Have a few friends that I will always help out but some that I won't.

I have several customers that ride bikes and one of them had his bike stolen a few weeks before a big ride. Just enough time for him to get accustomed to the bike I was Loaning him and set it up for him. I trust him and we have done a few rides together. Day after the ride and the bike was ready for me to collect in his workshop. Immaculately cleaned and as he reckoned he had put a few miles on the bike- There was a package of two new tubes and a Case of Beer. Next time I want a bike cleaned- I will loan it to him.

Have another customer that rides MTB's and he commutes the 5 miles over the hills on Dry Summer days. Seeing the cleanliness of his bike- I will loan him one aswell. He wants to see how road bikes work and we have agreed to go on a ride shortly. He is a bit taller than me so he will have to go on the TCR-C so he will get a bike that will give him a taste of a real bike before he decides if he wants to try these road things.

I will loan out bikes but only to trusted people.