matt_rehm_hext
26-05-10, 03:14 PM
On Sunday, me and my friend Ian were riding around in the sun, taking a route from Heathrow-->Marlow-->Henley-->Reading-->Windsor and on the way back, coming through Windsor Great Park, we stopped at a car park by the bit where people fly model planes and kites to look at the sunset.
There was a guy struggling with his Triumph Trophy 4, he'd lost the key in the park earlier and had no spare on him, or breakdown cover. He lived 60 miles away and didn't have a lot of options, it was already dark. We tried hot wiring the bike and bump starting it but no luck.
So in the end I gave him my disc lock to lock his bike whilst leaving it on it's own in the dark in the middle of nowhere, and Ian offered to ride him home or to his work in Reading to get a van so he could sort it out.
He got the bike ok and sorted it.
Today I get a call from him and he drops by to say thank you and to return the lock, and gives me £40 to share between me and Ian for our help.
That is the true biking spirit I have noticed in the nearly 4 years I've been riding and it's awesome :p
Matt.
There was a guy struggling with his Triumph Trophy 4, he'd lost the key in the park earlier and had no spare on him, or breakdown cover. He lived 60 miles away and didn't have a lot of options, it was already dark. We tried hot wiring the bike and bump starting it but no luck.
So in the end I gave him my disc lock to lock his bike whilst leaving it on it's own in the dark in the middle of nowhere, and Ian offered to ride him home or to his work in Reading to get a van so he could sort it out.
He got the bike ok and sorted it.
Today I get a call from him and he drops by to say thank you and to return the lock, and gives me £40 to share between me and Ian for our help.
That is the true biking spirit I have noticed in the nearly 4 years I've been riding and it's awesome :p
Matt.