I'm sure I can't be the only one who sees other peoples bike rubbish as potential gold 🙂
I discovered a local bike shop's trash pile a while ago, and asking nicely if I could look in it, they gave me the nod.
It happens to be on the way back form my work, so I've stopped and had a sift 3 times over the past 2 weeks.
Found so far:
– Almost brand new LX front mech. Already fitted to a bike and working
fine.
– Bontrager 700c front wheel, needed 5 mins with a spoke key to true it. Now on my dad's racer.
– LX rear mech, perfect except for a missing bottom jockey wheel. Soon to go on my girlfriends bike (using the existing slightly shagged mech's jockey wheels)
– 2 sets of decent skewers – Shimano XT and Bontrager
– Replacement wheel for my landlord's very old Raleigh MTB. It needed a 6 speed wheel.
– And today, a set of slightly foxed but perfectly serviceable XTR HTII cranks 8)