Pay it forward - Donate Your Old Gear to a Newbie (no requests pls) (Page 7)

Pm's seem to work fine.

Sorry to get the thread off topic!

I saw the post for the Garmin last night.  That is pretty nice to give away!

Just wanted to reiterate how in awe I am of this thread.  Everyone who has given something away- you are truely exceptional!  It's great to see good and friendly people still exist!

I sent a PM.  Thanks for the offer!  I've been struggling with attaching my sensor to my non-Nike+ shoes. 

I love this thread (and Dave for starting it, and Chris for giving Dave that first HRM) and can't resist participating. It would be great if someone really needs these things.

I bought my first road bike in Aug. 2005; it came with Shimano A520 "road touring" pedals, which after some 2000+ miles I have just replaced with pedals with a flatter wider base. Any newbies who want to try clipless pedals? They also have platform insets that clip in, which are great for when you're riding with a kids' triathlon group or on a crowded bike path with your 70-year-old parents. At least, that's what I've used them for.

I bought my first wetsuit shortly before that -- Xterra Ventilator John (sleeveless, low end), women's small. I had to cut the legs a bit shorter, but our coaches say you should always do that anyway to make transition easier. I have strong hands and put quite a few small tears in it as I pulled it up, which I hear is typical with Xterra. I patched them with wetsuit glue so they don't leak, but decided that I didn't like the way it looked (silly reason, I know, since it works just fine) and when Xterra had a half-off special I bought a different style for racing. The Ventilator has been in the closet since June 07. So, any small (100-120 lbs, under 5'2" newbie who would like it, let me know.

I have a lot of cycling jerseys, too (mostly women's M), and will take pix and post later.

SPOKEN FOR ALREADY!  MORE LATER. 

This is really sad to hear.  I don't know how anyone knows who's getting all the stuff, or how much anyone is getting, and I would like to believe in the goodwill of people here to ask for what they might really need.  But it is certainly true that anyone who's posted to the thread and is getting email updates will end up with earlier notice than the "general public" who peruse the forums only occasionally.  I know I sent my stuff to another generous soul who'd given other stuff away already on this thread.  Maybe one solution to that is for more people to join the thread by offering their own things (but please, no pad-posting or generalized chatter).  That said, I am going to see if I can find some other things to give away so that this post isn't useless in this thread!