We have the advantage of both space and unskilled volunteer labor to use, so one<br>of the first tasks we set our new volunteers (mainly Earn-A-Bike&#39;rs) to is stripping bikes for usable parts and <br>preparing a pickup truck load to the local scrap metal yard. <br>
<br>Our favorite new task for them is breaking wheels down to recover spokes and hubs- it takes a lot <br>of time, and people can do it sitting down. <br><br>And in our community, we probably have to accept 5 crappy Huffmasters or Magnas <br>
for every vintage road bike or 27&quot; wheelset. We take everything, so people will<br>think of us again for their next (hopefully better) donations. <br><br>-Leslie <br>Durham Bike Co-op<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:11 PM, ryan jenkins <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ryan.t.jenkins@gmail.com">ryan.t.jenkins@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
depending on the size of your space, I think the options all vary. <div><br></div><div>I find that friction shifters and plastic brake levers are still salvageable from bikes like that, but I know exactly where you are going with all of that.  I think we serve a purpose as the middle man between the community and the steel scrappers.  Every day we are open we probably get stuff that goes into the &quot;strip and scrap pile&quot;.  We have a number of a nice guy who is a local steel scrapper so we call him up when we get a good pile. </div>

<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Boson Au <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:instructions@gmail.com" target="_blank">instructions@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">
as in:<br><br>how do I nicely tell the kind folks that we really can&#39;t use their pickup truck full of rusty magnas without sounding like a snob? <br><font color="#888888"><br><br><br clear="all"><br>Boson Au<br>2818 st paul st.  apt 1F<br>

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