Originally Posted by
Chombi1
I'm surprised that some people can even scavenge bikes from any dump as you would think that once a bike goes through the rumo's front doors, it is automatically considered as scrap metal and doomed for crushing and recycling. Due to liability issues, I would not think that they will let a bike be taken back out of the dump by the public or the dump's employees.
Our dump has a disclaimer next to the bikes for sale saying that they're for spares and repair only (no liability accepted) but I think it makes good business sense. You get much more per kg selling them individually than destroying and recycling the raw materials.