Yet Another Cycling Forum
Random Musings => Gallery => Topic started by: Clandy on 10 April, 2010, 03:08:19 pm
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If this has been done before then please merge the threads…
Saw this expired BSO on my way back from Hadleigh Castle this morning:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Minitar1/Dg/Hadleighdeadbike.jpg)
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I saw this on the Greenway path in east London:
(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k59/iceblinker/Seen_Bikes/Purplebikewreck-small.jpg)
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You wouldn't like me when I'm angry </David Banner>
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Does Picasso live round your way?
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2098457892_8fc1e73deb.jpg?v=0)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2939284587_52569eb684_b.jpg)
It took a lot of mussel to do this one in..
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Carping on again are we?
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This one has almost returned to ore, except for the plastic pedals.
(http://www.peeble.com/rustybike.jpg)
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I've thrown better than most of that lot inna skip . . .
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Seen at the seaside last weekend:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/deadbike.jpg)
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Seen at the seaside last weekend:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/deadbike.jpg)
Whitby???
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Rockhopper?
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Whitby???
Sorry, only just seen this post. It was Northumberland actually, just south of Amble.
Rockhopper?
;D ;D
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The one on the rocks actually looks happy, with its decoration of flotsam and jetsam.
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The one on the rocks actually looks happy, with its decoration of flotsam and jetsam.
You're getting into Flann O'Brien territory . . .
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I was purchased by a scally
Whose name was Jack O'Malley
He rode me to the pub
And someone nicked my hub
He never oiled my chain
A wheel went again
His mates told him one day
I'm a girl's bike, so he was gay
He threw me in the sea
Thought that was the end for me
But I sit here on the rocks
Shat on by the flocks
Draped in smelly weed
But when the sea is calmer
I think I've reached nirvana
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(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/freddered/France%202010/frenchbikesmall.jpg?t=1282144557)
Leaning against part of the French farmhouse restaurant I was sat in last week,
It is truly abandoned and yet looks like it was "installed" to help with the atmosphere.
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(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/freddered/France%202010/frenchbikesmall.jpg?t=1282144557)
Leaning against part of the French farmhouse restaurant I was sat in last week,
It is truly abandoned and yet looks like it was "installed" to help with the atmosphere.
Nice find! Not sure if it (in the strictest terms) qualifies as a BSO though… looks more like an old BSA, although that may be unlikely given the location. :)
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Time for a confession....I don't know what BSO means
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Time for a confession....I don't know what BSO means
Bicycle Shaped Object. A poorly made cheap 'bicycle' that will most likely fall to pieces within a month of purchase. For example anything sold by the likes of Asda, Tesco etc. for less than £100 or so. I have seen it said that anything costing less than £300 is a BSO, but I have seen some nice bikes for sale priced less than that.
Read more here (http://www.whycycle.co.uk/buying_your_bike/beware_the_bicycle_shaped_object/).
The only reason I said your example may not qualify as a BSO is it looks like it started out as a good quality bicycle. Still a good find though and thank you for sharing it.
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Clearly Lee's isn't dead - it's hibernating!
IGMC
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In a skip:
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm63/rower40/Temporary/PICT0579.jpg)
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6089035626_02fce33519_z.jpg)
Outside a house somewhere in Holland :-\
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I've only just noticed this thread.
I too have seen the BSO depicted in the OP, when taking the dog for a walk.
(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/12946-1/DSC00509.JPG)
This beauty was seen outside a pub adjacent to the Great Ouse, in Ely, I think, at a rare ride organised by Reg in June 2009.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Bloke_on_a_bike/GardenBike.jpg)
Neighbour's bike last summer.
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Milton Creek's long been a graveyard for various items of transportation.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/bike.jpg)
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6326729933_036d632047_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6326729933/)
IMG_3200 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6326729933/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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A classic. You can see where the front wheel went: nicked to provide a wheel for the bike that some dickhead had locked by its front wheel. :facepalm:
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6401423789_b756c2f968.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6401423789/)
IMG_5212 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6401423789/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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The more photos appear on here the more I am convinced that owning a bike lock is a bad thing.
