[Closed] Golly, I need your help...

sorry, only got a set of xtr discs, wheels and levers going spare

I've got a bamboo frame, a rock as a saddle, and some thick soled shoes as brakes - 'lo tech' enough I hope.....

DrP

i was taking bikes and bits to Zimbabwe a few years back and i went to all the LBS round my way and explained what i was doing, they all helpfully collected the stuff destined for the bin (shops have to pay for dumped items) and i was able to sort through it and take the useful stuff out with me. there was often 'new' stuff where people upgraded parts on brand new bikes and always loads of tyres/inner-tubes.

DrP, i don't care about your attitude towards me, i do care about your attitude towards the aims of this post.

i would tell you to go fu*k yourself, but that would probably breach forum regs, so i haven't and i won't.

All read well until the

(2) flexy titanium seatposts (gotta kill the shock somehow) 😯

Interesting how you feel it's ok to be generally rude and be little peoples opinions in other threads and then ask for any bits people have lying about in another.

I may come across as cynical but this thread gives the impression to me of you topping up your spares bin for your Kona

I'm coming back to the UK in June and don't think I'll be able to resist the temptation to buy bike bits. Currently I'm running an old aluminium cog 12-23 freewheel with 28 / 42 chainset. I need a new freewheel / chain / front rings but they've got to be light and easy to maintain.

In some respects I have to admire your optimism.

go ahead, tell me how it should be done...

It would have helped if you hadn't chosen to promote an uninformed, adverserial and pointlessly argumentative forum persona. Sadly, your appeal for help will probably be responded to with a shrug of the shoulders and the fleeting question, "Why should I help that ignorant gobshite?" If the Lao mtb team want help they need to find themselves a better cheerleader.

hey guys, if that's your attitude i'll save myself the hassle. i'll revert to my normal posts.

how do i delete this thead? mods, would you chop it please?

lol @ ro, you make your bed chap, and then you lie in it

i'm snuggled down comfortably, thank you 🙂

HeathenWoods - Member
............."Why should I help that ignorant gobshite?" If the Lao mtb team want help they need to find themselves a better cheerleader.

+1 also add hypocritical + prig to the description - don't mtb races + training sessions involve large groups of riders?

I have a few bits of old kit I would happily donate but I do question your credibility Ro?

This has just given me an idea for a feature in the next ST mag.

Match the personality disorder to the forum poster.

my fingers are in my ears. i can't hear you.

🙂

flippin heck!
you post thread asking for charity and your second post is:

DrP, i don't care about your attitude towards me, i do care about your attitude towards the aims of this post.

i would tell you to go fu*k yourself, but that would probably breach forum regs, so i haven't and i won't.

good luck with that...

His previous posts always seemed to be a bit Johnny TwoSheds from a distant country with only a tenuous link to cycling. This one is just strange, but his attitude shines through as highlighted by Ken, Heathen and Zangolin.

Just for you Ro 😉 X

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Are you actually serious? This is a joke surely?

Ken and heathen sum it up well.

Excellent! You've gotta work hard to be disliked by mamadirt... 🙂

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Mamadirt - this version has the original video -

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Bit of a coincidence as I'm also in Holywood and I am 6 foot 5 and I do also drive a Maserati and I am a black belt in Karate and I also don't like large groups of MTB riders enjoying themselves. I do also love a good spa in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

but... but... he sent me a song. he LOVES me!!!!

Living and working in SE Asia and telling everyone about it is sooooooooooooo 90's.

The only spares I have are expensive modern stuff, so don't think any of it will work on your bike.

Sorry dude.

He?? Pay attention mate.

Why is it that you see it fit to 'jest and joke around' and think it's alright to hold strong opinions and disregard those of others, but when a few of us pull you leg or come out with a reply that 'takes the mick' on your (rather strong) views, we get insults and paddys??!!

Geesh!

DrP

because, DrP, my offer to take stuff out to laos was going to cause me no end of hassle and i thought even a brain dead moron would be able to see that.

rule number one on entering a forum is never get annoyed by anyone. but your attitude annoyed me. for sure.

if i was prepared to fund 30kg to viet nam on my return, THEN fund the vietnam airlines flight from sai gon to vientiane to deliver it, the least you f*****s could do was respond generously. i had nothing to gain. you don't hurt me you hurt kids who have little but enthusiasm. but, hey, they're a long way away. they'll never know. don't feel bad.

you must learn to disassociate between words and (proposed) actions, or didn't they teach you that at your med school?

mods, please delete this thread. i'm embarrassed for the lot of you.

Wow, you're a real knob!

you must learn to disassociate between words and (proposed) actions

Aaaah... so you don't mean what you say? Or is this as my Dad used to say... 'Do as I say, and not as I do!'

