Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Mans of NC & SW UT Desert
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
It irks me that my town has a place they call “the recycle center”, it’s really the scrap center. They don’t let you buy an item that has a higher use like a bicycle. Instead they turn them into scrap for about $1 per bike.
Sometimes our co-op gets overloaded with bottom end bikes. At that point, many are donated to the other co-op in town (yes we have two). I donated one BSO and later that day, I needed an RD to fix a bike for a customer. So I took the one off the BSO and the repaired bike was ready to live again. So even if just a part or two gets reused, its a benefit.
Last edited by wrk101; 04-19-18 at 07:34 AM.