I give the best parts I don't want to my 32-yr. old C&V-ing son. Filling up his own place. Even though he's a self-proclaimed non-hoarder, he stockpiles a few C&V bike parts.

I used to give my unwanted stuff to a bicycle co-op but stopped when their prices were based on Evil Bay prices. Now i give it to a fellow out of town who fixes bikes and sells them for a really good price of about $50.00; his bikes look like new.

Sometimes I buy a used bike for parts I want and then either fix up the bike and give it to someone needy or give the leftover stuff to that guy out of town.

I've bought a couple of really nice wheels for a couple of dollars for the cassette on them. I've recently got a couple of Uniglide cassettes that are like new that way. I also got a wheel with an old school Shimano 105 hub and with the good quality tire and tube for $5.00 complete.

Cheers

These are the methods I use.

1. Sell them in the form of a complete bike (build up a bike out of left over parts).

2. Find a good co-op. Co-ops here still have reasonable prices (we have two of them).

3. Salvage hubs off crappy wheels for future use of cones, axles, etc.

4. There is a good market for unusual sized parts (french bits, swiss BB, 0.833 stems, etc), anything Campy, and a lot of the better vintage mtb parts. Those I sell to offset my crazy spending on bikes.

I do have a substantial inventory of parts right now and need to do some pruning. I also need to put more parts on the evil auction site.


Building off Miamijim's suggestion, a box lot of stems might be a good sale idea.

I am currently in the midst of repairing my Whirlpool Cabrio washing machine. These are much-maligned by many owners, because they do require periodic teardown and cleanout maintenance. To remove the inner tub, one needs either an expensive version of a gear puller or a scissor car jack and a 19" long 2x4. Guess what I found last night in my pile of scrap wood. :) Fits across the inner rim of the tub almost as though it was designed to -- not even any cutting needed.

Since I am involved in our local Community Resource Center's program to fix up used bicycles for needy families, I often donate my usable-but-unwanted parts to them.

When my cousins were teenagers, my aunt posted her keyword, RAPID in the kitchen -- "Rinse And Put In Dishwasher."

My new keyword is GROSS -- "Get Rid Of Surplus Stuff."

Could start a whole thread about how bad the Whirlpool Cabrio washing machines are, I have a few friends and a cousin with them & they have had nothing but issues with them, I have been working on my cousins lately. I have a Kenmore ( Whirlpool ) that I bought new in 2001 and just had to replace the little plastic wear pads on the lower plates which was easy & that"s all I have ever had to do to it, IMHO Cabrio's are junk!

Glenn

At the risk of being flamed for thread hijack, I am indeed disappointed that I need to do major surgery on a three-year-old appliance, even though the work itself is not particularly onerous. The root of the Cabrio problem seems to be how readily the various moving parts and hoses accumulate gunk and grime, which literally gums up the works. (No drain in my case.) My previous Kenmore/Whirlpool washer lasted more than 15 years, until it finally blew its seals, and since it was a water hog, I figured I would switch to high efficiency. I'll probably go for a non-Cabrio front-loaded next time, because top-loaded HE may simply not be a valid concept.