;o)

I don't know the history here, but I have to admit I did find DrPs quip a little on the thorny side and bordering on the rascist.

Next up jokes about starving Africans?

Clearly there does seem to be some micturation on the fried sliced poatatos here regarding previous appeals on the part of the op. All a bit sad since it does seem like there are some keen kids missing out here.

dear ro

trouble is that you have managed to make yourself unpopular on here by sniping at so many people that no-one feels inclined to help you out.

sorry but its your fault

love yossarian

x

[i]the least you f*****s could do was respond generously. i had nothing to gain. you don't hurt me you hurt kids who have little but enthusiasm.[/i]

Won't someone please think of the children.

ro you appear to be a total fanny.

the least you f*****s could do was respond generously

try and think beyond me, del. i know it's hard, but try.

LOL, brilliant.

Gobshite surprised that throwing insults around like candy has a negative impact on their credability.

and, dear yossarian, for the umpteenth time, this wasn't about ME, but about what YOU could do for others.

you still don't get it, do you?

try and think beyond me, del. i know it's hard, but try.

I'll spell this one out for you - people seem to dislike you to such an extent that they don't think you are trustworthy.

ro have you ever thought of working as a fund raiser, I think you would be fantastic at the job.

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ro is Shirley the biggest tool the forum has seen?

i get it just fine ro, as does everyone else. I have a load of used parts sat in my loft and they won't be going with you because i don't trust you. I don't trust you becasue I have formed my opinion of you by your postings on here and your postings on here make you appear to be an idiot. I have no faith in you in the same way that I have faith in re-cycle and other such charities.

I would advise anyone who is thinking of donating parts to check this link out [url] http://www.re-cycle.org/ [/url]

I don't know the history here, but I have to admit I did find DrPs quip a little on the thorny side and bordering on the rascist.

When taken in the context of ro's other posts and opinions he has proffered DrPs comments, whilst pointed, are a long way from racist.

[i]least you f*****s could do was respond generously.[/i]

children in need should use that as their moto.

Latest headlines - user joins forum, gets banned for being an ar$£, rejoins some time later, makes stupid/spiteful comments on thread about people who are concerned for wellbeing of one of the most popular forum members, gets banned again, gets unbanned, cocks around a bit more winding people up then asks for help for a cause that may be dear to him but means diddly squat to 99.9% of forum members and gets ar$ey when he doesn't get it.

In other news, we reveal that bears do sh!t in the woods, the pope is catholic and dolly parton sleeps on her back.

http://www.wellnessvietnam.com/

Do the poor cycling kids get to use the expensive Spa's too? Awesome if they do! Well done sir!

I do have some old stuff so can I send it to my mate (VSO based out of Ho Chi Minh City). Can he drop it round? Can you give me the details of the cycling group. You say the cycling federation are corrupt? Can you go into that more as I can pass that on with your reference.

Cheers matey

No doubt he'll be telling us he's "born again" soon.

Born yesterday more like.

you missed this:

wwww.brightyellowstar.com

i also consult for Suunto, the Malaysian and Singapore Olympic Federations, the ITU, two free clinics in Ha Noi, one free clinic in Sai Gon and one Vietnamese-based NGO.

ask your mate in VSO in HCMC what sort of cars the administrators drive and why they need them when they can buy cheaper elsewhere. ask about the salaries and 'packages' offered to their management teams. ask about their accommodation with swimming pools in an phu (the HCMC expat enclave). ask if their programs are externally audited by a non-vietnamese based body. ask about program effectiveness audits. remember, VSO is meant to be about giving... and not to yourself

ask the lao cycling federation what happened to the funding promised to cycling team members and team administrators during the sea games. ask who funded the UCI coaching course prior to the sea games. ask what's happening to the vientiane based facility built by the chinese on the promise it would be funded by the federation. ask where their sports doctors are. ask why there is no team kit or sponsorship to races outwith laos.

anything else i can help you with?

and let me guess, you're a network administrator with a cool downhill bike in basingstoke

*splutter*

Sadly I have no downhill bike or live no where near Basingstoke 🙁

i also consult for Suunto, the Malaysian and Singapore Olympic Federations, the ITU, two free clinics in Ha Noi, one free clinic in Sai Gon and one Vietnamese-based NGO.

If that's so why on earth do you waste your time trolling on here, surely you have better things to do.

ro clearly you are a grown man, intelligent, well read, etc. Why are you behaving like a stroppy 12 year old kid. You should be ashamed of yourself.

ro clearly you are a grown man, intelligent, well read, etc. Why are you behaving like a stroppy 12 year old kid. You should be ashamed of yourself.

because he thinks he's a better person than you or I and can't handle the rejection?

