I do the same thing. If someone ask me where I got my Peugeot PB-14 from I tell them I got it for $10.00. Then they ask if I can get them one so i do and fix it up for them. Right now I know where two more Peugeot frames are a long with 3 Schwinn frames all of them are $10.00 each

"Love your neighbor as yourself" has to have teeth to be real. All those cranks have enough teeth to keep the love spinning. Peace and blessings

this is fantastic! thanks for doing this for others.... so great to see this kind of giving. the smiles must be something to see. :)

Great work!

I've been doing this for the past couple of years with my friends as well.
So far I've gotten 5 of them rolling with minimal expenses.

wow

Wow, I've never had a post go two pages. Thanks for all the kind words. I really do think that once an adult gets on a bike they connect with some feelings that they had as a child.

We have a program in our town where you can borrow a bike for as long as you want but (and I'm not faulting the program here) they use low end bikes and just barely get them working. There's so many early 1990's mountain bikes out there that it's easy to find some high quality stuff and get it running again.

I think the best part about this is that all the new riders I've started are really happy even though their bikes don't have the latest carbon-fiber reninforced double butted titanium alloy water-bottle cage with lock-out. They just ride and it's cool.

Thanks again for the nice replys. Give someone a bike...it's like riding home from work with a tailwind!

You're so right, this is very cool!
You have really earned them. You are the man.

I might just do that. In fact, I will ask my friend today if he would use a bike if he had one.

just another vote for:

you are the muther-freakin man! :)

You've inspired me. I have two friends that have short commutes. They've both expressed interest in riding, but have real beater bikes. I've been busy working on mine, and have put off helping them out. Maybe I'll get off my ass and do it next weekend.

Ever notice how "get off my ass and..." almost always leads to something good?