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More wounded than dead. The rest of the bike is salvageable.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6823645698_2c5f27abfc_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6823645698/)
IMG_0057 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6823645698/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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I'm guessing this will buff out, or, at least, only needs a little truing:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0480.jpg)
Ta for noticing that.
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Not quite there, Clarion.
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BSO. Death by Drowning!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e6-XbjMOsaE/T8sGqd3le9I/AAAAAAAAG4o/cnoARjPQNw8/s640/p6037139.jpg)
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In the Zeller See in Austria. The water is so clear you can't tell, but it's a few feet down.
(http://www.peeble.com/zeller.jpg)
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Found in Priory Park this morning. :'(
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--QMtOZgfPDE/UBIy9DVXtrI/AAAAAAAAG8o/X317QEz1azQ/s640/p7277638.jpg)
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In the Zeller See in Austria. The water is so clear you can't tell, but it's a few feet down.
(http://www.peeble.com/zeller.jpg)
Bugger! I need a left hand crank just like that . . .
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This looks to be more a carefully crafted work of art than a discarded bike ... beside a road in Sweden.
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2614/swedbike.jpg)
A gritty detective with an unhappy family life will be along shortly to figure out where the bike fits in ...
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In decreasing order of visibility . . .
Between Queens Road car park & river Kennet, Reading.
(http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Bledlow/Bikes/IMG_0483.jpg)
The bike in the background is a 1980s Barry Hoban, Tange tubing & what looks like original components.
In the Kennet, a little downriver -
(http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Bledlow/Bikes/IMG_0482.jpg)
So invisible it's disappeared completely. Last seen with a couple of 'fly-tipping' labels on it.
(http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Bledlow/Bikes/IMG_0487.jpg)
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This one has been dropped 20 feet on to the beach where it gets hammered by the tide twice a day.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RkQwPQTBivQ/UGA9jM1L0PI/AAAAAAAAHHM/gmfzWo0ivHY/s640/p9248051.jpg)
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saw these as we went to Hayburn Wyke Inn just off the cinder track whitby-scarborough
(http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u333/lonecyclist/IMG_5176.jpg)
(http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u333/lonecyclist/IMG_5177.jpg)
(http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u333/lonecyclist/IMG_5178.jpg)
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Not really BSOs. They're antiques!
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They are path art! And is that a Carradice on the moped?
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This one has been dropped 20 feet on to the beach where it gets hammered by the tide twice a day.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RkQwPQTBivQ/UGA9jM1L0PI/AAAAAAAAHHM/gmfzWo0ivHY/s640/p9248051.jpg)
That's quite disturbing! Unless I'm the only one who sees a hint of dead body in those rags.
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Dammit! I want that Mobylette . . .
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8311383985_c6ea58ff86_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8311383985/)
IMG_1098 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8311383985/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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That's not dead, it's resting.
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You can't see how pringled the rear wheel is from that shot.
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Falcon
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3651/bso.gif) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/bso.gif/)
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I got a Falcon just like that for Christmas 88'ish.
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Can't remember where or when I saw this one.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8385019056_c77b3be222.jpg)
This one appears to have been unearthed by some workmen digging a water pipe at the bottom of St Michael's Hill, Bristol (right outside the Scotchman and his Pack, in fact)!
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8211/8383934269_2320f02879_z.jpg)
Frankly it looks as if it's better off dead.
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8565251195_c019334ca8_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8565251195/)
IMG_1304 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8565251195/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Another death by drowning...
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/YBW%20Stuff/2011-09-29094609.jpg)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/YBW%20Stuff/2011-09-29094549.jpg)
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Mersea Island
(http://i.imgur.com/1URHiUA.jpg)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/CNV00022_zps29e4418c.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/CNV00022_zps29e4418c.jpg.html)
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(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/8929128630_4342e21024_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8929128630/)
IMG_1621 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8929128630/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/CNV00022_zps29e4418c.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/CNV00022_zps29e4418c.jpg.html)
I think that's Salvador Dali's bike on the left.
