Originally Posted by
RiddleOfSteel
Can't decide if this is C&V or just modern but made entirely of steel: a 1999 Marinoni that was offered to me for free at a co-op (we were stripping off components of bikes that had come in for processing) because of the huge dent. I was taking the few remaining Dura-Ace parts off it. Um, in a word, YES! Literally saved from the recycle bin. That was Tuesday, and I finished it yesterday and have ridden it both then and today. Great bike!
Frame as taken home on my bike:
I can't tell you how many frames i've saved from our recycle bin at our coop. I haven't gotten down there in weeks and i shudder to think whats gone through without me catching them

good snag! a dent like that would have been a tough sell at my coop