[Gkam84]

I can accept offline
I can accept offline donation’s and add them to the total myself through the online donation tab. It all gets added to the total.

I shall email you, but its a shame about your guitar skills though, being a guitarist myself. Thats what the G in my username stands for 😉

If anyone else wanted to donate but cannot for any reason. Let me know.

[Gkam84]

That was exactly what I was
That was exactly what I was going to say Trikeman, Just like a kid at Christmas.

I love your enthusiasm, I just wonder why you are not fitting clipless until you pay off the bike?

That’s the first thing I would recommend on a top bike like that, you will notice a much bigger output if you are clipped in to the pedals 😉

Enjoy yourself, ride safe and try to keep off the pavements.

Kam

[Gkam84]

Thats impressive Simon, you
Thats impressive Simon, you must follow the “right” people.

My email contained

Timmy Duggan joins Saxo Bank
Glasgow to host 2013 National Road Race
Can you ride a bike? (parkinson’s riders)
Gianni Meersman leaves Lotto-Belisol
Rodriguez Close To Katusha Contract

Than again, I might not get tweets about myself.

Been quite today as I’ve not been feeling like sitting at a computer.

Good call Notfastenough, Addison Lee 😉

[Gkam84]

Just a quick thank you to
Just a quick thank you to everyone before I get some shut eye. I am sitting on 20% of my goal. Your support has been amazing, Little did I know how wonderful the cycling community could been until I started this.

Tomorrow’s mission…..Target the emotional side of some people in the “anti-cycle” section of society. I don’t mean the white van man and people who cut us up all the time. But people who have given us bad press lately. For instance Karmarama agency and others of the same ilk, who might be looking for a good story after their bad reputation with cycling recently.

If you can think of anyone, give me a shout 😉

[Gkam84]

Yeah I know, that does
Yeah I know, that does include my adding £350 towards the total in “offline” donation’s after checking my bank balance. 😉

I don’t know if that shows up properly on the page, I will be putting that in an update tonight at some point.

I do understand ICE’s stance though, they aren’t a huge multinational like some other bike manufacturers. Unfortunately, there are no recumbent multinational’s to go and speak to about it either. That’s why I decided to raise money on my own.

What do people think of the video? 😕

[Gkam84]

With something like this on
With something like this on the side?? :B

[Gkam84]

I may be wrong, but I can’t
I may be wrong, but I can’t say I noticed them. I have been trying to make my own, but without infringing on the site’s design or anything, I couldn’t really do that.

Also, I did stitch out the logo to see what it would look like on a cap 😉

[Gkam84]

I got a reply from ICE Trikes
I got a reply from ICE Trikes 🙁

Dear Keith,

Thank you for your enquiry.

ICE receives many requests from for financial help every year. Although we would love to help we cannot support everyone and it wouldn’t be fair to choose one person over another. Instead we support charities in their work to enable people to cycle by donating a trike. Last year we donated a trike to the Challenged Athletes Foundation who have done a great job in hosting trike taster sessions, rehabilitation clinics and support groups. This has meant that lots of people have benefited from the donation and have gone on to achieve their sporting and fitness goals.

I also work with riders to raise awareness for the charities they support. For example I have recently helped Joe Beaumont in his efforts to raise money for the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team by posting information on our Facebook pages and writing articles for our blog.

Your nearest dealer is Laid Back Bikes in Edinburgh. Dave is very knowledgeable and will give you great advice and organise test rides for you. However, he is a small independent retailer so I don’t think he will be able to set up a payment plan for you.

I am sorry that we cannot help you in but please keep in touch; there may be some way we can assist you in the future.

[Gkam84]

Thank you Kingrolo.
Trust me
Thank you Kingrolo.

Trust me when I say, no-one has shed more tears than myself over there. I took me two weeks to finally publish this after reading it every night and then thinking “nah, no-one cares” and then the past couple of days when donation’s come in, its really astounding to know that people who don’t know me, still care.

Today I’ve got so many retweets from pro cyclists. The list about could at least be doubled. A few tweets of support aswell and some Spanish/Portuguese person using some dodgy language and dropping the F word at me because I was asking for retweets and that I was begging for followers on twitter. I don’t think he quite understood.

I have also emailed ICE on their generic “sales” email address to see what they might be able to do to help.

I have suggested a payment plan to them, starting with a deposit of my own £350 savings (which I have added to the goal) and the £210 I’ve received in donation’s so far.

With any further donations and some of my benefit’s paying off the rest of the cost. Hopefully they can put something like that in place for me. But we’ll see.

I am hopefully that my link and story will be up on another forum I use alot that isn’t cycling related. After asking the owners permission because they have a strict “no charity/begging or self advertising” rule. But from a chat with them, they are willing to adjust the rule’s to enable me to post my story.

I’ve been using that site for 8 years and am quite well known. They have a user base of over 15k and around 5k active, So even if they all donated 50p, I’d make my goal.

Thank you all for your continued support and I hope to repay all your kindness by getting a trike and doing video’s and blog posts for you all to read, whether that be here or starting my own blog.

[Gkam84]

Finally finished the video.
Finally finished the video. Let me know what you guys think. I’m not sure about it.

http://gofundme.com/Gkam84

Thanks for all the support received so far. Going to hit twitter hard again this afternoon with more pro cyclist’s. Hopefully some more retweets in the offing after I reached my limit on tweets yesterday 👿

[Gkam84]

Positivity was never my
Positivity was never my strong suit, but this weekend has given my unlimited positive things. Just getting tweets and support has been amazing. Donation’s at sitting at £125 which has stunned me.

I’ve also has a couple of emails regarding features/interviews. Which I’m thinking about. I didn’t know people would be interested. I need to look at the properly, because I don’t want to end up in a Karmarama style stunt.

Today I’ve had retweets from all these people and gone right up to my tweet limit for today 😕

Yanto Barker
Wesley Kreder
Amy Dombroski
Simon Geschke
Gabriella Day
Marijn de Vries
Tosh Van der Sande
Christian Heule
Sergio Pardilla
Bert Grabsch
Russell Hampton
Filippo Pozzato
Kenny De Ketele
Benat Intxausti
Haimar Zubeldia
Steven de Jongh
Emma Trott
Giovanni Visconti
Eros Capecchi
Xavier Florencio

[Gkam84]

Thank you TheHatter
Thank you TheHatter 😀

Pisiform, you make a great point there for anyone else reading this whom may suffer from a disability that means they need help with travelling or living in general.

Unfortunately, I was told by the benefits centre to try for this part of the benefit, but after having the medical tests. I failed to be eligible because “I do not need help to walk, I can walk a good distance and do not need guidance or supervision outdoors”

I tried to appeal this because of my anxiety, I cannot travel on public transport alone, but this was rejected on the grounds the my granny has a car. I don’t know why that comes into it. But I am not going to go and challenge it again at the moment. Until I’ve spoken to the benefits centre who advised me to try for it.

[Gkam84]

SORRY, I just had to
Why not
SORRY, I just had to

Why not get yourself on Aero bars? (from Drunkcyclist)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/148135_441919322537774_1892497341_n.jpg

[Gkam84]

Yeah Revo, its a great frame
Yeah Revo, its a great frame that I’ve built into a bike, unfortunately I just can’t ride it anymore. :”(

Thank you so much for your donation

[Gkam84]

Just seen this, very
Just seen this, very interesting article. Even for the big G. Now I want to understand why I can’t cycle upright, yet this 58 year old can. Got the DR’s on Thursday, so will investigate

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/nov/18/cycling-parkinsons-wellcome-prize-catherine-hess

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