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Bits and piece here, I've scrapped a couple of bike in my time and hoarded the parts!

Now I need the room, what do you reckon should be junked?

I am a terrible hoarder and keep all sorts of cycle junk.

The best test is to think "Would I ever actually fit that on my bike?"

Those cable outers look great for fixing the neighbours bikes that do the summer holidays only but not on my bike where cables are something that you get through as older ones make the brakes harder to use.

Would you ever actually put the old cassette back on your bike? No.
On the other hand if I was doing a holiday in an area like the New Forest which is horribly gritty I may put an old chain and cassette on the bike for the duration.
Which is why I even keep broken spokes.
Well they might come in useful for something.

You could sell the spokes on here. What size are they?
I only have a couple of hundred already.

I know a few specialist websites that would be interested in the feet

Redvee wrote:I know a few specialist websites that would be interested in the feet

Oh?

TrailRat wrote:

Redvee wrote:I know a few specialist websites that would be interested in the feet

Oh?

Don't even ask - just take it as a compliment. Don't put them in the bin.

Ray

Edit: PS - and let's not ask Redvee how he knows so much.

No no, I want links!!

TrailRat wrote:No no, I want links!!

Each to his own. One comes to expect a tendency to bike fetishism on this site. Foot fetishism, however, is outside my sphere of interest

Ray wrote:

TrailRat wrote:No no, I want links!!

Each to his own. One comes to expect a tendency to bike fetishism on this site. Foot fetishism, however, is outside my sphere of interest

Oh the stories I could tell! Make your hair curl it will!

The two can often be very strongly connected, in my case by cleats but some traditional riders prefer leather straps.

What is left of my hair is curly enough thanks.

nice feet

phil1965 wrote:nice feet

Thanks.

We fix kid's bikes at schools and parts like these are so useful - is there any sort of bike co-op in your area that would be happy to take the bits off your hands? If you're like me it will be years before you actually use any of these bits.

BTW, you have either managed to cultivate a very attractive fungal nail infection, or spent ages varnishing those nails. Nice!

unless the parts fit anything you currently own and you are in desperate need of a back up part i would sell them , i just made £150+ in the last 2 weeks by selling a couple of old bikes i had rescued + having a clear-out of my unused bits , paid for some new second hand cycle clothes and enough to buy the wife a new hair piece( she had cancer so her head was nuked + chemo`d so you can guess )

Red is my favourite colour.

for the rear derailleur, the brake handles and cable outers.