I thought it would be fitting since this is the week that we lost stink in 2017
After some offline and forum discussion with @binary visions @jdcamb @jimmydean @jonKranked @scrublover @stoney @dump @Nick @johnbryanpeters and a few others it was apparent that there was an eagerness to bring back the bike builds In honor of the late, great, Stinkyboy
I thought I would resurrect the bike build cause since I have the time and mechanical abilities being retired and am now in a place and time that was feasible.
The backstory
For those of you whom didn’t know the cantankerous Brian Wilson (Stinkyboy) he used to collect bike parts and donations from the members in order to build complete bikes and gift them to individuals. In Stinks tenure as the Santa bike meister, he was able to get out at least 9 bikes that we know of and more in his own endeavors off the forums.
The Idea
Since we are starting from a blank slate I think it would be prudent to discuss things such as recipient/candidate guidelines, industry donations/cooperation and even other whom wish to build a bike for the cause. There are enough mechanically inclined members and industry representatives in the forums that could possibly build their own bikes with gifted parts and contributions for the cause and we don’t necessarily have to do build for the holidays, I think we can gift them out as they get completed as a viable candidate/recipient has been voted and chosen. I will be willing to start off with the builds and get things rolling with the pace and broad strokes.
The legal stuff
With a sideline discussion with BV and covering the parent company and the forums, this needs to be stated, As most of you know I was in the non profit sector for some time and am willing to take on the organization and development of this project under the assumption it is known as a “good will” gesture and won’t be a registered “non profit”. With that being said I am going to be transparent with the inventories, contributions and reportable aspects of the endeavor on a quarterly basis in the threads and use the forums as a voting tool for the direction of the “cause” via RM members in order to keep it a joint venture and even share in the build aspects to keep the endeavor going inside RM regardless of the organizer.
The Plan
After Jan 1st we can start amassing and pooling parts, contributions and resources to get a bike started and create some momentum towards tuning a nomination and selection process for a recipient. Basic discussions can happen in the forums but for sensitive content such as emails, addresses and other contact info can be relayed through a gmail account I created for the sole purpose of sensitive information for shipping details as well as those whom wish to contribute financially to the cause as some may not have parts or mechanical abilities. rmstinkbike@gmail.com
I personally have the ability to accept payments via
Venmo
Paypal
Cashapp
Applepay
Zelle
For the most part it is going to be a very casual and fun endeavor with the hopes of the RM community giving back in stinkyboy style but with a bit more organization and forum participation in the long run and hopefully this will stick to a permanent part of RM and its members.
Pretty sure you all may have some questions, comments or concerns so we can use this thread to iron out the details and get some majority insight and approval before digging in. Fire away with the good, bad and ugly....
After some offline and forum discussion with @binary visions @jdcamb @jimmydean @jonKranked @scrublover @stoney @dump @Nick @johnbryanpeters and a few others it was apparent that there was an eagerness to bring back the bike builds In honor of the late, great, Stinkyboy
I thought I would resurrect the bike build cause since I have the time and mechanical abilities being retired and am now in a place and time that was feasible.
The backstory
For those of you whom didn’t know the cantankerous Brian Wilson (Stinkyboy) he used to collect bike parts and donations from the members in order to build complete bikes and gift them to individuals. In Stinks tenure as the Santa bike meister, he was able to get out at least 9 bikes that we know of and more in his own endeavors off the forums.
The Idea
Since we are starting from a blank slate I think it would be prudent to discuss things such as recipient/candidate guidelines, industry donations/cooperation and even other whom wish to build a bike for the cause. There are enough mechanically inclined members and industry representatives in the forums that could possibly build their own bikes with gifted parts and contributions for the cause and we don’t necessarily have to do build for the holidays, I think we can gift them out as they get completed as a viable candidate/recipient has been voted and chosen. I will be willing to start off with the builds and get things rolling with the pace and broad strokes.
The legal stuff
With a sideline discussion with BV and covering the parent company and the forums, this needs to be stated, As most of you know I was in the non profit sector for some time and am willing to take on the organization and development of this project under the assumption it is known as a “good will” gesture and won’t be a registered “non profit”. With that being said I am going to be transparent with the inventories, contributions and reportable aspects of the endeavor on a quarterly basis in the threads and use the forums as a voting tool for the direction of the “cause” via RM members in order to keep it a joint venture and even share in the build aspects to keep the endeavor going inside RM regardless of the organizer.
The Plan
After Jan 1st we can start amassing and pooling parts, contributions and resources to get a bike started and create some momentum towards tuning a nomination and selection process for a recipient. Basic discussions can happen in the forums but for sensitive content such as emails, addresses and other contact info can be relayed through a gmail account I created for the sole purpose of sensitive information for shipping details as well as those whom wish to contribute financially to the cause as some may not have parts or mechanical abilities. rmstinkbike@gmail.com
I personally have the ability to accept payments via
Venmo
Paypal
Cashapp
Applepay
Zelle
For the most part it is going to be a very casual and fun endeavor with the hopes of the RM community giving back in stinkyboy style but with a bit more organization and forum participation in the long run and hopefully this will stick to a permanent part of RM and its members.
Pretty sure you all may have some questions, comments or concerns so we can use this thread to iron out the details and get some majority insight and approval before digging in. Fire away with the good, bad and ugly....
