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Popped up on my Facebook earlier that he's looking to sell the colnago from road bike party 2 to raise funds for rehabilitation equipment.
Anyone tempted? I know i world be if i had any spare cash at the mo.
It's about £10,000 to build new. Where would you start with a guess as to how much it goes for?
More? Because it's a bit of history?
Less because it had a hard life?
Great cause. A one careful owner bike.
Hopefully they will get a just giving page up or similar so Martyn doesn't have to give up the bike.
RBP1 for me; I'd be tempted into serious debt for that Pina, as I suspect many more would be!
If the Colnago was the right size I would have to be dragged away kicking and screaming.
Hopefully they will get a just giving page up or similar so Martyn doesn't have to give up the bike.
I'd give something to that
He's started a funding page [url= https://www.gofundme.com/55fm3jb6 ]here[/url]
Think it's safe to say he'll reach the target...in the next hour or so! 😀
Hit the target within the hour 🙂
Thanks for that [b]Nonsense[/b]; wouldn't have known otherwise.
Hopefully folk will just continue to donate.
Bloody hell, how fast are donations going up?! Lovely to see.
Ta for the link, almost double the target now 🙂
This is great to watch better than the TV amazed how much has been given in such a short time
Yep, I've just read it on a Facebook link and couldn't not donate to such a positive role model and inspiration to others.
Just clicked on the link to see how it's going - f me! over £18k - good effort 😀
Now heading towards £25k !
In case people missed the stealth link above
https://www.gofundme.com/55fm3jb6
..and straight past it!
Bloody great to see.
Now over £33k, lovely to see the support he has from the community.
Yes its great, really grateful for this thread or I wouldn't have seen it. The internet is pretty cool sometimes.
We should make this a sticky. Mods?
No sign of slowing!
£39.5K now. (probably hit £40K by the time I've clicked send post....)
£40324...
Just made my donation. Not much but every little helps. Keep on giving, I don't imagine £40k actually goes very far when rehabilitation in a situation like this is involved.
Great to see that people can really help give him an even more positive outcome. He was an inspirational bloke before his accident and he has taken it to another level post injury.
Wow - great work everybody.
£45912.
Blimus. The season for giving and all that!
Just checked, £48,598
Lots of parallels with this!
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(although I am not seriously suggesting that Martyn is a meth cook.)
£50k now 🙂
Still climbing. Now at £51.5k
Great to see the support he's getting!
However I'm wondering how he has got to the point of having to sell the bike to pay for rehabilitation. Being a famous professional rider I would have thought him a bit more wealthy than that, plus surely his sponsors have some responsibility to help him out? Would have thought clinics would want him in cheap or even free as well, quite a good selling point being the clinic rehabilitating MA..
I have no idea how these things work, I just always assumed that these things were sponsor covered in contracts and the likes
I had similar thoughts - You would hope his youtube videos would be bringing some decent advertising revenue considering the view counts...
As said, amazing support and he must feel very humbled. Long may it continue!