6 years on RB - Roadie Tip finds

[legrandefromage]

A list of mad stuff from the tip, some successfully rebuilt, some abandoned...

*These are all genuine finds from my local recycling centre!

The frame was 'new' but the parts came from the tip

Raleigh SBU

'As found'

 

[dorset boy]

Thats just spoilt my day :mrgreen:
Mike.

 

[Lysander]

Aaaah....the Campagnolo Deltas! Ye tell young folks nowadays as how ye found them on't tip, they wouldn't believe thee....

 

[mrgumby]

So much quality! Rich pickings...

 

[OldFatTi]

Please tell me the Deltas weren't from the tip?! You are a legend!

 

[torqueless]

WTF?
You know, I wonder whether these bikes (or anything else down the tip) represent the cast-offs of a load of overpaid, chronically unsatisfied overconsumers, or whether they are the enforced sacrifices of people rendered insecure, destitute, homeless or bankrupt by counterproductive 'austerity measures'? A bit of both, probably. Council tips show graphically how straight-out crazy the whole system is.

 

[Woz]

On that EM, please tell me the saddle and pedals didn't come from the tip too? That Bromwich looks a very tidy find indeed.

 

[legrandefromage]

Pedals from the tip. Saddle - can't remember

I still use the pedals.

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Some really good machines there! Should you ever find a couple of BMX front wheels...

 

[legrandefromage]

Some really good machines there! Should you ever find a couple of BMX front wheels...

noted!