Originally Posted by
blue192
I suspect the only disposable bikes are the department store ones when new bicyclists discover what they really want to ride.
I picked up a pile of bike goodies off CL from a well-to-do neighborhood. The fellow selling let me know the wheels I was taking were replaced by a set of carbon Mavics he garbage picked from his neighbor, when they upgraded to a better wheelset
Wish I lived in a place like that!