This is what we did at the charity shop.
Donated stuff got stripped to ‘spare parts’ which went forward to refurbish other donations.
When work was low, we used to get a BSO from the stack and bring it in for stripping.
We had containers of each part as a workshop store.
A jar with old spokes in, a container of spoke nipples etc.
Just before I left we started having problems with the latest components.
Not many rusty old donations with AHEAD units etc. 🙂
Problem for me, is that just before my frame broke, I had just replaced the drive train with much nicer parts than the warranty replacement came with. Before I let the manufacturer have the frame back, I stripped off everything that wasn’t OEM with the bike. When the new bike’s OEM parts wear out, I’ll have the old ones to fall back on… presuming that the parts and I are on the same hemispheres of this planet again (as it stands now, we’re not).
I call them “organ donors”. Have a few of them in the attic. 🙂
Did this, once. Immediately wanted to build the old bike back up.
So true!!
Fenders, racks, mirrors, bells, lights, bags, and bottle cages I’ll strip off. The remainder is a functioning bike that I can re-home.
I once purchased a Schwinn LeTour just to get a reverse side pull brake.
Paid $25. Put on a normal brake. Sold the Schwinn for $25.
Free DiCompe reverse side pull for a recumbent I had at the time.
This is what we did at the charity shop.
Donated stuff got stripped to ‘spare parts’ which went forward to refurbish other donations.
When work was low, we used to get a BSO from the stack and bring it in for stripping.
We had containers of each part as a workshop store.
A jar with old spokes in, a container of spoke nipples etc.
Just before I left we started having problems with the latest components.
Not many rusty old donations with AHEAD units etc. 🙂
Problem for me, is that just before my frame broke, I had just replaced the drive train with much nicer parts than the warranty replacement came with. Before I let the manufacturer have the frame back, I stripped off everything that wasn’t OEM with the bike. When the new bike’s OEM parts wear out, I’ll have the old ones to fall back on… presuming that the parts and I are on the same hemispheres of this planet again (as it stands now, we’re not).