Originally Posted by
Amesja
... I still think that a lot of really nice vintage bikes and parts end up going to the scrap fire without anyone running the crusher/shredder/melting machines knowing what they are destroying.
We have lots of scrappers running around the alleys here in Evanston. I assume the same is true in Chicago proper. Every time one goes by I glance to see if they have any obviously not scrap bikes.
My son asked one of the scrappers about this a year or two ago. The guy told him that there are people who pay them for "nice" bikes, more than their scrap value, so there is some hope that the better stuff is saved from the slow boat back to China.