During the 2012 National Campionships held in Maputo late last year we had a strong contingent of riders from Nampula who took part. Many of these riders had equipment struggles - one even showed up without a bike because it had been recently stolen. Anyway, they asked if we had anything to offer them and I put the word out to the Club who promptly responded with cycle gear that could have a second lease on life. Thanks to all of you who contributed, Mark, Tim, Kinha, Ian and anyone I might have missed. We got lots of jerseys but also practical equipment like bicycle pumps, pedals, seats, bike locks, tubes, levers and all those small items that are just hard to find far from a well-stocked cycle shop.
Also a big thank you to Matt Singleton who collected the goodies on his trip down to Maputo at Chirstmas and brought
them up to Nampula, and made sure they went to all the riders he could
get hold of.
Here are before and after pics of our riders, with their belated Xmas gifts.
and after. Must get cold in Nampula.. one of the riders is proudly showing off his (ski?) gloves
And a thank you note from the Nampula cycling community.
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