dumpster diving
02-09-07, 09:03 PM
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dumpster diving
anyone out there go dumpster diving with a bike? im thinking of starting to look for groceries, bike parts etc during those boring nights.
any advice, any experiences, score any great bike parts?
any advice, any experiences, score any great bike parts?
02-09-07, 09:06 PM
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This wasn't me, but rather a friend. He was in Moab for a weekend just doing different routes in the area and camping. One night he went to town and stopped at a gas station when he noticed a dude trotting over to the dumpster with a wheel. He promptly followed to see what it was.
Turns out some idiot didn't realize that vintage Campy Record hubs were worth anything.
Turns out some idiot didn't realize that vintage Campy Record hubs were worth anything.
02-09-07, 09:07 PM
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I imagine it's similar to dumpster diving on foot
I only have second-hand accounts of this, but he probably only did it for scene points
I only have second-hand accounts of this, but he probably only did it for scene points
02-09-07, 09:13 PM
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I've got'n sweet free frame outta a trash can, but I wasn't diving.. someone posted on Craigslist that their neighbor was tossing it...
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02-09-07, 09:24 PM
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Whole foods sundays before 9am. Krispie kreme is pretty t1ts. I never tried a panera. I always get wheels from my lbs dumpster. I don't see how there could be scene points with dumpster diving. Hey I root around in the trash. Sometimes I eat what I find. Why would you brag about that?
02-09-07, 10:05 PM
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I tend to buy my foodstuffs, though I have definitely gotten some good stuff dumpster diving...couple frames, couple complete road bikes, various appliances. Not really a big deal in my book, as long as whatever you're diving for is worth it to you then who cares.
02-09-07, 10:08 PM
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A friend of mine found an Arione fizik seat in a dumpster behind a bike shop...it was cracked in half but still allin one piece. Its flexy but I have been riding it for months.
02-09-07, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by G0balistik
A friend of mine found an Arione fizik seat in a dumpster behind a bike shop...it was cracked in half but still allin one piece. Its flexy but I have been riding it for months.
02-09-07, 10:36 PM
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i remember when dumpster diving wasn't cool and it was called PICKING THE TRASH! i have always picked the trash, never dumpster dove.
02-09-07, 10:38 PM
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I stripped my old Wally World Huffy mountain bike for wheels and other random widgets, destroyed the fork, and generally kicked the sh*t of the frame and left it outside by my garbage canister and it was gone an hour later. I fell sorry for the person that needed a frame that badly...
02-09-07, 11:02 PM
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I got my hot pink mystery Peugeot frameset out of the trash.
So basically I built it up knowing nothing, so it should snap in half and catch fire by about April.
So basically I built it up knowing nothing, so it should snap in half and catch fire by about April.
02-09-07, 11:14 PM
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I got a nice chrome kona stem and some riser barrrrzzzzzzzzzzz from a dumpster.
02-09-07, 11:36 PM
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small towns are dumpster diving heaven. day old produce by the case, books, bike parts...
02-09-07, 11:52 PM
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A girl in my town pulled a beautiful Miyata with full 80's Dura-Ace and Mavic tubulars out of the trash this summer.
I've eaten plenty of trashy bagels.
I've eaten plenty of trashy bagels.
02-10-07, 01:22 AM
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me and my friends go to panera bread and krispy kreme to get stuff. sometimes there are whole boxes of doughnuts and trash bags full off just bread.
02-10-07, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by iamarapgod
Whole foods sundays before 9am. Krispie kreme is pretty t1ts. I never tried a panera. I always get wheels from my lbs dumpster. I don't see how there could be scene points with dumpster diving. Hey I root around in the trash. Sometimes I eat what I find. Why would you brag about that?
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i work in narberth presently and every tuesday morning, my walk from the train station is like a flea market. people throw out the greatest stuff. i got a pretty decent cheapo acoustic guitar last week!
America IS silly. all these places that throw away 2 day old stuff are terrible. why? because they could just have a rack in the store that said "free", but if they did, less people would buy from the other racks.
America IS silly. all these places that throw away 2 day old stuff are terrible. why? because they could just have a rack in the store that said "free", but if they did, less people would buy from the other racks.
02-10-07, 09:13 AM
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iv gotten furniture from the trash my whole life tho a little work and imagination and an old tv cabinet can become a liquer cabinet no problem.
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Yeah....I dumpster dived a Seven Cycles Sola Ti mtb frame once. That's probably the only time it'll ever happen, though...
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