1980 Motobecane Team Champion saved from from the dumpster
02-01-23, 07:32 AM
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1980 Motobecane Team Champion saved from from the dumpster
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02-01-23, 07:45 AM
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Is the OP saying that he found that bike in a dumpster?
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02-01-23, 08:53 AM
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A dumpster!? Jeepers, I wish I had trash of that caliber near me!
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02-01-23, 10:27 AM
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I'm guessing these are the after pictures. Sweet bike.
02-01-23, 10:34 AM
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the whole story please....these are always fun
if this is how it was found....wow
if this is how it was found....wow
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I’m not thinking this bike was ever in a dumpster😒
02-01-23, 10:51 AM
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whaaaaaaat?
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02-01-23, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by evwxxx
I’m not thinking this bike was ever in a dumpster😒
02-01-23, 10:57 AM
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These bikes were the last of the oversquare top tubes. I have one. Nice bike, Columbus transfers but built with some 753.
the French are liberal with the tubing declarations. Maybe, use up what they had after the falling out with Reynolds?
the French are liberal with the tubing declarations. Maybe, use up what they had after the falling out with Reynolds?
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02-01-23, 12:30 PM
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Congratulations! Very nice find!
Dumpster finds, they do happen, I have one, a Japanese-made 1983 Puch Odyssey, all there, hardly worn original IRC tires, no accident damage, no corrosion or rust, paint in almost like-new condition, and mechanically near perfect.
The apartments here have a community dumpster with two big flip-open lids. I went to the dumpster to drop off a bag of rubbish, flipped open its lid, there was this bike laid out on top of everything else in the bin, gave it a quick look-over and then could not say no to lifting it out and rolling it back and into my apartment where it remains today.
Dumpster finds, they do happen, I have one, a Japanese-made 1983 Puch Odyssey, all there, hardly worn original IRC tires, no accident damage, no corrosion or rust, paint in almost like-new condition, and mechanically near perfect.
The apartments here have a community dumpster with two big flip-open lids. I went to the dumpster to drop off a bag of rubbish, flipped open its lid, there was this bike laid out on top of everything else in the bin, gave it a quick look-over and then could not say no to lifting it out and rolling it back and into my apartment where it remains today.
02-01-23, 01:06 PM
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Why can't I find these bloody dumpsters!!!
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Originally Posted by evwxxx
I’m not thinking this bike was ever in a dumpster😒
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02-01-23, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jonwvara
Is the OP saying that he found that bike in a dumpster?
02-01-23, 03:59 PM
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Very nice motobecane
thanks for sharing
thanks for sharing
02-01-23, 04:11 PM
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Pretty sure tossing that bike in the trash is a crime in some states. They have adoption drop-offs at fire stations and bike co-ops for orphans.
Also, this ain't r3dd!t and there's no extra credit for karma farming with bike pr0n.
Also also... fork's bent.
Also, this ain't r3dd!t and there's no extra credit for karma farming with bike pr0n.
Also also... fork's bent.
02-01-23, 04:24 PM
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Sufferin' succotash! Nobody throws out anything that good in New York...
Beautiful bike.
Beautiful bike.
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Originally Posted by curbtender
Still, who would clean it before they threw it away?
But a beautiful, upper-level Motobécane? Whaaa??
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Maybe stolen and ditched in a dumpster?
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
<raises hand> Everything I put in the recycling bin is empty, clean and dry. And, yes, they do accept bike parts, like aluminum dork discs, steel seatposts, steel cranksets, steel bars...
But a beautiful, upper-level Motobécane? Whaaa??
But a beautiful, upper-level Motobécane? Whaaa??
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OP, are you out there? What gives?
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Apparently it's not fresh from the dumpster. The OP posted this almost 2 years ago:
Motobecane Team Champion ID Help
Motobecane Team Champion ID Help
