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https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/d/arlington-free-bikes/7027323937.html

thumpism 

Hope somebody gets to them. Hate to see bikes in the trash.

BlazingPedals

Maybe nobody will take the Trek. There's too many of those around.

Rajflyboy

yes sir

rumrunn6

maybe the cops would be interested in the serial #s ?

Darth Lefty 

I'm imagining some kid's mom throwing away his junk while he's in college - all his first edition comics and rookie cards

Kabuki12

yea, when I was about 9-10 years old in the early sixties I had every Superman comic book and some others that I kept in a box , all in order from #1 on and Mom threw them away! Joe

molten

A reply to this, what could start a new thread: the ones who find some value in the trash bin, other than the homeless --- are vintage bike shops. As there be some people in general society that don't know the value of old bike parts and throw such away. Even vintage bike shops have the possibility to scam one, just as any typical business ---- but rather of a vintage bike.

TiHabanero

While out to sea my mom chucked my baseball card collection and Mattel Major Matt Mason moon rover. She didn't realize what they meant to me and just wanted things cleaned out. Empty nesters do some strange things!

freeranger

Wonder why a bike co-op wasn't called to take them?

ironwood

The Classic and Vintage forum has a long running thread on dumpster bikes. I'm one of those people who salvage bikes from the metal pile in a fairly affluent town. Most of them go to a local charity, and there are some I keep or trade. Amazing what some people trash, and it's sad to see the employees carelessly smash up good bikes.

MNebiker

Dick's Sporting Goods ran a trade-in deal once a year - gave a flat rate based on sale price of new bikes. We would pull the pedals, spin the handlebars straight and stack them on pallets that went back to the home warehouse or some central location. Some of them were obvious junk, but anything that was halfway decent was refurbished and given to some charitable organization for needy kids.

But - if we ever had a bike that we had to scrap - customer's or warranty item - we had to damage it sufficiently that it was totally unusable before we tossed in in the dumpster in case a dumpster diver tried to use it - a liability issue. That may be the case with these.

Oldguyonoldbike

Mom threw out my Beatles 45s.

John_V 

I'm sure there's a charity out there, somewhere, that could find a good home for those bikes.

downhillmaster

Reduce the dosage bro

_ForceD_

For years my wife's cousin was the director of a shelter for homeless women (with children) that housed about 10-12 families. I volunteered there fixing things around the building, and also trying to repair some of the broken and dis-repaired kids bikes that people would "donate." I say that in quotes because lots of times people took unwanted, broken bikes there because it was easier than having to dealing with properly disposing of it. There was a shed full of broken kids bikes. I'd fix what I could and let the kids in the home have them. The others would eventually be turned in for scrap metal. Eventually I convinced them to stop accepting any bikes that were not completely functioning and safe. It just took too much time and resources to get them in safe working order.

Dan