today at work, a couple of "garbage men" that service my little 5,000 people town came in to order some food (ok, so i run a mcdonalds) and having a few extra minutes i asked them if they ever pick up "dead" bikes people throw away and if they do, could they clue me into when they collect them so maybe i could get dibs on parts, or to just start leaving them at my house or something. they said they do pick up old bikes all the time, but they have too much fun putting them in the CRUSHER to even concider my suggestion, as they both began to laugh and walk away.

i know the main guy for yreka transfer (the dumps) and he is hella cool and maybe he will let me save a few good bikes.

p.s. yeah... when the first guy said "we crush them", my inner child began to cry. it ws like dealing with adult versions of beavis and butthead.

Maybe you need to find $ome way to $mooth there palm$ $o that they $ee it your way and leave $ome bike$ with you.
Make them an offer they can't refu$e.

Free cheeseburgers FTW!

$ for one, and for two, see if you can get on their sentimental side by mentioning that you will be fixing up the kid's bikes and giving them away to charity (and do it).

-Kurt

Yes, grease their palm with...well...here :

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stan

naw, they were dollar menuairres. hey, i gotta pay for all this bike stuff somehow. besides we live in a walmart town and most of their trash wouldn't probably be worth forking out $$$. it was the fact that they said they crush them... and... they... enjoyed it!

You're bound to strike gold eventually....in Yreka!

Great local history!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yreka,_California

the bulk trash here used to be picked up by township employees, and I'm pretty sure it was very picked over by the time it made it to the dump. Nowadays, if the scavengers don't take it, it goes into a giant compacting dump truck with the regular trash. The guy picking it up doesn't have time or room on the truck to save anything bigger than a shoebox. Definitely crushed.

Considering the locale, I'm guessing some homegrown (ummm, Schwinn, yeah!) in trade would go a long way.

I saved an early model Torker BMX bike from a scrap truck for ten bucks. Sold it for $140.,,,,BD

You're almost making me miss my PK Ripper....

Several years back, Joel Metz, while working as a bike messenger in San Francisco, came across an old Peugeot in a dumpster. Pretty much a total loss, but he thought the cranks were just too beautiful to throw out. He was able to salvage only the right crank arm and chainrings. After it had sat in his junk bike parts box for years, he eventually put it on eBay. He asked me to keep my fingers crossed, hoping he might make a few bucks. It was a 1960s Stronglight model 63... winning bid: $440 - for just the right crank & worn old chainrings.

Just thinking about this makes me want to go right out cruising through back alleys dumpster diving for bike treasures.

You could probably not give me enough money for this:

It would be tough to talk me outta my Pinarello too.

But what is it?

Letterman's Top Ten list in Japanese ?

**********??

-Kurt

Around these parts BEER is the universal currency for such transactions. Usually in 12 pack denominations.

And all this time I thought it was CHEESE

Cudak888,

I have some old Modolo Kronos levers. Do you think those hoods might fit?

If you tie-wrap them

-Kurt

Thats about right.