Why so stupid

On Mar 11, 1:46 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote:
I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.

Nice find! I've probably 'saved' 100 bikes from dumpsters by now.
Usually, 4 cannibalized trash bikes will let me put together one
freebie. The remaining carcasses and bits are swept off to
recycleabicycle.com.

There's also a few weekends in the spring where I'll tour the burbs
during Spring Cleaning month. As another poster said, it's amazing how
people throw out a bike because of a flat tire. They're usually old,
barely used Schwinn 10speeds or clunky 3speeds, which are just the
thing for NYC. Patch the tubes, give the chains a bit of lube, put 'em
on craigslist, and by the year's end I've made enough for any new
parts/shorts/whatever I've purchased for my 'good' bikes. It's nice
running into them, too.

/s

"Scott Gordo" wrote in message
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On Mar 11, 1:46 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote:
I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.

Nice find! I've probably 'saved' 100 bikes from dumpsters by now.
Usually, 4 cannibalized trash bikes will let me put together one
freebie. The remaining carcasses and bits are swept off to
recycleabicycle.com.

There's also a few weekends in the spring where I'll tour the burbs
during Spring Cleaning month. As another poster said, it's amazing how
people throw out a bike because of a flat tire. They're usually old,
barely used Schwinn 10speeds or clunky 3speeds, which are just the
thing for NYC. Patch the tubes, give the chains a bit of lube, put 'em
on craigslist, and by the year's end I've made enough for any new
parts/shorts/whatever I've purchased for my 'good' bikes. It's nice
running into them, too.

/s


How do you find out when certain communities are having their "clean-up"
days? I have been wondering this for a while now.

There's also a few weekends in the spring where I'll tour the burbs
during Spring Cleaning month.


Anyone know how to find out when they're having these "clean-up days"? I
have been wondering this for a while now.