<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

We dated for 9 months and had been saying we loved each other for 2.5 before he ended it two weeks ago, due to conflicting long-term plans and innate differences between us. I asked him to give us one more chance, and he seemed open to thinking about it, but a week later, he finalized the breakup. I told him I agreed that it was for the best, but I was just trying to save face, because I still want to be with him. The next night, I sent him an E-mail asking him to reconsider, but he hasn't replied. We've now been doing NC for a week.

My question now is: when can I ask him for help on buying a bicycle? I don't have a car anymore and I want a road bike to get around. Not only is he the only person I know who knows about bikes, but he is ridiculously overqualified on the subject. I just ride the things; I don't know anything about quality or price or anything, but I know they can be expensive, so I'd like the most help I can get. Unfortunately, the person who would be the most helpful just dumped me.

I'm doing a lot better a week later, but I can't lie that part of the reason I want to contact him is that I still want to be with him. However, I honestly DO want to get a good bike for my money, since I'm a broke new grad. How soon is too soon to ask him for help?
<bot>: He [30M] broke up with me [27F] one week ago after 9 months together, would like to know when I can break NC to ask him for bicycle help.