics tomorrow .

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    I think I have everything now except cranks and forks – which murf has offered. I just need to check compatibility (steerer/A2C and BB type) and I think I’m sorted.

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    I have lots of bits in the garage loft – octalink BB/chainset(s), probably wheels, definitely tyres (though prob no innertubes) and loads of other stuff (grips, pedals, pumps, cables etc).

    May even have a pram and/or cot, dunno (my youngest is 13, so that shit’ll be well hidden if it’s still there)

    let me know what’d help and I can have a look tomorrow

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    iainc
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    Doffs hat to Scotroutes. Grand effort and a sign of your true colours my friend !

    murf
    Free Member

    E-mail sent Scotroutes 🙂

    rockhopper70
    Full Member

    I have some avid bb5 brakes and levers and I think I have a 27.2 seat post if it’s needed for the build.

    weeksy
    Full Member

    I have a GXP crank and threaded bottom bracket, coming off a new-build PArkwood with 1 mile on it. it’s a 2x with a 38T/24T ring fitted

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    murf – Member
    E-mail sent Scotroutes

    nothing yet.

    Could you try ccadden AT gmail DOT com please?

    Thanks for all the offers of bits guys, I think I have it covered but might contact you if something falls through

    chakaping
    Free Member

    So back to baby stuff. Seems we gave most of it away recently so just got a Mamas & Papas Moses Basket with wooden stand and a couple of pairs of socks really.

    Email me if interested in basket, it’s just in the next room and I could take a pic. I’m sure I’ll be down your way some time and could drop it in.

    tuskaloosa
    Free Member

    Mosey – not sure where to begin but congratulations to you and your wife.

    Not sure if we have any baby stuff left but will ask the missus if we have anything worth sending your way.

    NZCol
    Full Member

    2×10 X0 groupset available if required ? Carbon cranks and everything !
    Lots of handlebars as well.
    Like everyone says, we get secondhand baby and toddler stuff – my 3 year old doesn’t care and neither do we, and I live in a Waitrose neighbourhood where the sheer thought of it makes other mums go pale ! So far she has been outfitted in other peoples Icebreaker, my wife and I think its quite funny.

    weeksy
    Full Member

    Not sure how fair it is… but i rekon his email is his paypal address so we can all send him money 🙂

    MoseyMTB
    Free Member

    Please don’t send me money. Talking through with you guys is amazing enough as it is.

    My PayPal is my address and i got your test Weeksy. I’ll send it back over.

    It really does help more than you know.

    toofarwest
    Full Member

    Ahh sod it, I have a bike that I don’t use any more, had planned to put it up for sale but if you want it Mosey then let me know.

    grahamt1980
    Full Member

    If you end up with a trailer for the wee one at some point let me know as I have got an infant seat that fits in and means you can use it from very small.
    email is grahamt1980 at hotmail dot com.

    Trailer is still well in use i’m afraid

    MoseyMTB
    Free Member

    Toofarwest such a kind offer. I Couldn’t possibly accept.

    Thank You For the offer of the infant seat. I’ll send you an email.

    toofarwest
    Full Member

    Three days ago you wrote

    MoseyMTB – Member

    I’m usually the strong one offering any help I can so as so easily noticed I am struggling to accept it’s me who needs it now.

    So consider it karma coming back around, offer still stands.

    munrobiker
    Free Member

    Mosey, unfortunately I don’t have any bike or baby bits but I am fairly time rich at the minute and am only an hour from you in the Derbyshire Dales. If you ever want to muck about on bikes or have a chat let me know, if you don’t feel comfortable accepting scotroutes’s Onion then I have two bikes and you can borrow one. We also have many nice pubs for socialising nearby (sadly I can’t drive just now to come to you). Absolutely zero interest in how fit or not you are, it doesn’t matter.

    Email in profile if you’re game.

    exile_smoggy
    Full Member

    Mosey, somehow missed this thread until now. I’m in Stockport and will check out what baby stuff I have stored in the loft. As twistedpencil suggested, have you been down to Bruntwood BMX? The Saturday morning club sessions (10-12) have bikes available to hire.

    MoseyMTB
    Free Member

    Thank exile. I’ll definitely look at popping down.

    jimplops
    Full Member

    I’ll speak to the missus when I get up later, we’ve got a load of baby stuff, over Bolton way so not too far, will email you a list if you want.

    hellraiser
    Free Member

    I havnt read all the other answers. And what im suggesting may sound strange. But xant you get two wifes/girlfriend on the side , still have babies? And still love your life to the end. It works out grate in other parts of the world.talk it through with your wife. Cause as i understand. Your in between two things in life you cant live without. And those two things cant coexist.Talk it through with your wife hopefully you both can live like that.i think thats whats trubbling you. You know you have to choosr. And im giving you an quite easy solution. So you dont have to choose between. But youll get some strange reactions from your suroundings. But theyll understand by time

    thestabiliser
    Free Member

    Chewy? Is that you?

