Recap Video: Share the Ride 2013!
Thank you to everyone who donated to Share the Ride. 1453 people from 41 different countries pitched in for a total of $41,426 in contributions! Our goal was $25,000, but thanks to you guys we crushed that. It's great to know that mountain bikers around the world are dedicated to sharing their passion for the sport by joining our cause.
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 Our final Christmas distribution happened in Vancouver, BC. With the help of Family Services of Greater Vancouver, The Britannia Community Centre and the Richmond Youth Services Agency we were able to get over 80 kids on brand new bikes! |
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| The action started early in the morning with bike mechanics from Norco Bicycles, Mighty Riders, Arbutus Routes, Dunbar Cycles, The Bikeroom and many many other wonderful individuals who came to build the Trek, Giant, and Norco bicycles we had for the kids. |
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| In the afternoon, kids and families began to arrive to collect their new bikes. |
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| First stop: The Kali Protectives helmet table. |
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| Ian Morrison was our head helmet fitter for the day. |
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| The sticker table was a big hit. Everyone stopped here to personalize their lids. |
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| After stickering their helmets the kids got to pick an ABUS lock from the Christmas tree. |
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| Then it was time to be fitted for a bike! |
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| Santa and his elf Jessamy were on hand to help some of the kids learn how to get rolling on their bikes. |
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Thank you to everyone who was involved in Share the Ride, whether you made a contribution or donated your time you have provided kids from the USA, the UK, Canada, and Poland with shiny new bikes and a new lease on life. We will continue to spread Share the Ride love throughout 2014 so stay tuned for more updates throughout the year.
Prize Winners
You're probably wondering who won all the amazing swag we had lined up? Well, here are the lucky winners:
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Grand Prize: Trek Remedy 9.7 650b
The Trek Remedy 9.7 650b goes to Anthonie Trocio. Anthonie was studying for a big exam when we let him know he had won, so the news took some time to sink in. Congratulations Anthonie, we hope we didn't put you off from doing well on your exam!
Plus the following prizes were won:
- Two Shimano Saint gruppo's: Steven Doggett and Jon Corwin
- Four GoPro Hero3 Black Edition Cameras: Gonzalo Figueroa, Jeremy S. Mansbridge, Seddon Tutt Gibson and Cory Nicholson
- Three Cane Creek Double Barrel Rear Shocks: Charles Downey, Kyle La Flamme and Justin Enos
- A Rockshox BoXXer fork: Steven Connor
- A set of Avid XO Trail Brakes: Ryan Ferris
- Four Camelbak Packs: Doug Zech, Matthew W Pickles, Juhasz Gergely and Andrew Rose
- Three Chromag Overture saddles: Jason Thomas, Adam Kalmbach, Stephen Bartone
- A Whistler Mountain Bike Park Triple Play Card plus a two night stay at The Crystal Lodge and Suites: Vincent Lowry
- Anthill Films Combo pack: Tsering Dejikhangsar
- Five Teva gift certificates: Quinn Wiggle, Mark Duckworth, HansKoester, Mateo Cuesta and Jason Phillips
- A Yakima HoldUp Rack: Sean Campbell
- Loaded Precision Products: Jordie Lunn
- One Bell Helmets FULL-9 full face helmet: Pierre Keyzar
- Two Bell Helmets STOKER all mountain helmets: Jonathan Lee and Andrew Gotuaco
- Two Urge Endur-O-Matic helmets from MEC: Chris Wallace and Lennie Scinto
- Three Race Face prize packs: Michael J Heinecke, Damien Menard and Gregory Dianich
- Two Pinkbike prize packs: Alberto Del Pozo Rodriguez and Gediminas Lukšonis
- Ten Ryders Eyewear packs: Damien Shore, Robert Brown, Stephen Perry, Cory Diamond, Nicholas Bizinos, Kevin Blais, Gabriel Gakwaya, Craig Parker, Patrick Manning, Bonnie Gillis, and Steven Connor.
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If you didn't get to donate yet we are accepting contributions on our site via PayPal. Help us keep sharing the ride all year-round.
