# Best Bike-Related Dumpster Finds
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [August 12, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262 "2008-08-12T19:01:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@1percenttruck](https://tarck.cc/u/1percenttruck)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/1 "2008-08-12T19:01:15Z")
Has this been done already?
Either way, post your best dumpster finds.
For me it was probably a vintage Italian made Vittoria Corsa CX I dug out of a good 200 tires on top of it. Glued before but looks like the tread has barely been touched.
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### Author:  [@ArtBlur](https://tarck.cc/u/ArtBlur)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/2 "2008-08-12T19:05:56Z")
[quote=“andre nickatina”]Has this been done already?
Either way, post your best dumpster finds.
For me it was probably a vintage Italian made Vittoria Corsa CX I dug out of a good 200 tires on top of it. Glued before but looks like the tread has barely been touched.[/quote]
pics or you never jumped in a dumpster
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### Author:  [@Quinn8it](https://tarck.cc/u/Quinn8it)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/3 "2008-08-12T19:32:26Z")
Biking down the street I spotted this mess. It was at the curb for garbage pick up with a ton of lawn trimmings. It looked like these two bikes were locked up in a yard and forgotten about as a bush grew around them… I went back with my car and picked up the whole mess.
The Peugeot cleaned up nice. The cruiser wasn’t worth much, but it works. The peugeot is sporting a new saddle since the pic.
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### Author:  [@xylobear](https://tarck.cc/u/xylobear)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/4 "2008-08-12T19:37:41Z")
Wow, nice cleanup!
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### Author:  [@FarAwayBoy](https://tarck.cc/u/FarAwayBoy)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/5 "2008-08-12T19:38:15Z")
For serious.
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### Author:  [@pirate](https://tarck.cc/u/pirate)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/6 "2008-08-12T19:41:57Z")
50 lbs. of chocolate
A case of kagome juice
two cases of some generic european tallcans
As for bike related stuff I’ve only found tires. A completely unused 37c vittoria rando and a set of pro race 2’s.
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### Author:  [@toddistic](https://tarck.cc/u/toddistic)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/7 "2008-08-12T19:48:06Z")
my mom found some semen in a dumpster and I was born.
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### Author:  [@1percenttruck](https://tarck.cc/u/1percenttruck)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/8 "2008-08-12T19:49:10Z")
[quote=“pirate”]50 lbs. of chocolate
A case of kagome juice
two cases of some generic european tallcans
As for bike related stuff I’ve only found tires. A completely unused 37c vittoria rando and a set of pro race 2’s.[/quote]
yo pirate, i posted this in the bike related section. i should have been more specific, but i meant bike-related items in dumpsters.
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### Author:  [@room203](https://tarck.cc/u/room203)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/9 "2008-08-12T19:58:08Z")
not exactly a dumpster, but i had been seeing this schwinn 10-speed locked to a fence for the last 3 years. it was in un-ridable condition and obviously left by some previous tenants years back (rent house). it had the cheapest possible combo lock on it, which i easily opened.
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### Author:  [@blickblocks](https://tarck.cc/u/blickblocks)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/10 "2008-08-13T12:50:22Z")
I found a pile of at least a dozen skidded-through 700x23 tires in Little Italy. Like, seriously, nobody else rides fixed in that neighborhood. I don’t know who they came from.
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### Author:  [@blickblocks](https://tarck.cc/u/blickblocks)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/11 "2008-08-13T13:35:06Z")
Oh yeah and I found a Shimano aero lever in the gutter. One lever. It’s kinda useless.
Nice Peugeot! Rainy day cruiser?
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### Author:  [@deathhare](https://tarck.cc/u/deathhare)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/12 "2008-08-13T13:37:13Z")
MASH tour
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/13 "2008-08-13T13:42:15Z")
I pulled my schwinn out of a pile of junk in the basement of one of the buildings I work. It was under a big piece of carpet that smelled like it was sodden with shit and sewage. When I opened up the BB and headset, the greese was totally solid, but the surfaces looked brand new when I cleaned them up.
Just for good measure, I’ll post ANOTHER pic of the damn thing.
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### Author:  [@jr1](https://tarck.cc/u/jr1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/14 "2008-08-13T13:46:23Z")
At this point, I feel like I’ve known your Schwinn for years.
Hello again, old friend.
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### Author:  [@Quinn8it](https://tarck.cc/u/Quinn8it)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/15 "2008-08-13T19:00:44Z")
[quote=“blickblocks”]
Nice Peugeot! Rainy day cruiser?[/quote]
Yep! And for my 1mile commute. Its got a child seat on it now so I can ride with my 9month old daughter…
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### Author:  [@Cap-Cap](https://tarck.cc/u/Cap-Cap)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/16 "2008-08-13T19:02:41Z")
> [@Quinn8it](#):
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> Yep! And for my 1mile commute. Its got a child seat on it now so I can ride with my 9month old daughter…
im jealous. cant wait till i can put a child seat on one of my bikes
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### Author:  [@Timmy\_T](https://tarck.cc/u/Timmy_T)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/17 "2008-08-13T19:37:19Z")
[quote=“blickblocks”]Oh yeah and I found a Shimano aero lever in the gutter. One lever. It’s kinda useless.
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Not if you ride only one brake.
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### Author:  [@Quinn8it](https://tarck.cc/u/Quinn8it)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/18 "2008-08-13T19:59:13Z")
[quote=“Bandwitch”]
im jealous. cant wait till i can put a child seat on one of my bikes[/quote]
She goes absolutely nuts! Its so cool to be reminded about what’s great about bikes! The wind in the face, just rolling around on the beach…
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### Author:  [@blickblocks](https://tarck.cc/u/blickblocks)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/19 "2008-08-13T21:06:51Z")
[quote=“04jtb”][quote=“blickblocks”]Oh yeah and I found a Shimano aero lever in the gutter. One lever. It’s kinda useless.
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Not if you ride only one brake.[/quote]
Aero levers = another hand position on the bars
Aero lever = half a hand position on the bars
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### Author:  [@deathrace2000](https://tarck.cc/u/deathrace2000)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/best-bike-related-dumpster-finds/9262/20 "2008-08-13T21:53:16Z")
Until recently, I had a stash of about 20 dumpster bikes under my deck. Nothing really worth noting though.
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