Am I *really* recycling this?
11-26-13, 09:07 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Am I *really* recycling this?
So, tonight I pick up a '81 Team Miyata, wrong size, mixed bag of components, so good for the organ donor program. No problem.
But in stripping the bike, I removed the bars, and found myself unravelling three layers of 30+ year old Benotto Cellotape. Two black, one yellow. Then I find myself wiping it down and rerolling it for future use.
And it's not the first time. Over the summer I rescued two rolls of nearly unobtanium white Cellotape, which I faithfully reapplied to my Comp GS.
The stuff has amazing life, I tell ya. But am I taking this too far? Someone out there doing more trivial recycling than this?
I'm starting to worry about me.
But in stripping the bike, I removed the bars, and found myself unravelling three layers of 30+ year old Benotto Cellotape. Two black, one yellow. Then I find myself wiping it down and rerolling it for future use.
And it's not the first time. Over the summer I rescued two rolls of nearly unobtanium white Cellotape, which I faithfully reapplied to my Comp GS.
The stuff has amazing life, I tell ya. But am I taking this too far? Someone out there doing more trivial recycling than this?
I'm starting to worry about me.
11-26-13, 09:08 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 1,895
Bikes: to many to list
Mentioned: 37 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 296 Post(s)
Liked 1,064 Times
in
262 Posts
Im dying for a Team Miyata..59 or 60 cm
__________________
From Illinois. Collector of many fine bicycles from all over the world. Subscribe to my Youtube channel. Just search John's vintage road bike garage
From Illinois. Collector of many fine bicycles from all over the world. Subscribe to my Youtube channel. Just search John's vintage road bike garage
11-26-13, 09:10 PM
#4
Senior Member
Thread Starter
This was a wee little one, 53cm.
Last edited by 16Victor; 11-26-13 at 09:16 PM.
11-26-13, 09:18 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Stillwater, OK
Posts: 7,828
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1873 Post(s)
Liked 692 Times
in
468 Posts
So, tonight I pick up a '81 Team Miyata, wrong size, mixed bag of components, so good for the organ donor program. No problem.
But in stripping the bike, I removed the bars, and found myself unravelling three layers of 30+ year old Benotto Cellotape. Two black, one yellow. Then I find myself wiping it down and rerolling it for future use.
And it's not the first time. Over the summer I rescued two rolls of nearly unobtanium white Cellotape, which I faithfully reapplied to my Comp GS.
The stuff has amazing life, I tell ya. But am I taking this too far? Someone out there doing more trivial recycling than this?
I'm starting to worry about me.
But in stripping the bike, I removed the bars, and found myself unravelling three layers of 30+ year old Benotto Cellotape. Two black, one yellow. Then I find myself wiping it down and rerolling it for future use.
And it's not the first time. Over the summer I rescued two rolls of nearly unobtanium white Cellotape, which I faithfully reapplied to my Comp GS.
The stuff has amazing life, I tell ya. But am I taking this too far? Someone out there doing more trivial recycling than this?
I'm starting to worry about me.
__________________
2014 Cannondale SuperSix EVO 2
2019 Salsa Warbird
2014 Cannondale SuperSix EVO 2
2019 Salsa Warbird
11-26-13, 09:19 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Yukon, Canada
Posts: 8,759
Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 113 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 16 Times
in
14 Posts
I've never come across a bike with benotto celo tape that was no brittle and dry and cracked when I tried to remove it. But then those bikes probably all spent time outdoors. Maybe yours did not.
__________________
1 Super Record bike, 1 Nuovo Record bike, 1 Pista, 1 Road, 1 Cyclocross/Allrounder, 1 MTB, 1 Touring, 1 Fixed gear
1 Super Record bike, 1 Nuovo Record bike, 1 Pista, 1 Road, 1 Cyclocross/Allrounder, 1 MTB, 1 Touring, 1 Fixed gear
11-26-13, 09:20 PM
#7
Senior Member
Thread Starter
11-26-13, 09:43 PM
#8
multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
Posts: 19,808
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Mentioned: 584 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1908 Post(s)
Liked 574 Times
in
339 Posts
Sounds like a good score! I'd definitely save the tape. Then again, I'm not a great role model.
11-26-13, 10:04 PM
#11
Still learning
11-26-13, 10:53 PM
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Fairplay Co
Posts: 9,530
Bikes: Current 79 Nishiki Custum Sport, Jeunet 620, notable previous bikes P.K. Ripper loop tail, Kawahara Laser Lite, Paramount Track full chrome, Raliegh Internatioanl, Motobecan Super Mirage. 59 Crown royak 3 speed
Mentioned: 26 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 792 Post(s)
Liked 1,789 Times
in
639 Posts
Well chioce Cello tape even used is great for vintage bikes so I say keep and use the stuff if it isn't brittled from age.
11-26-13, 11:47 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Illinois
Posts: 191
Bikes: 1968 DL-1 / 1963 Rudge Sport / 1955 Raleigh Superbe / 1951 CWS / 1948 CWS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
When I go to my just reward and my son collects his inheritance it will be $12.37 in cash, a Rudge Whitworth Sport, and 27 oily, duct taped cardboard boxes of used vintage bicycle parts. I gather most people on this forum would be thrilled to be in his shoes.
11-27-13, 12:03 AM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The First State.
Posts: 1,168
Bikes: Schwinn Continental, Schwinn Paramount, Schwinn High Plains, Schwinn World Sport, Trek 420, Trek 930,Trek 660, Novara X-R, Giant Iguana. Fuji Sagres mixte.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 35 Post(s)
Liked 22 Times
in
10 Posts
11-27-13, 04:18 AM
#19
Senior Member
Thread Starter
11-27-13, 05:54 AM
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Evanston, IL
Posts: 5,102
Bikes: many
Mentioned: 63 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1448 Post(s)
Liked 1,396 Times
in
763 Posts
Don't worry, you're among friends here. I have recycled less interesting tape before (think Planet Bike faux cork tape). I have a bag of cloth tape pieces (the ends of several rolls) I received in a big box of bike stuff months ago. I keep trying to figure out what to do with it. Nothing so far. But I keep not chucking it. Perhaps inspiration will strike over the winter.
Finally, I got a broken Cannondale frame for free a few months ago. Sold the fork, bottom bracket and crank, and am making a shop stool from the rear triangle. I have most of the downtube left. Not sure what to do with it, but again, I keep not chucking it.
Finally, I got a broken Cannondale frame for free a few months ago. Sold the fork, bottom bracket and crank, and am making a shop stool from the rear triangle. I have most of the downtube left. Not sure what to do with it, but again, I keep not chucking it.
11-27-13, 07:14 AM
#22
The Drive Side is Within
https://www.instructables.com/id/Bike-frame-shop-stool/
what a great idea. I need a place to sit in my workshop.
what a great idea. I need a place to sit in my workshop.
__________________
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley
11-27-13, 06:59 PM
#24
Muscle bike design spec
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sterling VA
Posts: 3,688
Bikes: 70 Atala Record Proffesional, 00 Lemond, 08 Kestrel Evoke, 96 Colnago Master Olympic, 01 Colnago Ovalmaster, 76 Raleigh Gran Sport, 03 Fuji World, 86 Paramount, 90 Miyata CF, 09 Ritchey Breakaway CX, Bianchi Trofeo, 12 OutRiderUSA HyperLite
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
A skilled person with a sharp pair of scissors could make good Christmas present ribbons and bows from that tape. 
__________________
Korval is Ships
See my Hyperlite 411 it's the photo model on OutRiderUSA web page
See my Hyperlite 411 it's the photo model on OutRiderUSA web page
