Originally Posted by
unterhausen
Penn State salvage is selling all the abandoned student bikes. They wait a year after they tag a bike to confiscate it. Not sure if they do that with cars. Not too many good bikes in that collection though. They have an auction where the bikes are a big attraction.
I am continually amazed by the large number of abandoned bikes there are around me. Some eventually disappear after several months but others stick around for years. I've had my eye on a pair of 70s-era 10-speeds (one Ross, one Fuji) locked up side-by-side for at least a couple years already. Their seats and tires have dry-rotted and I am sure there's a ton of rust so they would take a lot of work to be made rideable again. But I'd sure be tempted if they came up for auction.