    No, the other one?

    scuttler
    Full Member

    Mosey – I’ve lost track of where you are with offers of baby stuff but we have a Mamas and Papas Urbo pram/pushchair ( in red in case of all offers being equal 😉 ) you can have along with a compatible Cybex car seat that fastens via the seatbelt or clips onto the wheels of the pram. It’s all in great nick and you’ll be the second owner. I can drop it off too in the next 1-3 weeks as I’ll be passing through Stockport on a weekly basis.

    I can make enquiries about a ninth-hand, three-wheeler ‘grasstrack/gnarmac’ pushchair (big recline but not flat) too but only if you think you’d have a use for it.

    Email in profile.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Cranks anyone?

    Bike has a 68mm BB shell and I have a nice XT HTII BB that will fit it. Or something with a suitable BB?

    Everything else is 9-speed too (not that it matters too much).

    weeksy
    Full Member

    If threaded i have a brand new 2x SRAM GXP cranks + BB. Used for 200m only and taken off. I was going to Classified it, but happy to donate to the cause. Came fitted to my Parkwood last week. I can even throw in the X5 shifter to go with it and front mech… in for a penny, in for a pound 🙂

    Gotama
    Free Member

    Just cranks you need now Scotroutes?

    Should also be able to help out on baby stuff as we have a four week old who is growing quickly and no future use for the stuff although I reckon you may be getting swamped with the stuff 😀 When is he/she due to arrive?

    metalheart
    Free Member

    Bike has a 68mm BB shell

    Good god man, what were you thinking!

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Bugger that. The man may need a little temporary assistance but there’s no way I’m building a bike with mixed SRAM and Shimano shifters!!

    (Cranks may be fine though, as I should be able to get a Shimano 3x mech to work with them. Email in profile)

    ianfitz
    Free Member

    Colin if the bike is finished before next weekend I can ask lee if she can bring it down in her van. I’m meeting her in wales for the bb200 and live in Sheffield I’ll be passing by Stockport on my way back on Sunday. More than happy to deliver it.

    weeksy
    Full Member

    Cranks and BB shipped 🙂

    thestabiliser
    Free Member

    Scotroutes just sent a build pic across, obvs weeksy’s cranks will ‘butch it up’ a bit

    Seriously though, pics would be good

    theotherjonv
    Full Member

    depending on the flavour of the child, we have some slightly older kit (3-6mo and onwards, iirc)

    Obvs if it’s a boy you’re still welcome to it but it might not suit so well.

    MoseyMTB
    Free Member

    We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet.

    I’m so thankful for the help so far.

    It really is overwhelming.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    I can bring it down to the BB200 in my own bloody van thanks very much 🙂

    Forks hopefully acquired tomorrow….

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Bollocks. The forks kindly provided by Murf turn out to have a steerer that’s too short. That puts paid to my plan to get the bike down tomorrow. Yeah, yeah – I should have checked that first.

    So – 80-100mm travel forks, 200mm 1 1/8″ steerer, Q/R, Anyone?

    Kryton57
    Full Member

    We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet.

    I popped in to ask that very question! I’ll remove the pink stuff from the box we’ve assembled. Washing done Mosey, parcel on the way tomorrow!

    flossie
    Free Member

    Mosey,
    We have a small club group which are scattered around the Stockport area. We meet in various locations on a Wednesday night and would be delighted to have your company if you need someone to ride with. We’ve all had our issues, some extremely serious. We often openly discuss what anti depressants we are taking and we are like a little self help group!
    I lost my father to lung disease a couple of weeks ago and the humor, exercise, and fresh air of our Wednesday night ride made a big difference to helping me through the grieving process.
    Again, we’d be delighted if you’d like to join us. Just drop me a pm if you do.
    Chris P
    Dukinfield CC

    flossie
    Free Member

    Re the previous post, I should read a full thread before posting!!! Duh!!! (My Mrs even posted a few weeks ago with the same group ride invite!)

    It all still stands of course and good luck with the little un!

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Bollocks. The forks kindly provided by Murf turn out to have a steerer that’s too short. That puts paid to my plan to get the bike down tomorrow. Yeah, yeah – I should have checked that first.

    So – 80-100mm travel forks, 200mm 1 1/8″ steerer, Q/R, Anyone?

    How desperate are you? I have a pair of 100mm Recon golds that have been languishing in the parts bin for a while. I’ve just been out and done a very quick service on them, and they appear to work fine. They fit all your requirements – steerer is exactly 200mm – but… there is some wearing on one of the stanchions, so would need more regular tlc than normal. Cosmetically they are OKish, but some paint flaking around the crown race and cable rub on one lower.

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