Quote Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat View Post
Yeah... so um I PMed Quasi about the gloves, gave address, sizes etc etc. I also mentioned that he was a very generous guy to give out gloves like that and so on; I also mentioned that as a result of his generosity I'd look at his store first when I went to buy the waterproof jacket and trousers I need for commuting to the CBD and back to Manukau every day.

So I get a PM back from Quasi... `what size jacket are you?'. I replied with my size, not thinking anything of it.

I get another PM back saying `what size pants are you?'. I reply with that too... but I'm starting to get more than a little worried, so I ask him why does he want to know that?

He says something to the effect of `never mind', and I tell him don't be silly, are you doing what I'm think you're doing? Because I don't deserve this...

I get a knock on the door on Thursday morning. There's a courier with a large box for me. I sign for it, put it inside my room, ignore it, go upstairs and have breakfast. When I come back down, it's still there, it wasn't a figment of my imagination. I open it up; inside is 1xCordura waterproof jacket, with shoulder/back protection; 1xCordura waterproof trousers, with knee protection; but not just those things! There is also 1xBack protector, which looks like it could stop bullets -- and also a pair of leather trousers! Leather trousers! Holy shit there's like a whole cow's worth of leather in these things... I could take them off and belt service station attendants around the head for free petrol... my god.

So I was seriously shocked, and still am. I can't believe that... I mean all this gear is probably worth about as much as my bike is... it is just so unbelievable generous to do that. It's made a huge difference... I was about to take out a personal loan to buy the gear I needed (after binning I realised how important it is) and the fact I don't have to do that now (and end up paying twice that in interest) is a massive difference for a student. I liked what Quasi said in a PM... paraphrased slightly... but he said something like `I hate it when people love bikes, but can't afford decent gear. I'm in a position to do something about that'.

The funniest thing was that there were actually no gloves in the box hahaha. But now I have the financial freedom by not planning XX% of income towards gear, I can probably buy some gloves and perhaps boots without going into too much debt. Guess which shop I'm going to get them from?

Thanks... still lost for coherence, really...

-Tom
Shit Quasi, I know it's been said a hundred or so times before, but what a farkin legend! Mere words cannot cover the generousity demonstrated here! You da man!