Look what the bike store threw out. .......... A friend of mine living in Park Ridge NJ (within commute distance to NY city) was in line at the county dump behind a van from a local bike store. When it was his turn, he found a bike, one set of brand new wheels and, two sets of old wheels. He's not a bike guy but, he grabbed the stuff he thought I'd like & took it home. Bike was a mess. Very heavy grime & residue on frame. Missing wheels, crankset & brake calipers but, otherwise complete. Imagine my surprise when I disassembled, cleaned and, polished it up. I replaced the missing parts & mounted the new wheels and, now it's one of my favorite rides.


Wish I had some "before" pictures to go with this story. It was so dirty. Looked like the frame had been laying on the floor without a crankset, wheels & brakes for quite some time. Probably in a pile of rubbish at the shop. I think somebody decided the frame was toast. And, the brifters & derailleurs were all frozen up. So, why bother with it. After I got the carbon fiber frame polished up, I carefully examined it & couldn't find anything wrong with it.