2021 Charity Auction

Dear friends,

Waiting time is over, charity time is here!

The charity program I am working and fighting for is very alive and I do my best to help as much as possible. If you had cancer or someone in your family had, you know how important is the moral support. I think that for those without a good financial situation is even harder. Especially when you need to be careful at some things that cost.

As always all the cash got from this auction will be donated for charity cancer cases. With my family we are finding pretty often specific cases of people with cancer that need money, because most of them don’t get any help from any kind of foundations and their financial situation isn’t quite good.

The auction will take place on my website as the previous 4 years because like this high selling commissions from auction websites will be avoided and more money will be available for charity.

This bike is also signed by Manuel Fumic, Henrique Avancini and Maxime Marotte /Cannondale Factory Racing who doesn’t need any kind of presentation so it’s both a race ready machine or highly collectible.

Why the bike is pink?

You might know that the  pink ribbon  is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Pink ribbons and the color pink in general, identify the wearer or promoter with the breast cancer brand and express moral support for women with breast cancer.

The color pink is feminine Considered in modern Western countries. It evokes traditional feminine gender roles, caring for other people, being beautiful, being good, and being cooperative.

The pink ribbon represents the fight against breast cancer, hope for the future, and the charitable goodness of people and businesses that publicly support the breast cancer movement. It is Intended to evoke solidarity with women who currently have breast cancer.

After having a terrible incident in my family that ended with the loss of my mother I’ve decided to get much more involved in this fight. In the 2011 racing season I had a lot of pink bike parts and so some pink argyle socks to express my moral support, but then I told myself that I can do more so I got involved pro active and this is the 6th pink bike auctioned.

Sponsors of the project

The sponsors of this bike mainly where my personal sponsors. The main sponsor was and still is Cannondale. Over time I had several sponsors that because of the problems caused by Covid19 had to retire.

So once again I would like to thank them for their support and to all of you involved in this project. Means so much for me and I bet my mom would be very proud. Thank you!

Where I am shipping the bike?

I will ship mainly to the European Union! For bidders from other European countries that are not in the EU and the rest of the World, please send me a message before bidding to see if it’s possible to send the bike to your country and how much will be!

Please contact me for quotations. Buyer will pay the shipping and custom taxes !

For bidder outside Romania, please allow a few days to ship the bike. I would like to get the most convenient way to send the bike to you. Many thanks for understanding. Although I would prefer a personal pick up if possible

Payment:

Payment of the bike should be made ​​within 7 days after the end of the auction via Paypal or bank transfer, Depending what the winner would  like. If the winner will prefer Paypal he will have to pay the commissions.

Parts list:

Condition of the bike and other facts

The frame was factory painted (!) and it is the only one that came like this. Besides this it was signed by the whole team at the time: Manuel Fumic, Henrique Avancini and Maxime Marotte

The frame has some scratches as it was used. All the bearing were cleaned, greased or changed.

The fork has brand new internals, the rear shock and seatpost was serviced and never used ever since.

The retail price for these parts, without including the customization and all the other bits is roughly over 11500 euros.

This is a race ready bike, prepared for a new season or for a collection.

Bidding rules:

From June 28th to July 16th you will be able to make offers for the whole bike or frameset (you can also add other parts besides the frameset) within your offer. I will choose the best offer received either if it’s the bike or framset, so make sure you will the best one. You can choose between different bike set-ups.

• Full bike or frameset
• Carbon or alloy wheels
• With or without pedals
• With or without Stages Power Meter

Reserved price is 3950euros / bike and 1950 euros / frameset. Please consider that the fork fully serviced and frame is factory painted. I have dropped the reserved price. Please keep sending you bids

On July 18th I will announce the winner.

Before making your offer or bidding, please take in consideration, once again that this is a charity auction.

If you have any questions related with the project or auction, do not hesitate to contact me 

The offers won’t be posted here as it is a silent auction and only the winner will be announced.

If you want to bid, please head to the following 👉 link

The Good Fight goes on,

Vlad