PSA: Cunningham medical fund

[Bill Lindsay]

https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg

Charlie Cunningham suffered a head injury (among other injuries) in a bike crash.  If you've ever felt the twang to thank Charlie for his visionary contributions to cycling (particularly cycling off pavement), this is a good opportunity to act on that twang.  

thoughts, prayers, and a few dollars

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[cyclot...@gmail.com]

Thanks for posting that, Bill.

[Mitch Browne]

I was first introduced to Charlie by Grant in his Riv Reader 27 interview. Thanks.

Mitch Browne

San Luis Obispo, CA

[dougP]

Bill:

Thanks for posting. We need to kick in here to help out. Head trauma is the worst. A long time cycling friend suffered a head trauma roughly when my cardiac issues came up. We've been rehabbing & backsliding together for a long time. Head problems are a LOT more serious. Let's all help Charlie.

Doug peterson

[Montclair BobbyB]

And anyone who's ridden roller-cam brakes can thank Charlie C.. Thanks, Bill.

[Wayne Naha]

Thanks for posting this.  We will send what we can.

[Evan E.]

Thanks for posting, Bill. I just pitched in. Check the comment from Grant on the GoFundMe page.

[Philip Williamson]

Thanks for the heads-up. I put in a little, and I'll do more on my next paycheck. 

I'm also up to help build ramps, or whatever needs doing to get him back home.  

Philip

www.biketinker.com

On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:21:32 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:

[cyclot...@gmail.com]

I notice the largest donation is from RBW RBW.

[Bill Lindsay]

Polite but determined bump, just in case some have missed it.  Some news:

1.  Jan did a very nice blog post about it:  https://janheine.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/charlie-cunningham-needs-our-help/

2.  They are at nearly 50% of their goal of $100k

3.  Here's the URL:  https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg

Consider donating and spreading the word if you haven't already.  Scanning the donors, our friend Harry Hugel has donated 4 times by my count.  

On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:21:32 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:

[cyclotourist]

Here's a very good article in Bicycling, mostly a very thoughtful
interview with Jacquie Phelan:
http://www.bicycling.com/culture/people/injured-mountain-bike-hall-famer-needs-your-help

> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com.
> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com.
> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.



--
Cheers,
David

Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace

"it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal

[Bill Lindsay]

Even more bump-worthy, you are now Rivendell incentivized to dig deeper (in $20 increments)

http://rivbike.tumblr.com/

If you donate again, and this time do so with your Riv customer number in your first name, Riv will give you half your donation as a Riv-credit.  Their goal is that we as a group give $10,000 in total.  That's a pretty good goal.  Rather than thinking of it as a donation-discount, I'm going to think about it as matching.  When I donate $100, it's $50 of mine and $50 is RBW matching my donation.  

[Ryan Fleming]

Actually...that's a terrific idea...I'm sure Charlie Cunningham and Jacquie Phelan need all the help they can ge;  certainly more than I need a credit. Just waiting for RBW to email my customer # cause I can't remember what it is. I reread the interview in the RR....what a tragedy!. I sure hope that he'll recover. But it surely must help that so many people are supportive and generous. 

Bless them both.

[Bill Lindsay]

PSA:  How to find your Customer ID #

You need to know: how to log in to your account on Rivbike.com

You need to have bought something in the last 3 years

1.  Go to www.rivbike.com

2.  Scroll to the bottom, click My Account and log in

3.  Click on "Print Invoices"

4.  From the drop-down, select some time period in which you bought something, click Go

5.  Next to each invoice is a "View or Change Order" button.  Pick one and click it

6.  In the upper right you'll see in blue "print an invoice"

7.  That pulls up a pop-up showing a pdf preview of that invoice.  Your customer number is in the upper left.

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[sameness]

Assuming you've made an online purchase from RBW before, you can also search your registered email for "www.rivbike.com Order Confirmation".

Your customer ID number will be in the top right corner (HTML version) or first line (plain text version) of the email.

Jeff Hagedorn
Los Angeles, CA USA

[Evan E.]

It's great that Grant and Riv are, as usual, being generous and awesome. So dig deep for Charlie, everybody. (I just made a second donation.)

Evan

[Tim]

I just donated. Although it is great and generous (as always) of Riv, I will not take a credit from them for the donation. I don't want to profit from this. In return for foregoing the credit, I feel entitled to give my OT 2 cents that this is why we should vote for Bernie Sanders. So that we might no longer be the only developed country that considers healthcare a privilege instead of a right. This has been a public service announcement. Thank you.

[Wayne Naha]

Walter White nods knowingly.

[Wayne Naha]

One thing I don't understand is why saving someone's life costs more than a

regular person can pay. And why some doctor's (usually the best ones) don't
take insurance.  I think that's wrong.  I mean, one of the big reasons why
my dad didn't want to get treatment at all in the first place was because he
didn't want to leave us behind with a huge debt. That's the thing about my
dad - he loves us more than anything. More than himself.  But we want him
around and we want him to try everything he can to stay with us as long as
possible. This surgery is the one chance there is to save his life.  And we
can't afford it. And every day that goes by is one less day I'll have with
him. And I don't want to tell my little sister about my dad.  I want her to
know him for herself.

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 9:19:30 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:

[Ryan Fleming]

Thanks for the tip, Jeff and Bill

[Ryan Fleming]

Actually Miesha emailed me my customer#...so I donated and then emailed her back asking if Riv wouldn't mind donating my Riv  credit to the Cunningham fund....

[Caroline James]

Hi Bill, so this was totally confusing me, because it says "RBWnocreditwanted"... and I'm thinking, uh, so, do they want me to make their donation private??

You all are wonderful. Dang. Seriously. How can I help to publicize your group? Bill, can you please email me directly at caro...@bigmango.com ?

thanks!

[Caroline James]

Dear Bill and the kind folks at RBW, thank so much for your donations. I have no idea what a Rivendel Bike is, so, please pardon my ignorance.

All the best!

Caroline James

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Pinning this to the top.  Just to keep folks in the loop

- Jim / list admin

On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:21:32 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Jaquie P. has been posting more updates on Charlie's condition and recovery of late.

Stop by when you have the time and continue to spread the word - https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg

- Jim / cyclofiend.com

[cyclot...@gmail.com]

Her most recent update isn't a good one: https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg

Sounds like she's getting run-down in the caregiver role. :-(

[Ryan Fleming]

As an FYI, it looks like RBW is matching donations from Rivendell members dollar-for-dollar until July 20, which is very generous of them

[Ryan Fleming]

I should correct what I said earlier...apologies

Riv will match up $1500.00 up to July 20...does not  seem to matter whether you're  a Riv customer or  not

From Riv's post:

Rivendell Bicycle Whorls RBW

18 hours ago

 

OK now, here's a chance to give CC (via JP) a minor-major shove. From now until Wed-the-20th at 5pm, RBW will match all donations up to a maximum of $1,500. So...C & J could have $3K more by then. Have tried this in the past with almost no uptick, but consider that your $20 donation will actually add $40. Let's go! 

[Ryan Fleming]

And see today's BLUG from Grant...neato write-up about CC with a gallery of his bikes and Riv will give .50 on the dollar up to 250.00 for store credit.

I suspect that this will be an ongoing need....well I wish CC and JP the best...I certainly remember Jacquie's wit from the mid 80's and man, those bikes are really elegant. What a tragedy