Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
While some chains are fairly inexpensive you still have to deal with the fact that an old chain is going to the landfill, the longer you can make that chain last the less amount of chains will end up buried.
I keep a 5 Gal. plastic bucket under my work bench, every piece of metal scrap goes in the bucket. Chains, old brake cables, bottle caps, spark plugs, broken drill bits, etc. When the bucket is full I give it to a guy who collects scrap and sells it. Every once in awhile he picks up an old bike and if it's something he thinks I'd be interested in he'll bring it by. Been quite awhile since he's picked up anything good though. It's all been X Mart crap and pretty well trashed at that.
