Rhythm Thief
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Front wheel issues 😂
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Rhythm Thief
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For context, this was donated to Enviroability. Straight in the scrap pile with this one.
Punkawallah
Veteran
Take the front callipers off, problem solved! :x)
Punkawallah
Veteran
Saddle looks useable, and the rear reflector will always be needed by something.
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Rhythm Thief
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Saddle is in the same state as the rest of the bike and I have about four million similar reflectors. It's not often I chuck one straight in the skip without taking anything off it, but that's what happened here.
How bad is the frame?
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Rhythm Thief
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It's ok, but not worth doing anything with. Yeah, I could spend a couple of hours finding some wheels and the rest of the bits it needs, but it's just not worth doing from a financial point of view to end up with a bike that might fetch fifty quid on a good day.
Punkawallah
Veteran
That’s one way of looking at it. Another is that £50 bike might be all someone can afford. Take the bike to work rather than the bus for two weeks and it’s paid for. Every week after that it’s £20 more in their pocket they didn’t have before. £1,000 a year, or a 3% pay rise on minimum wage.
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Rhythm Thief
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Yes, that's true. But the charity pay me to work on the bikes and there's no point paying me a couple of hours' labour plus the cost of any parts needed to end up with a bike which has cost them more to build than it sells for. But I might keep the frame in the back room, just in case...
accountantpete
OAP
Chain's slack...
Challenge is the right name for it as it be one to fix it as it looks like it’s been through a hurricane.
I’ll get me coat.🫣
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Rhythm Thief
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Today I fished the frame (but not the wheels!) out of the scrap pile, stripped it down, changed the forks and headset and built it up into an "all dick and ribs" fixie with some other donated parts. It won't fetch much, but the bike showroom was full, the spare parts were in my way and my 16-year-old apprentice had never ridden a fixed wheel. He also got to experience rebuilding a headset and dismantling a cottered crank. Anyway, here's the bike, back from the brink and enjoying its new lease of life. In the background is the pile of donated bikes I have yet to triage.
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roubaixtuesday
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Awesome!
Random pedal question... ... wouldn't you need to be clipped in to ride fixed? I don't think I'd fancy it on flats, but I've never tried.
