At Woking tip today

[Splatter Paint]

Minty mint mint Saracen Tufftrak - blue, unworn rims, 19” matching bottle cage and frame bag. 500LX

Tatty Marin Muirwoods, 20”, 200GS, good tyres.

Schwinn with XT M750 wheels

Raleigh Boxer - tatty

I haven’t got the enthusiasm to buy and flip them!

 

[gtturbo]

Not too far from me. Do you know if they sell the bikes at Woking. I know some tips are funny and wont sell anything to the public.

 

[Splatter Paint]

Yup, max £25 for a bike. There was 50ish bikes there today.

 

[Twozaskars]

My tip won’t sell anything anymore - quite upsetting as my dad used to run it 25 years ago and that was how they made the bulk of their money.

 

[FluffyChicken]

My tip won’t sell anything anymore - quite upsetting as my dad used to run it 25 years ago and that was how they made the bulk of their money.

Most now sell in bulk to a local business that will tart them up to make some money or get people riding.
They say its legal stuff, if you hurt yourself on a bike they sold you.
Even with our charity led recycle part of the tip, TV, golf clubs and the glass beer things you can buy.

 

[Splatter Paint]

^^ yes, the bikes from Woking are sold ‘for spares’ I believe.

 

[Twozaskars]

I used to go to a scrapyard at Newark next to the boiler manufacturer who always had hundreds if not thousands of bikes, everything was £10 cash only no matter it’s condition unless they thought it was special (they wanted £100 for an Onza T-bird once) which they hardly ever did. It’s a housing estate now.

 

[XTSTIMAN]

Glad to hear some places are sensible, courses at my work to encourage to re use rather than recycle.
Thankfully you did not put any pictures up, don't need more temptation!

 

[vtwinvince]

Around here they call a swat team on you if you dare try and grab anything from the transfer station.

 

[Tootyred]

Now need a "trade card" to buy from my tip....sorry recycling centre .......that includes now bikes, anything electrical, lawnmowers and anything else petrol powered.....h&s bs.

So as nobody wants the bikes as a business, it all goes back into scrap metal after 3 months of sitting around in the rain. .

Fantastic....apparently this is progress and will help us recycle and meet some fictitious commitments.

Think they could learn a lot from the 70s (second hand furniture, rag and bone man, scrap yard car parts, 10p on a corona bottle return, fixing electrical stuff) when recycling didn't need to exist as a "thing"......it just happened as people made and lived a normal life!