Spotted on the street

[Stormylolol]

For bikes like this I think there should be some council mandated system where bikes are removed and donated to local co-ops for repurposing after a specified time of abandonment.
I know they leave notices up to a month or something for motor vehicles before removal but I don’t know if there is anything similar for bicycles. The frame is perfectly good and the remaining parts other than the rear wheel is serviceable.
No point in it being left there to rot if the owner never takes it back. Not even sure how/why they just get left there but . If a reasonable attempt to make contact is made over a month or 6weeks then may it be declared the original owner doesn’t want it anymore?

Suppose there is a chance it’s stolen too however…

 

[zerogravitas]

Some superb submissions on the last page, thanks everyone. The truss Bugatti is out of this world. I think I'm unlikely to spot one outside Sainsbury's anytime soon.
@sjc I definitely have some 'worst bartape' offenders around here somewhere. It's astonishing what some people put up with.

Meanwhile.. here's something sensible to ground us. Simple, tidy, pretty well cared for Dawes.

 

[sjcprojects]

Now that Dawes does have a rack I approve of. It also ticks one of the other street-bike boxes - having only one mudguard (as does the red one behind it, in fact). And once again the saddle is worth about three times as much as the bike, of course.

 

[zerogravitas]

The red one is a very ratty Phillips, flat plate dropouts and brake bridge. The drivetrain is also orange with rust (zoom on the rear caliper for an idea). I am firmly in student bike territory with plenty of old heaps about so some don't make my cut.

 

[Dicky71]

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Interesting Williams livery on this one I spotted a few years ago (excuse the crap picture)!

It seems to have mudguard and rack eyes at the back and nothing on the front fork or do i need stronger glassen?

 

[winjohn]

No photo I'm afraid but I was passed on the A34 today by a Ferrari (a 308 I believe) with a Trek road bike in matching red on a rack on the rear..
Impressive.

 

[non-fixie]

No photo I'm afraid but I was passed on the A34 today by a Ferrari (a 308 I believe) with a Trek road bike in matching red on a rack on the rear..
Impressive.

Wait a minute. You're looking for a matching bike to put on the back of your vintage Ferrari and you get a Trek?

 

[winjohn]

Fair point!

 

[shedobits]

No....he got the car to match his bike.

 

[PanoIgano]

On the street in Saumur at Anjou Vélo Vintage last Friday. A Bugatti.

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I am speechless! I have read about this bike and Bugatti designing it specifically with smaller diameter tubes set but I thought it was only on paper and he never materialized this design.