I often wondered the same thing, I ride in NYC every weekend and I see a ton of great frames that are all stripped down, no wheels, etc. and I just think to myself if you spent a day walking around teh city with a hack saw you could bring home a dozen great frames to use for single speed/fixed gear conversions. I know it isnt really ethical, but is it ethical to just leave your bike laying in the street for a hand full of weeks or months, and some point doesn't it just become garbage chained to post?

I'm new ot the site, and I have been involved in other forums whre we kill guys for going over topics that have been discussed in the past, so dont kill me too much if this point has been brought up in a previous thread.