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What do you do with your old bike bits?

  • 03-02-2009 10:00pm
    #1
    RedTea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭


    Just wondering what do people do with their old bike components when they change them e.g. chains, cassettes etc. Are any of them recyclable or do you just dump them in the bin.


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  • #2
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    chuck em into a box. I'll use em or someone will want them at some point


  • #3
    72hundred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭72hundred


    I observe the oxidative effects of Irish weather on old bikes!


  • #4
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    They seem to take up space on my floor. It's handy to have spares, but certain parts I think you are better off passing on/selling to someone else. I had a spare set of caliper brakes, offloaded them here to someguy whose name I can't remember. Things like lighting mounts I seem to have an endless supply of however.


  • #5
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    RedTea wrote: »
    Just wondering what do people do with their old bike components when they change them e.g. chains, cassettes etc. Are any of them recyclable or do you just dump them in the bin.

    Ninja weapons.

    Chains = nunchucks
    Cassettes and chain rings = ninja throwing stars


  • #6
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    I decorated my christmas tree with an old casette ... it was a very euro xmas tree ...


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  • #7
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    If you are changing it because it's worn (chains, cassettes, cables, etc.) then I would chuck it out. The rest all gets kept, because you never know :D

    Although you could try this


  • #8
    flickerx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭flickerx


    I always keep everything. Especially nuts, bolts, washers, etc. Learnt that early on when making bikes - several times I'd be thinking to myself "Crap, I really need that one particular type of bolt now, but I threw it out when I stripped that other bike". Everything gets put in a box nowadays.


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