Author Topic: RADBMX Community help needed ... Radii Ramps tool theft (Read 3459 times)

ED209 · « **on:** July 27, 2015, 09:53 PM »

I'll start this off by making it VERY clear that there's no obligation here ... no necessity ... just act on this information as you see fit.

Last night long time RADBMX member and general top bloke TwoBobRob's Radii Ramps premises were robbed and every power tool they could carry were stolen.

To quote Rob ... mainly because it sums the situation up "I have had the rug pulled out from underneath me"

Rob is one of those rare guys that would lend or give you a kidney if it helped you out. He's spent his life involved in BMX ... ever read Dave Spurdens Freestyle BMX book? most of the 'how tos' in there are him

I grew up learning tricks from that book and just for that reason alone I owe Rob.

Under the umbrella of Radii Ramps, Rob travels the country putting the shoddy work of council contractors right ... or repairing the damage that thick tossers inflict on skate parks ... or turning your knackered shoddy spot into a thing of beauty ... solid and ridable for years to come.

Most relevant to us, Rob & crew built the ramps for last years MK and is mid way building the updated ramp set up for this year ... but now he is without tools and starting from scratch.

Radiii is a small and personal operation ... profit is not as important as professionalism ... his pride in his work is what drives him. He has some insurence but these things take time to arrive and won't cover it all ... and Rob needs tools to work.

So ... what I'm going to do right now is put my money where my mouth is and send a tenner to :

twobobrob@gmail.com

... all I'm asking is that if you think its right ... send Rob something too.

To repeat ... there's no obligation here ... no necessity ... just act on this information as you see fit... I know I have.

ED209 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2015, 09:55 PM »

funds sent

griff · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:11 PM »

oldschoolace · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:13 PM »

More than happy to chip in here, would be gutted if my tools for nicked, had some of them 20 years plus. Do you have any idea what Rob needs Ed? May have the odd bit of kit I could lend him til he gets sorted

ED209 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:17 PM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on July 27, 2015, 10:13 PM

More than happy to chip in here, would be gutted if my tools for nicked, had some of them 20 years plus. Do you have any idea what Rob needs Ed? May have the odd bit of kit I could lend him til he gets sorted

you can get him on here as 'twobobrob' Clint ... or Rob Steele on Facebook ... I know he'd be grateful of any help at this point

Gary72 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:22 PM »

CustardLips · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:33 PM »

Spen69 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2015, 08:26 AM »

The Radii crew made MK very special for me last year with those ramps Ed so count me in

Can we get a lynching mob with pitchforks and blazing torches sorted as a side - topic as I fooking hate robbing scumbags

oldschoolace · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2015, 01:18 PM »

johnjo74 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2015, 02:40 PM »

Even though I'm skint , earn a pittance grafting my bollox right off , have no interest in ramps plus you're all a bunch of cliquey Burner hating cnuts and wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire I have read this post and commented and have sended Robert all I have in my Paypal account (which isn't much) 'cos he seems like a nice chap

fugazi · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2015, 05:39 PM »

Done

Spen69 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2015, 06:22 PM »

Quote from: johnjo74 on July 28, 2015, 02:40 PM

Even though I'm skint , earn a pittance grafting my bollox right off , have no interest in ramps plus you're all a bunch of cliquey Burner hating cnuts and wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire I have read this post and commented and have sended Robert all I have in my Paypal account (which isn't much) 'cos he seems like a nice chap

John. I'd pish on you if you were on fire buddy

Plenty of weirdo types on here would pish on you anytime you ask mate so watch them.....

johnjo74 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2015, 06:39 PM »

Quote from: Spen69 on July 28, 2015, 06:22 PM

Quote from: johnjo74 on July 28, 2015, 02:40 PM
Even though I'm skint , earn a pittance grafting my bollox right off , have no interest in ramps plus you're all a bunch of cliquey Burner hating cnuts and wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire I have read this post and commented and have sended Robert all I have in my Paypal account (which isn't much) 'cos he seems like a nice chap

John. I'd pish on you if you were on fire buddy

Plenty of weirdo types on here would pish on you anytime you ask mate so watch them.....

