Where do all the frames go?

dazzawazza

Whilst commuting in London I see a lot of abandoned damaged bikes or stripped frames chained up to racks or railings. Most are £50 Asda crap, but I do see the occasional ok quality frame.
Does anyone know what happens to them when the councils finally have them removed? Are they auctioned off or just sent to the dump?
I have some Sora components and wheels left over after upgrading my bike and want to build a drop bar commuter on the cheap for the Winter.
Some people throw a bike away because the components are worn or damaged so I've been keeping an eye out for discarded frames near skips etc, but no luck so far.

gtvlusso

I watched a guy in Verona, Italy stripping parts off abandoned frames - I like your thinking, maybe I can do this to the tossers that fill our bikeshed at work with bikes, then leave them there locked up for 2 years......Another summer only cyclist rant!

cee

there was (maybe still??) a frame on Chambers Street in Edinburgh that had everything stripped off it except a chris king headset........

right opposite the Sherrif Court...... always thought about it but don't fancy trying to explain it to the many coppers who hang around there all the time!

UnworthyPapaLazaru

cee wrote:

there was (maybe still??) a frame on Chambers Street in Edinburgh that had everything stripped off it except a chris king headset........

right opposite the Sherrif Court...... always thought about it but don't fancy trying to explain it to the many coppers who hang around there all the time!

Im on the bevy up there tonight, now the idea is in my head...