A huge thank you goes to the following companies involved in the Vancouver distribution:
Norco Bicycles
Trek Bicycles
Giant Bicycles
Family Services of Greater Vancouver
The Britannia Community Centre
Richmond Youth Services Agency
Kali Protectives
Dunbar Cycles
Arbutus Routes
Mighty Riders
ABUS
http://The Bikeroom
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26 Comments
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hodges
(Jan 14, 2014 at 1:48)
And... kicking myself for not paying attention to this from the start!
Here's to me getting my head out of my ass for the next one!
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scott-townes
(Jan 14, 2014 at 4:19)
Yeah but I bet Jordie Lunn is stoked for entering! 
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shrockie
(Jan 14, 2014 at 9:53)
Jordie was stoked on the mission for sure.. So much so, he also donated his winning prize. Well done, sir!
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AmbientLight
(Jan 14, 2014 at 2:30)
Yeah, pretty sure after seeing these photos everyone who donated were winners. So proud of everyone who opened their wallets for this!
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zenis
(Jan 14, 2014 at 5:18)
well said, I have donated and after seeing this I've got 
on my face for sure, well done PinkBike and to all of those who donated
on my face for sure, well done PinkBike and to all of those who donated- 2 0
konastinky09downhill
(Jan 16, 2014 at 18:26)
ya i am really glad i donated to this it sure is amazing to see their smiles and know they will have the best adventures of their lives on these bikes.
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erikwyattatmedotcom
(Jan 14, 2014 at 4:56)
Im not sure why there is concern or issue that Jordie Lunn won something? He is a normal (well mostly normal in a Denis Rodman kind of way) dude that works for a paycheck and if he donated he is just as deserving as myself or anyone else who donated to win. Thats pretty rad to win twice on this but hey you can with the lotto and the bonus numbers I guess right... Good biking vibes to all that donated and keep remembering the point of this fund raiser. To put kids that might not get into biking, into biking. Goal achieved Id say there Mr. Tippie and gang! Way to go...
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rachellefrazer
(Jan 14, 2014 at 6:56)
Jordie is forwarding on the good karma by donating the prizing he won but he was cool with having his name among the winners!
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Auxx
(Jan 15, 2014 at 3:31)
Yep, his winning shows that this raffle had really a chance for EVERYONE donated without exceptions!
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Eyon
(Jan 14, 2014 at 2:17)
So cool to see this sort of thing being done and getting kids on bikes!
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Karlkarlton
(Jan 14, 2014 at 2:12)
Jordie Lunn won some Loaded Precision Components stuff? Awesome.
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eddieuvira
(Jan 14, 2014 at 7:06)
Great idea. Nice job Pinkbike!
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dropsrus83
(Jan 14, 2014 at 0:53)
I guess I won't bother playing the lotto for a while since that probably used up all of my luck!
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Keskiyo
(Jan 14, 2014 at 7:59)
Tippie is the most cool santa EVER! 
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SebAshwell
(Jan 14, 2014 at 2:24)
Now that I have a job a part of my pay will go to this shame I had nothing to give over Christmas.
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Alan511
(Jan 14, 2014 at 2:42)
Well done to everyone involved.
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hdcoiler
(Jan 14, 2014 at 0:41)
Ryan Ferris won twice?! Great to see all the smiles.
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dropsrus83
(Jan 14, 2014 at 0:55)
It's news to me, too! I didn't know about the glasses.
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vinnycorleone
(Jan 14, 2014 at 2:27)
Tsering Dejikhangsar also won twice!
It's good to see those smiling faces. That's a win for me too!
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onecutmedia
(Jan 14, 2014 at 6:13)
Glad I could help with a small donation
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corvus1
(Jan 14, 2014 at 11:14)
Best Christmas money I've ever spent. Period.
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Sharonb
(Jan 14, 2014 at 11:31)
awesome.
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Auxx
(Jan 15, 2014 at 3:32)
Will be donating again next year!
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WAKIdesigns
(Jan 14, 2014 at 4:37)
Hey! That's not Santa - That's Brett Tippie!
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Eyon
(Jan 14, 2014 at 5:16)
*slow clap*
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Sshredder
(Jan 14, 2014 at 11:27)
It clearly states that Brett Tippie IS Santa!
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