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(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/9062331684_dd667e3f44_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/9062331684/)
IMG_1656 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/9062331684/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/9062197500_f1cb8005be_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/9062197500/)
IMG_1680 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/9062197500/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Seen in York last weekend ......
(http://images.yudu.com/item_files/1008154/OldBike1.jpg)
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Borough
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMG_4324_zps0bb5cbe8.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/IMG_4324_zps0bb5cbe8.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMG_4325_zps644e6f3e.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/IMG_4325_zps644e6f3e.jpg.html)
Fettling by Nutty?
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/Rangefinder%20uploads/IMG_4382_zps5e5bcea8.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/Rangefinder%20uploads/IMG_4382_zps5e5bcea8.jpg.html)
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Chain's a bit lack
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/CNV00022_zps6ecbdc0b.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/CNV00022_zps6ecbdc0b.jpg.html)
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just a few here
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/9713761983_331181d5c3.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28688525@N08/9713761983/)
milldenhall2013 014 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28688525@N08/9713761983/) by cycleman108 (http://www.flickr.com/people/28688525@N08/), on Flickr
apparently the boat owner collects them and they are sent abroad to be reused ,recycled :)
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/2013-09-21102416_zps2d4f48e9.jpg)
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(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/Nagasawa25/6843183-emilie_cykel_jjc_zps8f898ebd.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Nagasawa25/media/6843183-emilie_cykel_jjc_zps8f898ebd.jpg.html)
Result of a mtb meeting a turning lorry. The rider survived.
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That would mend, bit of gaffa and some zip ties - jobs a goodun :)
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:o
Glad the rider's ok (or at least survived).
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/10361975974_f3945b6299.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40735552@N05/10361975974/)
bso (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40735552@N05/10361975974/) by Pelotonhound (http://www.flickr.com/people/40735552@N05/), on Flickr
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(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/10402700314_4f20b75c1a.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/natnot/10402700314/)
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/11448328486_8def4b8999.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93751227@N04/11448328486/)
PC142889 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93751227@N04/11448328486/) by TJ Clarion (http://www.flickr.com/people/93751227@N04/), on Flickr
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/11448328486_8def4b8999.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93751227@N04/11448328486/)
PC142889 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93751227@N04/11448328486/) by TJ Clarion (http://www.flickr.com/people/93751227@N04/), on Flickr
That looks familiar...
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/13413421663_545607ec19.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mrihWK)
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Amateurs, they left the shifters ::-)
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/14305833633_017b34a18e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nNa8W2)P5274730 (https://flic.kr/p/nNa8W2) by TJ Clarion (https://www.flickr.com/people/93751227@N04/), on Flickr
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/14305833633_017b34a18e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nNa8W2)P5274730 (https://flic.kr/p/nNa8W2) by TJ Clarion (https://www.flickr.com/people/93751227@N04/), on Flickr
That's not dead. It's resting.
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/13413421663_545607ec19.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mrihWK)
Wonders if that is still there
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/14305833633_017b34a18e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nNa8W2)P5274730 (https://flic.kr/p/nNa8W2) by TJ Clarion (https://www.flickr.com/people/93751227@N04/), on Flickr
That's not dead. It's resting.
I admit, it looks like it might still be used. But the sea air has ensured it is pretty terminal.
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(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/155847951.jpg)
Whither the chocolate chain?
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The basket is dual-purpose; turn it upside down and use it as a saddle replacement.
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/Photo0838.sized.jpg)
I knew this one was in trouble when I came back two weeks later and noticed that the front wheel was *still* parcel-taped to the stand.
Standard Birmingham locking tactics in evidence here.
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I can't decide whether to post this here or in the unusual bikes thread.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20140829_094731_zpsmprbly9f.jpg)
Chained to a pelican crossing in Parkway, Bristol.
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I think it's the result of an error at the MoD purchasing centre just across the road.
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Looks like a skeleton from the vet's office.
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Getting there.. Spotted this in the bike sheds last week:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/15148699496_4960dc366f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/p5D3A5)
Dunno whether they'd had an off that morning, but I wouldn't be surprised if it'd been like that for yonks.
