multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
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No, there is no shame in picking through people's trash. The shame is that we live in a society so wasteful and lazy that people make no effort to find someone who might want the things they no longer need. I have taken countless items out of the trash, and either used them myself, given them away, or sold them. I have taken antiques out of dumpsters and sold them on ebay for hundreds of dollars. Ashamed? No, actually, I'm proud!
Yesterday I took a nice Blackburn rack out of the dumpster, complete with all its mounting hardware.
Oh, and congratulations, that's a beautiful work bench!