Lovely little Peugeot kid's racer down the tip (Redbridge, Oxford)

[matticus]

however I have just been told that the staff down there might not be particularly amenible to clients purchasing items from the tip

???
So why do they arrange them in nice racks like that??

 

[Deleted member 26715]

If you think it might be a go-er I could investigate further with a view towards snaffling it for you; however I have just been told that the staff down there might not be particularly amenible to clients purchasing items from the tip

Make sure you have a brown envelope with you, or trip & drop the notes on the floor

 

[wafter]

???
So why do they arrange them in nice racks like that??

Potentially as a way of storing them efficiently until they're shuffled off to a bike-specific charity, perhaps..?

 

[figbat]

I was going to ask about their availability - the OCC recycling sites I have used don’t sell stuff but do collect it all neatly in common themes, so there’s always a pile of bikes that I peruse for interest.

 

[wafter]

I was going to ask about their availability - the OCC recycling sites I have used don’t sell stuff but do collect it all neatly in common themes, so there’s always a pile of bikes that I peruse for interest.

Thanks - I was looking to visit a bit more often to see if anything interesting turned up, but if they're not prepared to flog any of it, such an exercise could potentially be torture

 

[Cycleops]

The trouble is the operatives were rather partial to a bit palm greasing but now they’ve got CCTV everywhere so now it’s a case of ‘more than me jobs worth guv’.

 

[matticus]

Potentially as a way of storing them efficiently until they're shuffled off to a bike-specific charity, perhaps..?

Well that would be a nice reason!

 

[wafter]

Well that would be a nice reason!

Probably a bit of an optimistic one too... although I can't think of any other reason they'd be separated out from everything else; if they were waiting to be broken I'd assume they'd just be thrown in with other mixed metals..

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The trouble is the operatives were rather partial to a bit palm greasing but now they’ve got CCTV everywhere so now it’s a case of ‘more than me jobs worth guv’.

Our local guys know where all the blind spots are.

 

[Paulus]

I have tried, and failed to buy a couple of frames at the local recycling centre in Summers Lane, Finchley.
Several occasions, good condition 531 frames were by the metal recycling bins, but I couldn't persuade the operatives to sell them for cash, no questions asked.

 

[figbat]

Thanks - I was looking to visit a bit more often to see if anything interesting turned up, but if they're not prepared to flog any of it, such an exercise could potentially be torture

From the OCC website:

 

[matticus]

<googles>
Emmaus is an Oxford homelessness charity - not a bike-specific organisation, like Broken Spoke. In case anyone's interested!

 

[Gunk]

They’ll be 550’s an odd French size, very similar to a Wheelchair wheel. As @Reynard said I had real trouble getting tyres and tubes and it took me a year of trawling French cycle websites to find a replacement rear wheel. I’ve still got the bike. Memories of a happy holiday, we paid €10 for it!

 

[wafter]

From the OCC website:

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Thanks for fishing that out - Emmaus is just up the road from where I work, so I guess if I see owt decent down the tip I just need to keep pestering the charity until they hand it over

They’ll be 550’s an odd French size, very similar to a Wheelchair wheel. As @Reynard said I had real trouble getting tyres and tubes and it took me a year of trawling French cycle websites to find a replacement rear wheel. I’ve still got the bike. Memories of a happy holiday, we paid €10 for it!

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That is a cracking bike - almost makes me want kids so I could enjoy such a thing by-proxy

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, it's a pretty wee bike