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Possibly undead:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2937/14228481238_652ee5e08d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nFjFL3)
Iona BSO (https://flic.kr/p/nFjFL3) by rjevans6 (https://www.flickr.com/people/7194134@N06/), on Flickr
Definitely dead:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14408199695_be4e01bf09_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nXcMN8)
Ex bike (https://flic.kr/p/nXcMN8) by rjevans6 (https://www.flickr.com/people/7194134@N06/), on Flickr
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That Barracuda would be called 'a service' in the shop . . .
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3910/15217369167_ffeb5a32f7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pbGZFV)OFB (https://flic.kr/p/pbGZFV) by JuanM58 (https://www.flickr.com/people/83697226@N02/), on Flickr
Objeto en forma de bici muerta – Caleta de Velez, Málaga
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7612/16967156565_4228d620be_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rRk7wa)WeymBSO (https://flic.kr/p/rRk7wa) by JuanM58 (https://www.flickr.com/people/83697226@N02/), on Flickr
Weymouth, the other week.
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It's like the old joke about doubling the value of a Lada by filling it with petrol.
"How do you double the value of a BSO?"
"Put a saddle on it."
If the saddle is a Brooks, you've probably tripled it,
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(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1522/24956355383_3841db058d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/E2iQZn)P1210048e (https://flic.kr/p/E2iQZn) by TJ Clarion (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93751227@N04/), on Flickr
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What most of these are crying out for, is one of these:
http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Hardware-Power-Tools-Grinders-Angle-Grinders/Cordless/N-5yc1vZc2fwZ1z140i3
If an object is obviously abandoned, is it still stealing to forcibly take it away?
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5757/30797331945_154d5e46a6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NVsnPP)
IMG_7673_01 (https://flic.kr/p/NVsnPP) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZcRijiRMF9O1zxZts1t1NwsqWDt-FQFKYCTO1phArMB0kYJMJK7OL2U-JX1ZAu2s4t4-_PaqxNYW9ZUXDAqrjQHb82CaZFTdWeE72B-T1koCtzlP825-Jz3s8uiTpZ6S4JuUXPTbFiryzivQxDETRNLBYF4a4Ysa2O8qSgBUbe0QD5abkhJ_h9AP3N7wOFHJHuL6fYv6CqMGzNGG5ROsA0DFKDeLKunzkRSfRrZBTCX_w5-2iNPth4F6sj2etW3DqDxiHoDktd_2B64cboULbdV9L1N1YjcTRHYMMiXAcV1rIgk_jYi9ohw0sVCzT4dqrjVoI1HllYuvzJFOBqxNZhIM-Ux1xI1auUvuHSWMY_T5pvmY8weiPx0rTwMsxw5jbiq69WULB0CuRPOr11mgKqegNyaKciHo-nt51nBTdty2DcnkILAIfryKb22FY_AFRzKMNrgQ0Tm5domtYf_9tFc6DEpV0SPGr0N0g7CPF4gj7dbUB7O_jZFWopSswa_zsLdB6Pp-4ML5GiJChDk9o77mbVPvrg9W5kk7RjVwl_uxay3uNQ6Wfsv7U4SnfpvKFf6TLNp-Wwp5AvNCR_hu2ScitxJE3GsPy5r4tOZmsNCPpCrs=w1426-h950-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oWLBkogeYpKdVoJXGvCHeHqzMFqrjuRZClYDHTI0vwXLOMOlDs0Qmjv_mDYsHzEEaaF_C519SjmJCtSYMEiQQtTmXDcswRqgvlsEDqVqn5cNyOAarbusOYMHdptEL-NGSnVe5t7wT0guELUdAADl-oDO1DPxZzmdKE8JkkToZGFe2fSUdxEmZoKRZ8CwOEOjm3J9wwusZu5sZY0WEsUtXQrZEQ91Fkk0cjEBp-09WpHrbu1YfJPbYWJ1_2TKXrecTEdXWhzOeAv0ULwr3LmX-oBfSbW2F0e990c6HAdSG13VU1ibyzuAjIdpdu_5NIjFWWhfEyjg7FIsF4kRmSsRSC0L0q9eGcNKnKmohoTxCqP71w-HmiO9GQHN-imZkzcPN3BIy9MUIxYkFIlZxgCpEHUK_y6K01ncx_24CpGWdCiltqXW1xNOprtspDjCgMHwmad0n1BHcuFIgR3awXSQpjJRK_adtcFzFfF4pIf-r2zQFsBVaYHlXeZOsg510WvfzloL1SD9M9Pm6fyQKCiUe9dM3YCA9iweD6V1oxS9_PLxCwK41H2AwkrjKhnbY1SLncg7E9wcGds6CsiWG8jAILpiOgO1CNNZjKiLFLg7kB8ucf4f=w1426-h950-