Perhaps the thread should have been titled [b]Golly, I need help[/b] rather than [i]Golly, I need your help[/i].

It is curious why someone clearly superior to everyone on here spends so much time here.

Drac - Member

least you f*****s could do was respond generously.

children in need should use that as their moto.

surely you have better things to do.

this takes up about fifty seconds each post, and it makes me giggle for a lot longer than that.

you are so e-n-t-e-r-t-a-i-n-i-n-g 🙂

http://www.brightyellowstar.com/About_Us.html

Look at his cheeky little grin, the rascal!

clearly grown, intelligent, well read.

i mustve missed that bit.
still on good faith i will send you my crossride rear wheel - email in profile.

Sadly I have no downhill bike or live no where near Basingstoke

but you [i]are[/i] a network administrator, right?

Nope, network administration sounds interesting - but not for me!

thuy takes those pictures. it's not fair! i take good pics of her, and she takes crap ones of me.

or perhaps i'm just ugly? yes, i think that's it 🙂

so, what DO you do that places you in the position of daring to criticise me?

note: i'm on an ego trip here...

cynic-al - Member
It is curious why someone clearly superior to everyone on here spends so much time here.

I often wonder that one, Al. I put it down to you being charitable and wishing to educate us, the great unwashed masses.

*prostrates self in front of Al*

Aaaaaah...
I get it now!
This is a kind of social marketing experiment, right?

[i]note: i'm on an ego trip here...[/i]

and it's rather getting in the way of any message about stw members contributing to the social good you're trying to put across, tbh.

I'd like to add:

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING?! That'll be another quaternary service industry we didn't know we needed until some creative type with an Apple laptop invented it! How I've lived without social media marketing I'll never know.
How empty I am.

*wails*
*gnashes teeth*

ro - Member
so, what DO you do that places you in the position of daring to criticise me?

note: i'm on an ego trip here...

I'm bored and it amuses me. 8)

For the record, I agree with some of the things you say - just not the way you say it... And yes, you are an ugly bugger.

SOOBalias:

you hear that wooshing sound? that was the sound of your opportunity to help someone whizzing by. they don't come around a second time. sorry.

i don't want your wheel. remember, i was stealing this kit for myself so i can afford to be fussy.

[i]so, what DO you do that places you in the position of daring to criticise me?[/i]

Behave like a grown up possibly?

social media marketing is totally weird. but people pay, i get interesting contacts, and it gives me the opportunity to do the stuff i enjoy for free. like medicine. and athletics stuff. which pay nothing out here.

Now, if I was posting links to my business, and that business was social media, I might think about how I'm portraying myself to both existing and future clients. Particularly if the link was on a site that has massive google rankings.

I would be surprised if these pages are on the first google results page within 24 hours for a for [url= http://brightyellowstar.com/Home/Home.html ]http://brightyellowstar.com/Home/Home.html[/url]

for someone in social media you do seem determined to be as anti-social as possible on here and it will 'leak' out to the wider internet if people do even the most basic of searches on you.

just my 2p.

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ro - Member
or perhaps i'm just ugly?

I was suprised to see how old you were........I thought you were about 8

Somewhere in ho chi minh city this has happened

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Being as you're marketeer you might find this [url= http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html ]Site[/url] useful although you probably know it all already

Did someone say Google ranking..

[url] http://brightyellowstar.com/Home/Home.html [/url]

I've often thought my charitable work was hampered by having a Chief Exec who seems unwilling to alienate, insult and patronise people.

"Ro"

What a peculiar name. Is it some way of making "Robert" or "Roderick" more bearable?

Where to begin in social media? Not with [url] http://brightyellowstar.com/Home/Home.html [/url]
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🙂

or here..

[url] http://brightyellowstar.com/Home/Home.html [/url]

so you dont want the wheel then?

Ro, for someone who's asking for help you seem to be doing it in a rather odd way. I don't know if it's that you've been surrounded by corruption for too long, or whether your just an arse (as suggested by many), but you really should try to remember your manners.

I don't know how often you get back to the UK, but here we are constantly bombarded by sob-stories and offers to improve the lives of those worse off than ourselves. If I gave "just £2 a month" to every charity that asked for it on the TV I'd have F-all left at the end of the month to pay my bills or feed my own family! In order to cope we have to develop a thick skin to it all, this (along with your previous posts) is why we don't seem to give much of a shit about it, If you want us to care (which you obviously do as you started this thread) you need to persuade us to care, if that's too much hassle for you then it can't be that important!!

(This is just my opinion)

rule one of internet marketing: there is no such thing as bad publicity. you just have to spin it.

rule two of internet marketing: seek publicity where you can.

but you're right. i'm an idiot. 🙂