We have liberated a few bikes from the University before they do their annual removal... we have contacted the U about this and they have given us the okay and know where these bikes have gone.

The bikes we have taken were those that were tagged for removal and would be aimed for the crusher due them missing parts that make them un-sellable.

We also liberate bikes on the premise that if the original owner comes to claim their bike they can have them sans the parts we have bought / recycled to bring them back to working order.

My friend (a Master's student) rides a beautiful Peugeot mountain bike that we liberated last year... it had no wheels, no rear derailer, and was tagged for removal / crushage... it was also unlocked.

There's an old Eaton's Glider chained to a post a few blocks from our shop...it's a Raleigh built three speed and has been there for three years. The police said they would be happy to see us remove what they believed was a ghost bike (it's white) and the shop owners would like to see it gone as the drunks just keep tripping over it. It is still a serviceable bike.

I liberated this last summer after it sat abandoned at a local coffee shop for a few days with no lock and in a state of being completely un-rideable. I spoke with the shop owners (who wanted it gone) and my contacts with the police who traced the serial number and deemed the bike as being mine after finding no report of the bike being stolen (this took months).



It is on it's way to looking like this and had I not saved it, a beautiful 1957 Peugeot PLX8 would have likely gone to the crusher: