The throw away bike

[Gravity Aided]

Some are in there because of a flat tire or a bad chain, which no one at home knows how to fix. Or derailleur problems. I once picked up a Schwinn in showroom new condition, 40 years old, at a sale. The old lady there said her husband had bought it for her, she just wasn't interested in cycling.

 

[paddypete]

Let's face it, most bikes that are in skips are there for a reason.

true,but just sometimes theres a wee diamond

 

[further]

Sort of related,in the last few weeks I have picked up a Marin bear mountain an a Peugeot PH8 from Free cycle both in excellent condition,under the dirt of years.
Gave the Marin to a friend,but kept the Pug
Chris

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

@further That PH8 is a think of beauty! do I spy a brooks saddle on it too?

 

[further]

That PH8 is a think of beauty! do I spy a brooks saddle on it too

Yeh didn't even notice till I got it home

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

Yeh didn't even notice till I got it home

That is a score! One of these day's I'll have myself a brooks saddle! (probably when I get a promotion at work! haha)

 

[Smokin Joe]

That is a score! One of these day's I'll have myself a brooks saddle! (probably when I get a promotion at work! haha)

Just cover your current saddle in coarse emery paper and it'll feel just like a Brooks.

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

Just cover your current saddle in coarse emery paper and it'll feel just like a Brooks.

That's why we wear a chamois right? :P

 

[Gravity Aided]

http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Fixie...1_81?s=cycling&ie=UTF8&qid=1424653949&sr=1-81
I like this one, it's done a good many miles with my portly self on it, holds up well. Seems only an occasional offering on Amazon.

 

[voyager]

Let's face it, most bikes that are in skips are there for a reason.

1 "Joe public" ( no pun intended ) cannot repair a puncture and at £15 they wont take it to a cycle shop

2 they get left out in the rain and the chain goes red and stiff !!!!! and the tyres go flat

3 at £100 they can get a new one from the club , internet or halfords and the £25 to service an old bike is not economical

4 always lots of kids bikes with flat tyres and rusty chains - Kids grow up

keep them coming folks , more for me to cut up for trikes

I got a bmx with 14mm axles and disc brake a month ago - that the wheels for the tandem tadpole next on the build list sorted .

and 2 mountain bikes with full suspension and disc brakes - (2 once modified front hubs for front discs on a tadpole )
2 head tubes ( for 1 tadpole ) and 2 rear triangles with wheel and disc brakes ( 2 tadpoles )

total cost under £30 - I am a happy bunny

regards emma

 

[confusedcyclist]

Doesn't any bike that cost under a grand fall into the 'throw away' category once it's been used a few times and the chain has got a bit dirty?

If you've got any going spare...

 

[vickster]

They're all locked away I'm afraid, sorry... and they barely fall into the aforementioned price category

 

[MichaelW2]

I fixed up 2 skip-finds into one usable bike that I use a loaner to friends. It is non-sus , alloy rims womens Apollo MTB and rides well enough and better than most BSOs.

 

[paddypete]

about here,you dont even need to go to the tip,they throw them into the woods,the amount i've seen when out with the dog,i would take them all home,but the dog says no. i take holly there too

 

[Psycolist]

My home town plod have turned over the 'lost or stolen' bike problem to the local council. Recovered bikes, if unclaimed, are periodically auctioned, and if unsold, given to a local special needs workshop. I think it was to encourage the workshop to get the bikes rideable, and raise funds by selling them on. But all that happens is the workshop piles them up on their forecourt and waits for them to be re-stolen or rust away. What a waste.