Feel good story of the day...

I'm mostly impressed by the guy (Mr Knighten) who gave up the opportunity for a $10K Santa Cruz bike of his choice as I don't think I could have done this but kudos to everybody involved in the process. I'm so impressed I think I may have to kick down a donation to the program.

https://sierratrails.org/five-kids-...dTsRuY0eD98Jimwcs8sELrZi_fZHedho9-74nXA0KDfVE

 

Cool, program. The guy who gave the bike up is a bad ass. Being a giver myself I know the feeling he had. Karma!

 

Yes, I indeed feel good!

 

Kudos

 

I'm sure it was altruistic, and it's great that he got 5 bikes for 5 kids, but....

I'm cynical. Most people don't realize that the winner has to pay the sales tax on these things, and on $10K that is not trivial - in Long Beach it's $1,025 - yeah, 10.25%. It's quite possible he didn't have the wherewithal to do so.

No, I'm not taking away from what he did, just sayin' maybe there was more to it.

 

Very cool!!

 

Yet another reason to stay clear of Long Beach.

 

Not that we need many....