I love my local recycling centre!!

[legrandefromage]

well, so far over the years, I've had:

two early '90s Stumjumpers (pink n green & purple),
early '90s Cinder Cone,
2001 Carerra Vulcan
'96 Muddy Fox Rock & Roll,
'98 Marin Shoreline Trail,
'89 MF Courier Comp
Ribble frame
3 x Rudge true temper folding MTBs
two sets of 9 spd 105 STi
set of red Mavic Kisirium (is that right?)

Countless mechs/ cranks/ bits/ frames/ wheels

90 percent of the time - everything can be salvaged and sold on (my neighbours had 3 bikes off me for his kids).

Lots now get sent abroad in containers or sold for scrap so get down there and rummage!

 

[Little Bob]

How do you manage to grab these?

Surely the guys that work there snatch any good stuff as soon as it comes in - seems to be like that at our local one anyway.

Or perhaps you actually work there yourself...

 

[s_zigmond]

How do you manage to grab these?

Surely the guys that work there snatch any good stuff as soon as it comes in - seems to be like that at our local one anyway.

Or perhaps you actually work there yourself...

If you try and take anything from my local tip you get a massive lecture and threatened with being banned

 

[legrandefromage]

It helps if it is a privately run centre and you treat the staff with a bit of respect.

my lot actually put stuff to one side for me if they think its good.


I drive a taxi all day so no - I dont work there....

 

[madjh]

You are lucky, you haven’t paid for it.

I found a beauty in my local shop under a mountain of wheels and other things. It’s a frame near 1996, those frames were used for races. It´s new, never used made with tange prestige I think. Well I ´m waiting for the price.

If I buy it I will tell you wath it is

 

[legrandefromage]

Oh I do pay - but a only a small amount.

 

[guybe]

It's amazing that people do throw things away, some are clueless or cant be bothered to sell it on. I would love to be a position to see someone throw an old Kona in tip and me collecting it out for myself, I guess you need to be at the right time and place to be lucky, I can see members here will be making regular trips to their local tips after reading this!