Uses for worn out components

mab bee
mab bee Posts: 196
edited April 2008 in Workshop
There is currently a topic on the CTC forum discussing uses for worn out helmets. It has got me thinking... I have a garage full of old cassettes, chains and chainrings (much of it consisting of good quality aluminium). So is there a good use for them?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    http://www.rebycle.co.uk/

    a cracking idea but youve been beaten to it.
  • Garry71
    Garry71 Posts: 96
    mab bee wrote:
    There is currently a topic on the CTC forum discussing uses for worn out helmets. It has got me thinking... I have a garage full of old cassettes, chains and chainrings (much of it consisting of good quality aluminium). So is there a good use for them?

    Sell it off as upgrade kits for Halfords Apollo bikes.

    Garry
    Cycling is too nice to waste it on getting to work.
  • 4kicks
    4kicks Posts: 549
    For the man who has everything...
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Sell them as 'unused, unmarked, removed from a demo bike' on eBay as number2bikebits ?
    :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
  • leonlikestrees
    leonlikestrees Posts: 528
    get a chain wear checker and double check them all. I did with mine, and about half of them still had life in them.

    There's always plain old metal recycling. And if you are building a real town hack (pub bike), then as long as you can match a worn cassette and chain, you can get away with using them for a while

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