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Old 07-08-15, 07:17 PM
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I have a neighbor/friend who started and runs a very successful (success meaning number of people helped and ongoing outreach) Bicycle focused charity. I have helped volunteering, connecting to our corporate community sponsorship, and just being a guy to bounce ideas off. When they were based out of a van and a pile of bikes (large) in his back yard I encouraged this person take a leap and move into a warehouse that he had been offered. At some point i mentioned in passing that if he saw something interesting in a 58 for a frame, i was looking for a project. the charity moves to the warehouse, his backyard has not bikes, his wife is happy and a torpado showed up on my front steps. It had sat outside for years and took TLC (seatpost removal was 6 weeks) but it is a super fun bike with lots of character and patina





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