Bike Gnomes strike again...
03-22-16, 08:28 AM
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Bike Gnomes strike again...
A year and a half ago a '78 Nishiki International showed up inside my front gate. None of my friends or neighbors has ever copped to leaving it there.
This morning, a box of parts.
I quickly looked at it before coming in to the office. A Cinelli stem, on-topic bars, unknown chain rings, off topic bar and stem, Shimano brifters, some other misc stuff in the bottom of the box and a carbon fork. Hmmm.
This morning, a box of parts.
I quickly looked at it before coming in to the office. A Cinelli stem, on-topic bars, unknown chain rings, off topic bar and stem, Shimano brifters, some other misc stuff in the bottom of the box and a carbon fork. Hmmm.
03-22-16, 08:56 AM
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Geez, in my neighborhood all I receive are religious literature and bird droppings.
Brifters, sweet!
Brifters, sweet!
03-22-16, 09:51 AM
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My torpado showed up this way......but I did gnow the gnome so to speak
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03-22-16, 10:13 AM
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it was me. could i get my brifters back? 
03-22-16, 10:18 AM
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Better than a box of used boxers....Somebody left this Moto in the yard a few years ago knowing I like old steel projects. It was way rough, so much that I left it in the front yard propped against a bush for 3 days thinking somebody else would take it. Finally it started raining on it and felt bad, so in it came. Interesting project that people ended up fighting over at the swap, priced too cheap I guess.
03-22-16, 10:29 AM
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The question, other than the obvious "who is the gnome", is...is there something worth starting a project around in the box?
03-22-16, 10:35 AM
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Wow...
The only thing that happened to me like that was a not very expensive, but nice Trek MTB disappeared from my back yard, and a BSO junker appeared on my front lawn the same day.
The only thing that happened to me like that was a not very expensive, but nice Trek MTB disappeared from my back yard, and a BSO junker appeared on my front lawn the same day.
03-22-16, 12:31 PM
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It's like "To Kill a Mockingbird" but your Boo Radley leaves way better stuff...
03-22-16, 12:33 PM
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Boxes with bikes and/or parts show up here pretty often, but never free, so far. Actually, another box should be here by Friday. Yippee! 
Actually, another box should be here by Friday. Yippee!
03-22-16, 01:04 PM
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03-22-16, 03:53 PM
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03-22-16, 03:59 PM
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I could live with neighbors like that. 
03-22-16, 07:36 PM
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It must be just your neighbor's cat.......
03-22-16, 08:58 PM
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The contents of the box
1 set modern ergo bars and no name threadless stem with 6500 brifters
1 set Cinelli bars and 1A stem
1 no name stem
6500 FD, RD, and brakes
6400 levers, RD and one brake
53 and 39 chain rings
Campy FD
Profile Design carbon fork
1 set modern ergo bars and no name threadless stem with 6500 brifters
1 set Cinelli bars and 1A stem
1 no name stem
6500 FD, RD, and brakes
6400 levers, RD and one brake
53 and 39 chain rings
Campy FD
Profile Design carbon fork
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03-23-16, 12:10 AM
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I'm gonna give you props on that one. I just reread To Kill a Mockingbird a few months ago so this got a chuckle from me.
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Wow, everything I would need for my next build. Helluva box you got there!
03-23-16, 08:31 AM
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Much better than what the gnomes gave me:
03-23-16, 08:42 AM
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In my neighborhood, the box would've been stolen before I saw it and they probably would've taken the gate for metal recycling also.
03-23-16, 02:06 PM
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We get excited at our bike coop when the shops in town clean out their "old parts" bins. The funny thing is they always put it in a pile out back of our shop, so we generally don't find it for a few days.
03-23-16, 02:17 PM
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