Cheers Spen , thought I could count on you

ED209 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2015, 07:53 PM »

get a room you two

fugazi · « **Reply #14 on:** July 28, 2015, 08:07 PM »

A cheap room will do, won't matter if the shower's broken......

Hootski70 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2015, 11:49 AM »

Ed , there is a pasload 350 nailgun sat in my lock up over there in old blighty , may need a service but
rob is welcome to borrow it as its no good to me here in oz .

ED209 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2015, 12:04 PM »

Quote from: Hootski70 on July 29, 2015, 11:49 AM

Ed , there is a pasload 350 nailgun sat in my lock up over there in old blighty , may need a service but
rob is welcome to borrow it as its no good to me here in oz .

Wicked :-) cheers Si - I will ask Rob

Pooch · « **Reply #17 on:** July 29, 2015, 02:29 PM »

Sent a little something 👍

ED209 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 29, 2015, 03:46 PM »

thank you all

In2bmx · « **Reply #19 on:** July 29, 2015, 04:11 PM »

a little something sent from me ..

ED209 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 30, 2015, 02:51 PM »

bumped

insectbones · « **Reply #21 on:** July 30, 2015, 06:07 PM »

Done

brettypeeps · « **Reply #22 on:** July 30, 2015, 11:25 PM »

Just seen this. Thievin cnuts want shooting.

Sent a little something

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2015, 02:17 PM »

Hi chaps.

Thank you so much for this. Some of you will recall I had all my tools stolen once before - about four years ago. Totally different circumstances, different location but sadly the same outcome; some scumbag felt it was ok to take another persons' livelihood away for what will no doubt be a mere fraction of what the tools cost, and of course they would have no concept (nor give a fcuk) of just how hard my lads and I had worked to attain that toolkit.

We had just got to a stage where we had every tool for every job regardless of ramp manufacturer or build system. We literally wanted for nothing and it was a long hard slog over the past four years to get to that point.

I'm still working my way through the insurance claim form as we speak. I have to sift back through four years of accounts to dig out receipts for everything, a royal pain in the arse I'm sure you'll all agree.

To bring you all up to date, I have been in touch with all my clients with pending jobs and they have all very graciously agreed to allow me to reschedule the work based on tools required. In other words, the job requiring the least tools gets done first. We were able to carry out a couple of jobs last week on this basis and we're now effectively stood down whilst we await payments coming in which will allow us to buy materials for our next significant sized job.

Thankfully, one of my lads took his tools home at the weekend so his weren't lost. I have replaced some of the tools belonging to my other mucker which were also stolen. So as we stand here today, we are destitute but have a couple of tools around us.

The money you have very generously donated to me has been spent on a 12v - 240v inverter for my vehicle. This allows us to charge cordless tool batteries whilst out on site, which is imperative. Obviously my generators went along with all the tools so the need to charge batteries is top of the list with no portable power now and obviously working in council parks there's nowhere to run a lead from....

Just so you all know regarding MK ramps, all of the materials had been purchased weeks ago and we were a good way through cutting everything for the job. I picked up a cheap Evolution chopsaw which will see us through in the short term, so everything is cool there and on schedule for the event.

Thank you also for the PMs offering help, tool loans and so forth - I can't tell you how much I appreciate the thought.

And that's it for now. I'll get the MK stuff all done during this stand down period and once we get some money in we'll be onto the next job with the absolute bare bones of a toolkit to do the job.

Our 2015 is a complete write off but that's all. We won't be beaten by this and assuming the insurance thing is straightforward we will be able to replace about 50% of the lost tools which will be enough for us to plough on.

Once again, thank you all so much.

See you at MK

Rob

ED209 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2015, 02:48 PM »

Chin up Rob ... you're a good un

My personal thanks to the 12 good folks who sent whatever they could ... or if you did and didn't bother posting up here... thanks to you.

Author Topic: RADBMX Community help needed ... Radii Ramps tool theft (Read 3459 times)

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