Originally Posted by rumrunn6

About a month ago in the middle of a snow storm as I was leaving a McDonalds drive-thru I saw a nice looking red MTB leaned up against a light pole in the parking lot. Usually if a kid is working they will tuck their bike in next to the building and lock it. This one was obviously abandoned. It was all encrusted in ice and nothing worked but it all looked intact. Cabin fever got the better of me and I brought it home. I looked it up and it sold new at Walmart for $60. NEW for $60!! I didn't touch it for a long time and was thinking I should have left it there. Cabin fever got to me again and I took another look & started working on it and it became obvious the last person to work on it didn't know what they were doing. Within an hour I had everything working again except the chain, rear derailer and the back wheel is a bit funky - the hub or something is not right. I was out of time so I plan on getting back to it. The back wheel may have to be replaced. I already have a MTB so I'm gonna mess with this one and see what I can do with it just for fun. The bike is gonna live on because someone can make it live again. Yeah, it's cheap, but someone can get on it and ride it ...