Nope, I poo-poo you not! I have, over the years, found other bicycles at the Dump also. Have a peek.

Legnano something or other...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...FullSideRt.jpg

Carlton Professional...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...d_FullSide.jpg
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...troduction.htm

Holdsworth Equip, got two of these from the Dump...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...nRightSide.jpg

http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...FullSideRt.jpg

Dawes Galaxy...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...lSideRight.jpg

Lejeune something or other...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...llRightRaw.jpg

Peugeot UO8...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...RtSideFull.jpg

Mercier...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...k_FullSide.jpg

The first bicycle I ever found at the Dump - Big Green...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...eenRtSide2.jpg

^^^ That's not a dump Randy, its a goldmine!!! Good for you!!

andy

Your dump must be different than my dump, here the help get to anything good and they search your truck on the way out to be sure you didn't steal anything. The dump master out front goes through every truck as you hit the scale at the front gate heading back out. Nothing leaves, and if you intend to keep it, you better point it out to them on the way in or they'll accuse you of stealing it. He tried to tell me I stole a pair of truck rims I had in the back of the truck one day. I tossed them in for extra weight in the snow. I had taken in a truck load of bagged trash and only the rims were left when I weighed out.

There's no chance at all of leaving with a bike. From what I hear the employees all get the good stuff, most probably just scrap it.

Where I used to live I had the guys that picked up the trash bring me bikes from time to time, a bike for a six pack of beer was the deal. They got a lot of beer and I got a lot of nice bikes. The city changed trash companies and that ended years ago.

They also made a point of mailing out fliers telling everyone that it's a crime to trash pick, if it's out at the curb, it belongs to the township. regardless of whether or not you have the homeowner's permission. They enforce it too.

After reading some stories here I swong (swang, swinged?) by our local landfill. It was all way too official - lanes for recycling & refuse and ton of people around. Scared me away. On the way home I took to the alleyways in our neighbourhood - nothing at all. A tad jealous of the others here, although that said, I did find a Schwinn ladies bike at one in Wisconsin. Really nice. A friend has it now.

Dang, Jawa! Most of those are about my size. All I find at our scrap yards and curbs are BMX's. There's a scrap yard around here that has been said to get a lot of bikes, but they don't let you look at them. I'm willing to bet it's because they don't want people claiming their stolen bikes and taking away the scrap company's money. Shady shady shady. After all, I do live in a college town where bikes are absolutely everywhere.

Well, I went to the Dump today, to clean up the snow, that fell yesterday. Since I already picked up bikes there, earlier in the week, scoring a gorgeous Bianchi Champion D'Italia, I did not think there would be anything new there with my name on it. I was wrong.

Today, I picked up a real nice seventies something Motobecane, a very good shape Apollo Gran Sport, with full Shimano 600, and a late sixties, or early seventies, Campy fitted Freddie Grubb. Isn' this fun?

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=188792 http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=188793

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=188795 http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=188796

Looks like the F.Grubb took a beating, hope the frame and fork is straight, I like the paint scheme, you had one just like that before too didnt you? I think I remember you selling a frame that looked like it on ebay years ago.

I went to the dump today too, first time in a month (hard to find the time when you work full time, and when its winter), but nothing, nor any signs that anything new came in judging by the condition of the snow around the bike pile, had a good feeling about today, guess my senses were off.

I think it is the wheel that has suffered. I see no evidence of cracking paint, lug separation or anything like that. My guess is that junior left the bike laying in the drive way, and Mr or Mrs Senior might have caught it with a tire, as they backed out of the driveway???

I will install a straight wheel, see how it sits in relation to the fork blades, and measure the entire frame set, to see what the Bike Destruction Gods, have bestowed upon randyjawa, this time:-))

Dude, what's up with the ****ers in your neck of the woods? Those are legit bikes that are being thrown out. We just get Chinese junk down here.

Thanks for the heads up. We should have a thread dedicated to sales of the week or so.

While not as many as Jawa (but I don't check very often), I've found some gems at the dump before too, including my near mint 68 Raleigh Sports that will remain in my stable indefinitely. Others include a mid 90's lugged steel Giant roadie (Allegre or something?) that was ridden maybe 10 miles, a pink Lotus Challenger SX in VGC, an Atala w/ Campy bits..and a few clunkers.

Just don't go there expecting to find them and you will have a better chance. Make friends with the guy who deals with the scrap metal pile and he will hold them off to the side for you when they get dropped off :)

I can think of two solutions:
1. Bikes for Humanity starts up a campaign to round up bikes before they hit the dump.
2. More C & V types move to Thunderbay to guard the dump.

Seriously, there are probably quite a few good bikes actually being destroyed.

Thrift shop scores have been plenty lately. Found two bike stands a few weeks ago, then found two more bipod-style last week for $2 each. Here's one under today's thrift shop find - an 89 Prelude that I picked up to replace my wife's World Sport, should be a nice upgrade.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_T...prelude_01.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T...prelude_02.jpg

Nice. Suntour Edge?

Thanks, and exactly correct! It's in pretty good condition apart from a few chips in the paint, it will clean up beautifully in time for Valentines day.

Picked up another project today. Hey, I was the first kid on the block to have one of these:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...uraSilk006.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...uraSilk007.jpg

A green one?

Is that all chrome? Short top tube? It looks huge.

Holy cow, that Katakura is hot!!

Yes it's all chrome. I haven't measured the TT, but now that you mention it, I suspect that you are right - that it's before they went to proportional sizing. (At 24-1/2", it's not exactly what I would call "huge" though! :) )

:):):)

The 25" 1986 Traveler I recently acquired seems to have a shorter head tube. In fact, every time I look at it, it doesn't seem all that big. I dunno if all the sizes use the 72.5 ST/HT angles quoted in the catalog, but maybe those "slack" angles are to blame.

Gorgeous.

I need a black Suntour Edge RD. Lol. I have a blueish gray one. Need the black one to closer match the rest of the group on my Cannondale Black Lightning.

Mongoose seat?

I found a Peugeot.. can anyone help ID it?? I looked thru the catalogs and found similar, but none an exact match. Shimano stem shifters and rear derailleur, Mavic rims, 12-speed bike...

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...3_215238_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3021460_n.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...6_249522_n.jpg