Pay it forward - Donate Your Old Gear to a Newbie (no requests pls) (Page 14)

As you know, I have  given away lots of stuff and have even received something.  Well, technically for my wife, but regardless.

I have chosen one person over the next because I figured they needed X more than person Y.  BUT, here is the rub.  If the second person had not PM'd me, I would not have known someone else needed it.  Just because you're "late to the party" doesn't mean that you can't PM and ask for it.

I'd rather have 15 PM's asking for an item and why instead of 1. 

Just a thought.

Big John,

What size noggin do you have?  I have a helmet that I stopped using because I got a couple of new ones.  It's nothing special, but it's yours if you can wear a Medium.  I also had a brand new Specialzied, but gave it to my Training Partner.  I am also about to get new tires for my Tri-bike, so I can probably forward you my "old" tires if you want.  They probably have 1000+ miles left on them.

Caincando - I didn't mean a sob story, but rather a short one liner if you want to.  Case in point, when I asked for a women's small top it was because my wife wanted to get back into running and she didn't have any gear.  Last time she "ventured" into this we spent way too much money for no training.  ;P  Let's just say that a good friend of ours got a Felt S22 as a wedding gift and used it to Kick my Arse in IM MOO the same year. 

Big John - I'll make a deal with you.  I'll send you the helmet and if it fits, you can send me shipping.  If it doesn't fit, you post it on here for someone else and pay to ship it to them.  Sound good?  Now I'l actually have to do maintenance on my bike...crap!!

I certainly understand the high-startup-cost issue but wonder if this thread is the best place to ask for donations.  This community is SO nice, and it seems that any time people are in need, a lot of members step up, and if they have stuff sitting around that they're not using, and they're probably not reading this thread or they'd have posted it already. 

So maybe those of you in this situation should set up a "Newbie needs the kindness of strangers" thread where you just say something like, "I'm new and can't really afford X or Y; does anyone have anything just cluttering up your closet?"  I don't know where that might go -- Classifieds or Introduce Yourself, but if you feel that you are constantly aced out in this thread, maybe this will work better for you.

Agreed.

There's several things on here I wanted, and despite my automatic response as a college student, I resisted becuase I'm not in NEED of them.

People that are giving a lot (ahem...marvinett) you are truely inspiring!  Good People are sometimes hard to find, and I like surfing this thread simply becuase it reminds me that humans are good!