we just made another bicycle parking rack from old unusable bike frames, and donated it to a neighborhood park. they loved it.

one recipe, of the several we are trying:

1- on a one-piece crank bicycle, strip frame to almost bare, especially bottom bracket shell

2- punch out bottom bracket cups

3- repeat with 2 more similar bicycles

just posted a picture- click on link that is listed about 7 pictures down at: http://freecycles.org/pedaltechnology.html

this new style is much more sturdy than the inverted frame, stem into the seat post method we had been using.

-Bob g. free cycles.

Another thought - be careful with police department bike dumps. They

can

sometimes be good, but the last police dept that "donated" us bikes

literally gave us a week's worth of work scrapping out junk for pretty much

nothing that was useful.