Toys out of pram time i'm afraid

[pickle]

okay......bare with me on this one as i need to get this off my chest.

2007 i wanted to do something for Children in need, so speaking to some mates on here we did the London cruise and raised over 3k
2008 we did it all over again.......but this time we looked at helping a charity which helped out a good and very well respected member on here and raised about 3.5k for McMillan Nurses.

2009 and we did it all again but this time YOU all voted to do it for Little havens children hospice.......well nearly 3 weeks afterwards and we've raised £340
i really enjoyed the cruise this year, the weather was superb and i got the impression everyone else enjoyed it as well.......the past few years we've had around 80 people come along, this year we were lucky if there was 50.

so what the impression i've got is that all people really want to do is cruise round london and go on a piss up at every other pub you go past?!?  so thats it i'm afraid.

i'm throwing my toys out of the pram and also throwing the towel in........i thinks it's pretty fooking rubbish to have only raised £340 within 3 weeks, so i hand it over to anyone else for next year......you can choose to either do it again next year or just go on a piss up.

i'm sorry if this offends anyone.......but after looking at the just giving site, that really offends me.

over and out       

[pickle]

I forgot to thank Cazbo and Sawzal for all their help over the past three years with
Doing the great work on the plates and the best bikes trophies........also Zippy for all his help this year as well

Cheers guys 

[Gashead]

I for one am ashamed as I have not sorted my sponsor money out, to which I apologise !

But I also echo Rob's comments !

Come on, Radsters I think even if you didn't go on the ride you could find a few quid to donate !

I would also ask for a rallying call to support next year and also ask that we support Rob and ask him to think again before any towel is accepted !

Nick

[telelogic]

you're right of course

I'll get it sorted pronto.

[JT71]

i haven't got mine in yet, i only got about £50 compared to a couple of hundred last year.

I have to say though i found it pretty tough to get the folks at work to sponsor me this time, don't know if it's the recession or because last year everyone
knew what MacMillan do so were keen to sponsor me.

I do like going the pubs, but i would like to ride more to do it, much more, like twice what we did this year.

[Zippy]

Have to say I totally echo Robs sentiments on this one.

Last year we rode for Macmillan and managed to get loads of t-shirts that looked really cool when we were all riding with them on. This year I wanted to help a bit more so volunteered to sort out the t-shirts so we could do the same and have a group identity that also made people aware that we were doing this for a very special cause.

I think in total I sold enough t-shirts to raise about £80 for the charity after my costs were covered. We should have raised £225.

I totally understand where Rob is coming from on this one and have to agree with him whole heartedly. I don't think we should can the ride but if the will isn't there to do it for charity and then help raise some money then that's not so good. We may as well just go on a pub crawl on bikes.

Rob I'll be putting the £80 from t-shirt sales into the account tonight.

I also have loads of t-shirts left if anyone wants to buy one for charity. £6 posted. You can use it as a t-shirt a polishing rag or whatever you want really.

[pickle]

that's cool Simon     as i said before, i huge thanks to you, Cazbo and Sawzall for all your hard work with helping the past cruises.....you're all stars!

 

[Jt]

not as much community spirit on here anymore rob, hence the numbers being down.

think this obviously correlates with a significant drop in monies raised also.

as for people not bothering getting the dosh in, then thats just fekking lazy.

[brass monkey!]

i was due to attend this year, but the wife was ill and it got ditched last minute,

your rant is fully justified, so sorry for not being there. (And Little Havens was my idea... ?)

[Gashead]

Why can't we stick a thread up for 'Little Havens' and see if we can donate some money direct to help !

Perhaps some of our other members could contribute 

[Sean 2000]

Rob, sorry dude.

I really really enjoyed last years ride, but unfortunately could not get to this years event which is a shame because Little Havens are near me and i try to support them whenever i can. I would love to make a donation, but i'm afraid MY kids are also needing at the moment and things are tighter than a ducks ring.  

Dont throw in the towel mate, you always do a stunning job with all this.  

[sawzall]

sorry to hear you are throwing in the towel rob ,if people knew how much effort you put in to doing these rides
they might be a bit more forth coming to support these events which after all is for a worthy charity , as
nick said even if you couldn't make it just a small donation to the charity shouldn't hurt you,
big thanks to rob for all his efforts over the past three years it's a real shame this had to happen
but in my eyes the sites just not what it was in the begining

[Jt]

but in my eyes the sites just not what it was in the begining

thats cos it isnt one site, its two.

no unity.

[MartyC]

but in my eyes the sites just not what it was in the begining

thats cos it isnt one site, its two.

no unity.

If it is it's only because people deem it to be that way; no unity like disunity 

Anyway, if you don't know what all the fuss is about why do you keep repeating it and going on about it?  Surely it's time to move onto something else more important now?

[Jt]

like what marty?

mods saying they are unhappy with how the site is and they dont know why they bother seemed like a worthy thread to comment on to me.

2nd thread i've commented on, suggesting reasons for what the problem might be..nowt else.

i didnt start either of them.

[pickle]

i don't think my original post mentions anything to do with how the site is or how i feel about it.......mine was about the ride.

[Jt]

sorry rob, i misread the site bit, you were referring to the just giving site..

still kinda reads that way to me though mate if i'm honest...how does it read to you, now you've read it back?

you seem pretty pissed off with the level of support from the people on here to me? nowhere near as many riders or money raised as previous years? t the point when you cant be arsed doing it again.then sawzall mentioned the site is not what is used to be..

kind of led me down the path i've already been down tonight...some agree some dont, but there is some truth in it i feel...

anyway, moving on. why not get someone on here to break a world record or something...Bmx related.

wheelie? endo's?

that would raise a few quid if you fancy doing something different?

[pickle]

that would be cool wouldn't it 

maybe do something next year but make it a real challenge.....London to Brighton maybe??      now that will gove me a sore arse!   

[Jt]

if your after a sore arse mate, i'm your man

[pickle]

    so Joe tells me 

[brass monkey!]

Why can't we stick a thread up for 'Little Havens' and see if we can donate some money direct to help !

Perhaps some of our other members could contribute 

yeah, lets all donate at least one OS part and have a big auction at the end of the month when we all get paid 

[WARDY]

yeah, lets all donate at least one OS part and have a big auction at the end of the month when we all get paid 

ya floval flyer ell do Matt , whens bidding start 

[Jt]

  so Joe tells me 

who's joe?

[pickle]

JT71 

[brass monkey!]

yeah, lets all donate at least one OS part and have a big auction at the end of the month when we all get paid 

ya floval flyer ell do Matt , whens bidding start 

CW