What do you do with old parts?

chris_bass

I have a few old wheelsets, chains, cassettes, tyres and stuff that have just been taking yp space in my shed, how do people get rid of this stuff?

nicklouse

Skip.dump.recycle.

napoleond

Sell it or give away.

wishitwasallflat

Ask yossie

Ibis2k14

I usually replace stuff when it's totally broken/worn out, so I don't often have many spares. Occasionally, I add something extra on my order from Wiggle,CRC etc because I find a huge sale on something that I may eventually need (chain, cassette etc).
When I do have extra stuff that's in reasonable conditions but I cannot use in any way or form I simply sell it or find a way to trade.
I've recently upgraded all my bike to 10 speeds so there was no point for me to keeping all the old 8s spares from my commuter. I went to the lbs and traded them for other used things that he had laying around and he was not using.

Don't let your amount of spares grow too much or you'll feel lazy to sell/swap them!

Wirral_paul

You're most of the way towards achieving "number of bikes required = n+1" - so you need a spare frame / bars / brakes etc obviously!! .

sandyballs

Throw them in next doors garden.

JackPozzi

Sell sprockets to local ninjas who make throwing stars out of them

Bozman

Clean them up and flog them on eBay as low mileage/careful owner, selling due to upgrade.

chris_bass

i should have said, this stuff is all well past the point of selling, all worn out or broken!

mattsccm

Keep it, it may come in handy. I have to assume there is some life left or it would have been binned.

Ibis2k14

Chris Bass wrote:

i should have said, this stuff is all well past the point of selling, all worn out or broken!

In that case, try to recycle it as ornament/furniture/useful stuff. I've seen a dude using an old handlebar (drop bar) hanged on the wall to store a bike, a crankset reused as a clock etc etc, some DIY funtime!

If something is totally, absolutely rubbish....eh....throw it away (recycle!) or give it away for free/offer to swap it for a beer or two.

Matthewfalle

wishitwasallflat wrote:

Ask yossie

What's that? Is it a charity/recycling company? Do they take engine oil and the such like?

Sandyballs wrote:

Throw them in next doors garden.

Ridiculous idea. Unsocial, unenvironmental, unhygienic. Sick.

dennisn

There's a guy in our club that will take pretty much any and all unwanted parts. He builds bike for kids who don't have the money for them.

chrisgal

dennisn wrote:

There's a guy in our club that will take pretty much any and all unwanted parts. He builds bike for kids who don't have the money for them.

We'll done that man!!

wishitwasallflat

Matthewfalle wrote:

wishitwasallflat wrote:

Ask yossie

What's that? Is it a charity/recycling company? Do they take engine oil and the such like?

Sandyballs wrote:

Throw them in next doors garden.

Ridiculous idea. Unsocial, unenvironmental, unhygienic. Sick.

Yossie is a long standing forum member (haven't seen posts for a while though) who had a running joke in nearly all his workshop posts about chucking old parts in next doors garden.

BrandonA

Chains, cassettes and tyres get dumped as they are worthless once they're worn.

I do have a spare part of S-Works handlebars which I don't know what to do with. I sometimes think about putting them on my winter bike (along with the spare S-Works stem) but currently both are sitting unloved in the garage. I won't bin them as they not cheap but I'm too lazy to sell them.

homers_double

Matthewfalle wrote:

Sandyballs wrote:

Throw them in next doors garden.

Ridiculous idea. Unsocial, unenvironmental, unhygienic. Sick.

I think you need to delete your account and reboot it with some humor included.

Matthewfalle

wishitwasallflat wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

wishitwasallflat wrote:

Ask yossie

What's that? Is it a charity/recycling company? Do they take engine oil and the such like?

Yossie is a long standing forum member (haven't seen posts for a while though) who had a running joke in nearly all his workshop posts about chucking old parts in next doors garden.

So nothing to do with engine oil collection and recycling or any of the processes attached thereto/thereon?

Oh. Thank you anyway - I'll keep an eye out for his posts. Do you know if he knows anyone reference recycling? Maybe worth a PM?

homers_double

How many bikes do you pedal that require engine oil?

Matthewfalle

None which is why I need.to get rid of it in a socially, enviromentally and fiscally advantageous manner. I've tried putting it milk bottles and in lucky dip barrels but it keeps on getting returned.

As an aside, I have heard some people advocate the use of old engine oil to lube chains but haven't tried it myself so don't know for certain and therefore couldn't offer counsel to this option. It's a rubbish hair product as well.

wishitwasallflat

Council recycling centres include sites ones which take engine oil - Google for your local recycling centre and they will tell you which one takes engine oil.

Matthewfalle

Is this the guy - Yosi? (Comments section)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... e-Vos.html

Seems his calling card?

secretsam

Flog to your friendly local scrap merchant

Or take up the dump and put in metal bin

Or flog on E-bay to vintage bike nutters