[Gkam84]

Yeah I thought that might get
Yeah I thought that might get people’s interest more and be able to keep it as something for those who donate.

Only other team I’ve had a reply from, Endura Racing, asked me to email someone and I got an out of office reply 😀

[Gkam84]

Well guys, just thinking
Well guys, just thinking about bed again.

There really are some special people in this world. 5 days and sitting just over 28% of the goal.

Suggestion’s would be welcome, if I was to get any item’s donated, how should I sell them? So obviously there is here but not an auction, so would have to set a price. I don’t like that idea because I might want to much or whatever.

There is ebay, but that opens it up to all the world, when I’d really like it to go to cyclists for here.

If I got a few things, I thought about putting together a wee website and having some sort of silent auction style bidding process.

The final one would be a raffle, every £5 that’s donated gets you a ticket. So if you donated £10, you would get two tickets and so on. If I get a few item’s. That might be a good idea, chuck you all in a bucket and film the drawing?

Thoughts on this?

Cheers for today 😀

[Gkam84]

I also forgot this video. If
I also forgot this video. If you like intellectual musical comedy and don’t mind some swearing.

Watch this….Some people have it worse 😉

http://youtu.be/0GCyMtNl8T8

[Gkam84]

Mike, WOW thank you so
Mike, WOW :O thank you so much for your donation and also, welcomeish to the site with your fourth post 😉

Some really nice roads out Rothie way, I used to go out that way via Daviot, out to Rothie and back to Aberdeen via Meldrum.

[Gkam84]

Well today’s twitter spamming
Well today’s twitter spamming went something like this

Do you think your team might be able to help my appeal with a donate of something for auction? http://www.gofundme.com/Gkam84

Within minute’s I’ve already had replies and direct messages from BMC and Orica Greenedge asking me to email their office’s. 😀

Fingers crossed now. Just have to write out a nice email to them

Col Coldeportes are on board and are willing to donate something :O

[Gkam84]

I always thought that it was
I always thought that it was a choice between beaded and folding, was I wrong?

I know the beading has nothing to do with puncture protection, but I tend to find that non folding tyres seem to have better life and strength to them 😕

[Gkam84]

Well i’ll see if I can get
Well i’ll see if I can get anything from a pro, but know it will be hard as its not for a charity, just for a cause. I am going to tweet it out there and see. Maybe I will try some of the paralympic cyclist’s. Jody Cundy and other’s retweeted me. So that might be an option.

Then hold a silent/online auction for Road.cc members, their friend and family, as I’d rather someone who would like it, over some random on ebay.

[Gkam84]

I don’t know if there is much
I don’t know if there is much of a difference, but others might be able to prove me wrong.

Can do you a deal on some carbon pedal’s here 😉
http://road.cc/content/forum/70053-fstrade-look-cx7-carbon-pedals

[Gkam84]

Just posted an update and
Just posted an update and tweeted this at a few people. Will hit some pro’s up later. But off for my weekly check up with the Dr 🙁

Could you maybe take a look at my latest update and point me in the right direction if you know anyone? http://www.gofundme.com/Gkam84

[Gkam84]

Folding tyres just dont have
Folding tyres just dont have the best of protection that beaded ones do, they are much stronger because they are made to be that shape. Folded are just a pain in the arse apart from carrying one as a spare to get you home 😉

[Gkam84]

I did think about that, but I
I did think about that, but I don’t have the foggiest of how to go about it. After seeing a tweet that Laura Trott’s jersey sold for charity over a grand…..But if it was her, I’d be to tempted to sleep with it on my pillow.

But if anyone knows how to go about approaching any pro’s regarding a signed item of some sort, fire me a message on here and I’ll see if I can’t charm them 😉

[Gkam84]

I am not even going to search
I am not even going to search them all, but anything that’s not folding gets my vote. So the GP4000s

But have a look here, I think there are a couple of them

http://road.cc/review-archive?tid=10729

Vittoria
http://road.cc/content/review/51917-vittoria-open-corsa-evo-cx-tyre

Schwalbe
http://road.cc/content/review/54936-schwalbe-ultremo-zx-tyre

Conti GP
http://road.cc/content/review/6226-continental-grand-prix-700x24c-tyre

Conti Force Attack
http://road.cc/content/review/4790-continental-forceattack-combo

[Gkam84]

Day 4 down, just updated my
Day 4 down, just updated my page, bit of negativity today, but nothing overly bad. sitting at 25% now, mental, I am over the moon at the progress and can’t thank you all enough. Although I am working on something special for each and every donor.

Its nothing exciting I’m afraid, I’m thinking a hand written letter or something, just to say thank you personally and not digitally. Now to work on my hand writing 😉

[Gkam84]

Its been truly astounding if
Its been truly astounding if i’m honest notfastenough, the response to help me out. 22% there in less than four days now including my own savings.

Going to list the bike’s I have for sale here again later, but this time as component parts and see if there are people who just want a bit or two and then what’s left will get put on ebay. That might bring me a bit more to put towards the goal.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would get so much help so soon. It just shows that there are good people in the world and most of them are cyclist 😉

[Gkam84]

Thanks for your reply Sam.
I
Thanks for your reply Sam.

I have tried upright trikes, both a modified one with two wheel’s at the back and a custom built on for a disabled person who lives quite close with two wheel’s at the front.

While that solves the balance issue’s somewhat. Because of my body positioning, my leg still goes like the clappers. After trying a recumbent, not only did it solve my balance, it also stopped the left side of my body from shaking to the extent where I cannot cycling.

I was still cycling in the safety of my house on a trainer and balanced between a bed and a wall for any off’s I might have, but because the tremors in my leg, that has had to stop aswell.

The tremors have been slowed and as less frequent because of medication now, but its still something I have to live with.

Thank you for your input though 😀

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