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yztWKOpXCkot2SeYBBg1Pqnlf3VGzWuycK0VY09K2IHMhk0l9DOCwkdJuYt0BDKVj785MdP7kiBBV56uQhBV7EIbao9J9mRwIWiXq5xfvWW7Jyq130opFUbD5bjuKc3syDDJS2enzeDVIdd2LUQ2e1cc_2MtnnCzITo5ae3k392xHaEgntz8SgmphwEQfp9EvP0Z5Z-dpF1-cxlt9II9-SqfZYVVGaGzGW6H_HXfzBJXnNGaRp1reSTnjJAgmG5DGNRpLB0FTYHTH1eiufUz1xSKBpI6CgsGiOdkKNJTDke-F0C6kMY-Rg3shH3QYEDw9lkoQ56UNNkyOPFuO9fHrL_WKiax48arJrEBTyXoed3ZTbYZ8gCxc7E6sOnL12fPKsHSUVa2lBt9LgmW2vCIgZvbyhMDxcz6u8Mcv58pOXmnXj7c8LEk0dLGHOhElkU4YSGxd9cgjKBTTgONp9Gwhb-KKw5be_XoabyWM_DF36QXADL5_A320-9sQOXObgoAoz00nW8r-pgAMd_I-lVnAOrY46PZDHPgyXBCPmz1SadmiZ1KghkuR-ISofCLd82sey5d0EP9kp9UWi5xQaNmvSLJvSz4Wzkx0R-tNrMNOroV2ZYJ=w1267-h950-no)
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It's more alive in its death than many BSOs are in their life.
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Dead, but I don't think it was a BSO.
(http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90174679/f1.highres)
RIP.
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Question is she holding the saddle that used to be on the bike she is riding or is it a spare?
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(NSFW) YouTube: BAIT BIKE SPLITS IN HALF! (https://youtu.be/8O0gmuSue58)
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3811/32870233791_4809871d68_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/S5CxjP)
IMG_8239_01 (https://flic.kr/p/S5CxjP) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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That wasn't a BSO: I spy a spoke reflector.
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2937/34026189441_be3ed5d0e6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TQM7ED)Dead BMX (https://flic.kr/p/TQM7ED) by sg310 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/24775321@N02/), on Flickr
Odd that the tyres are removed and the bike locked up.
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2847/33810611430_057985bc1d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TvJdQo) (https://flic.kr/p/TvJdQo) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)
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Thames mud, presumably...
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Thames mud, presumably...
More impressive if it wasn't London mud.
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Visible only at low tide, adjacent to Limehouse Lock.
Tho I think it probably took more than one person to lift it over the railings which are 4ft + in height.
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I wonder what might have been the set of circumstances where this was deemed a good idea.
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I wonder what might have been the set of circumstances where this was deemed a good idea.
Alcohol
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1718/25962511741_0ead2d5e5c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FydEdM)P1030018 (https://flic.kr/p/FydEdM) by ao (https://www.flickr.com/photos/25983110@N05/), on Flickr
Seen on the eastern edge of Sutton Courtenay, stayed there for ages, then one day...it was gone.
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I wonder what might have been the set of circumstances where this was deemed a good idea.
Alcohol
This.
And an illicit/un-traceable 'hirer'.
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Getting there.. Spotted this in the bike sheds last week:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/15148699496_4960dc366f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/p5D3A5)
Dunno whether they'd had an off that morning, but I wouldn't be surprised if it'd been like that for yonks.
