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What does everyone do with old wheels?

  • 15-05-2011 4:01pm
    #1
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭


    Just upgraded to Mavic Aksiums, and am wondering what to do with my old Shimano RS10s. Rear has a broken spoke, front is perfectly functional.

    What can I do with them? Do people hoard these things in case of future emergencies, or just dump them? Can they be recycled? Will a bike shop give me a tenner for them, even just for the spokes?


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  • #2
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    I'll take them off your hands if you want to give them away. Otherwise you could probably sell them on here or on adverts, some-one will probably take them if they're cheap. Or you could fix the broken spoke and keep them as a back-up/training wheels.


  • #3
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    This might help.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #4
    Paul Kiernan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Paul Kiernan


    buffalo wrote: »
    Will a bike shop give me a tenner for them, even just for the spokes?

    I'll give you a tenner for them?


  • #5
    Peterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭Peterx


    buffalo wrote: »
    Just upgraded to Mavic Aksiums, and am wondering what to do with my old Shimano RS10s. Rear has a broken spoke, front is perfectly functional.

    What can I do with them? Do people hoard these things in case of future emergencies, or just dump them? Can they be recycled? Will a bike shop give me a tenner for them, even just for the spokes?

    I cut the spokes off and use them to make route markers (with zebra tape taped on) Cliff when he was in CycleLogical gave me a pile of old spokes before.


  • #6
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Cheers for the responses guys, at the moment I'm just seeing the options. Fixing the spoke and using it as a turbo wheel was at the forerunner of my choices to being with, but I thought I'd see if people got creative. :)


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  • #7
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    There's also the option of stripping out the hub and spokes and using the rims as hula hoops. Or if you've spare wheels lying around why not buy yourself a new frame to go with them rather than let them going to waste?


  • #8
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


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  • #9
    Paul Kiernan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Paul Kiernan


    Tonyandthewhale wrote: »
    why not buy yourself a new frame to go with them rather than let them going to waste?

    A mate of mine, who already had a bike, bought a LIDL bike for the excellent groupset and finishing kit. Then he bought a carbon frame and transferred everything onto it. But then he had a frame so he bought a full ultegra groupset, a finishing kit and a set of wheels.

    Now he's looking for a bigger house.


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