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Bicycles now a dime a dozen.

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  • 26-04-2008 7:24pm
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    Run_to_da_hills
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    I saw a Dawes 10 Speed racer left outside a house in south dublin along with wheelybins for the taking. Very little to fix it up, gears brakes etc intact. The bins were emptied but the racer is still there four days now and no one wants it. This wouldn't have happened in the 70ies. Welcome to the Irish consumer throw away society.....just like America.


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    quilmore
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    whereabouts?
    my wheels got stolen and I'm on the bus these days, I'll fix it if needed


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Half way down Silchester Road in Glenageary, Ladies racer didnt get too close to it, It has steel wheels, the back looks a bit damaged.


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    kona
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    i found a bike with full xt, xt brakes, cranks, gears , gear shifters, specialised frame:eek: the frme was cracked at a weld, so i cut it up just to see the inside and the butting, ****ing sweet frame!

    bike in 1999 circa £1000

    bike in 2008 €0:D:D

    selling xt parts.......€100:D

    some real gems to be found in skips etc, irish people are stupid, especially towards bikes "ah sure its just a bike":D:D:D:p


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    Halfdog
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    All bicycles these days are made of rubbish, I have even seen frames made of plastic and wheels with only a few spokes holding them together, its all throw away now. Gone are the days when you leave a bicycle into a shop to repair a puncture, now you just dump it in a skip.


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    -Blanco-
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    Recently I found a gt mountainbike with xt 8-speed in perfect condition,just needed a front wheel.:D new college bike for me!! Also found an old steel raleigh racer, it's my single speed now! People just are bothered fixing things/paying to fix things on bikes...


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    Ciaran500
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    Halfdog wrote: »
    All bicycles these days are made of rubbish, I have even seen frames made of plastic and wheels with only a few spokes holding them together, its all throw away now. Gone are the days when you leave a bicycle into a shop to repair a puncture, now you just dump it in a skip.
    Certainly like that at the bottom of the market, but buy anything for €300+ and they last forever and a day as long as you maintain them.


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    kona wrote: »
    i found a bike with full xt, xt brakes, cranks, gears , gear shifters, specialised frame:eek: the frme was cracked at a weld, so i cut it up just to see the inside and the butting, ****ing sweet frame!

    bike in 1999 circa £1000

    bike in 2008 €0:D:D

    selling xt parts.......€100:D

    some real gems to be found in skips etc, irish people are stupid, especially towards bikes "ah sure its just a bike":D:D:D:p
    I had a 90ies Trek 8000 series robbed with all XT components :eek:


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    niceonetom
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    I saw a Dawes 10 Speed racer left outside a house in south dublin along with wheelybins for the taking. Very little to fix it up, gears brakes etc intact. The bins were emptied but the racer is still there four days now and no one wants it. This wouldn't have happened in the 70ies. Welcome to the Irish consumer throw away society.....just like America.

    if you're putting stuff out in the hope that someone will take it people will assume it's worthless so...

    you can get rid of almost any piece of household shít by putting it in public view with a sign attached saying "FOR SALE - €20". the thing'll be robbed in 15 minutes, guaranteed.

    how come i never see these free bikes - i'm always hearing of people fishing beautiful reynolds steel out of skips. i need a new project....


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    kona
    Registered Users Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    Halfdog wrote: »
    All bicycles these days are made of rubbish, I have even seen frames made of plastic and wheels with only a few spokes holding them together, its all throw away now. Gone are the days when you leave a bicycle into a shop to repair a puncture, now you just dump it in a skip.

    yes.....i mean a kona stinky, thats just held together with paper and glue and the odd spoke:D:D

    not all bikes are made of rubbish.
    you get what you pay for, and if you abuse a bike then it will fall apart,(as would a bugatti veyron).

    at the cheaper end of things, ie stuff that looks like a bike, quality has declined massivly in the last 5 years.

    consumers have nobody to blame but themselves IMO, you want everything for nothing with regards to bikes.


    a dude the frame was defo a specialized, not a trek:D


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