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1980 Motobecane Team Champion saved from from the dumpster

Old 02-01-23, 07:32 AM
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1980 Motobecane Team Champion saved from from the dumpster









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Old 02-01-23, 07:42 AM
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Old 02-01-23, 07:45 AM
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Is the OP saying that he found that bike in a dumpster?
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Old 02-01-23, 08:53 AM
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A dumpster!? Jeepers, I wish I had trash of that caliber near me!
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Old 02-01-23, 09:56 AM
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Pics of the dumpster or it didn’t happen!
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Old 02-01-23, 10:27 AM
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I'm guessing these are the after pictures. Sweet bike.
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Old 02-01-23, 10:34 AM
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the whole story please....these are always fun

if this is how it was found....wow
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Old 02-01-23, 10:46 AM
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I’m not thinking this bike was ever in a dumpster😒
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Old 02-01-23, 10:51 AM
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whaaaaaaat?
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Originally Posted by evwxxx
I’m not thinking this bike was ever in a dumpster😒
Seriously. I have a 1978 model - I am the original owner and I have babied it, and it still doesn't look that good.
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Old 02-01-23, 10:57 AM
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These bikes were the last of the oversquare top tubes. I have one. Nice bike, Columbus transfers but built with some 753.

the French are liberal with the tubing declarations. Maybe, use up what they had after the falling out with Reynolds?
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What's the story? Beautiful bike...
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Congratulations! Very nice find!


Dumpster finds, they do happen, I have one, a Japanese-made 1983 Puch Odyssey, all there, hardly worn original IRC tires, no accident damage, no corrosion or rust, paint in almost like-new condition, and mechanically near perfect.


The apartments here have a community dumpster with two big flip-open lids. I went to the dumpster to drop off a bag of rubbish, flipped open its lid, there was this bike laid out on top of everything else in the bin, gave it a quick look-over and then could not say no to lifting it out and rolling it back and into my apartment where it remains today.
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Why can't I find these bloody dumpsters!!!



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Originally Posted by evwxxx
I’m not thinking this bike was ever in a dumpster😒
I tend to agree.
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Old 02-01-23, 02:43 PM
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Gorgeous bike, beautifully built and in great condition all around. This rivals the Alex Singer dumpster find of a few months back….
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Old 02-01-23, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jonwvara
Is the OP saying that he found that bike in a dumpster?
Says saved from the dumpster. May have been a do you want it or I'm going to throw it away scenario. Still, who would clean it before they threw it away?
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Old 02-01-23, 03:59 PM
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Very nice motobecane thanks for sharing
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Pretty sure tossing that bike in the trash is a crime in some states. They have adoption drop-offs at fire stations and bike co-ops for orphans.

Also, this ain't r3dd!t and there's no extra credit for karma farming with bike pr0n.

Also also... fork's bent.
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Old 02-01-23, 04:24 PM
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Sufferin' succotash! Nobody throws out anything that good in New York...

Beautiful bike.
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Originally Posted by curbtender
Still, who would clean it before they threw it away?
<raises hand> Everything I put in the recycling bin is empty, clean and dry. And, yes, they do accept bike parts, like aluminum dork discs, steel seatposts, steel cranksets, steel bars...

But a beautiful, upper-level Motobécane? Whaaa??
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Maybe stolen and ditched in a dumpster?
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
<raises hand> Everything I put in the recycling bin is empty, clean and dry. And, yes, they do accept bike parts, like aluminum dork discs, steel seatposts, steel cranksets, steel bars...

But a beautiful, upper-level Motobécane? Whaaa??
Guess they better lube the bearings then...I got a call on the radio that the recycling manager wanted to see me before I went home. A lady had brought by a Bridgestone Mile 112 and said she didn't want it going in the garbage. I took care of that.
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OP, are you out there? What gives?
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Apparently it's not fresh from the dumpster. The OP posted this almost 2 years ago:

https://www.bikeforums.net/22034524-post36.html
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