That looks like Teethgrinder's bike after a stiff climb.
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4163/33570238974_39cdbdcd1c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/T9uftG)
IMG_8445_01 (https://flic.kr/p/T9uftG) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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That's not dead. It's just a bit drunk....
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I do wonder (a) who goes round stamping on bike wheels for fun and (b) how crappy a front wheel must have to be to bend like this. I can stand on either side of the rim and balance on the axle of a decent front wheel (don't try this with a dished rear wheel, you will wreck it).
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I do wonder (a) who goes round stamping on bike wheels for fun
Men under the age of 25.
(b) how crappy a front wheel must have to be to bend like this. I can stand on either side of the rim and balance on the axle of a decent front wheel (don't try this with a dished rear wheel, you will wreck it).
Have you ever tried kicking one in the spokes, thobut?
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Men under the age of 25... when drunk, or frustrated in their attempts at theft. But it's also quite easy to pringle a wheel by braking heavily while turning sharply and falling off all simultaneously because a car has just cut you up on a mini-roundabout. I discovered thiswhen I was 17.
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Spotted near the Punter pub in Oxford, which is by the Isis river:
(http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac148/oxford_guy/Bike/IMG_20170331_130446_zpskblwf8dm.jpg)
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Hammerite'll sort it.
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A skip-full of dead BSOs in Lerwick
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4183/34470389892_94f42ae412_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Uw2KZ7)IMG_2593 (https://flic.kr/p/Uw2KZ7) by jrs_bristol (https://www.flickr.com/photos/84666280@N02/), on Flickr
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4294/36191422191_5f794cd9e4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X97uVM)IMG_20170712_065449330 (https://flic.kr/p/X97uVM) by ao (https://www.flickr.com/photos/25983110@N05/), on FlicKR
In Rosedale, at Bell End Farm...
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Awwww. :'(
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That's probably part of the BSO2[something] thing that's going on.
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There is loads of these yellowBSO scattered around Yorkshire :)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4429/37106377205_9574ba908c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YwXTbe)OxfordBSO (https://flic.kr/p/YwXTbe) by JuanM58 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83697226@N02/), on Flickr
Oxford, the other week.
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We have dead or moribund BSOs abandoned in the shed at work. I'll photograph a few. There's also a £5k Pinarello Dogma locked with a £10 Halfords combination cable, but that's another story.
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Dibs pinarello ;D
Are they disposing?
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When someone complains, security usually remove the rotting bikes. I watched an Apollo BSO go from its you-can-still-smell-the-paint maiden voyage (on which it got a puncture and was never ridden again) to a mass of rust in the 18 months before it was removed.
I would wager that many BSOs manage less than 100 miles before scrapping.
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4429/37106377205_9574ba908c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YwXTbe)OxfordBSO (https://flic.kr/p/YwXTbe) by JuanM58 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83697226@N02/), on Flickr
Oxford, the other week.
Are you sure this is not a sort of conceptual art exhibition? Otherwise, I can't explain how the front rim got caught this way between the fork and the hub.
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Isn't the rim passing between fork and hub the normal way of things? It's just flopped over through lack of spokes.
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Most of that will buff out. Not trying hard enough...
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4413/37036711932_ac65cde868_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YqNQ7Q)
IMG_9533_01 (https://flic.kr/p/YqNQ7Q) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Dead in the Goldfinger sense...
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Hiding behind the bins at Wing Hall campsite:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2017_09_24_10_11_01.jpg)
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I should have taken a photo of the dead BSO that donated a pedal to a LEL rider at Spalding.
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4624/28149869249_0973c0e6bf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JTvrpg)
IMG_7039_01 (https://flic.kr/p/JTvrpg) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Well since most rental bikes are kinda BSO this article goes well here :
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/
Here is some of the many photos
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2018/03/bikes/b09_1035978916/main_1500.jpg)
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2018/03/bikes/b01_RTX3SB7P/main_1500.jpg)
Just mental !
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Well since most rental bikes are kinda BSO this article goes well here :
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/
Here is some of the many photos
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2018/03/bikes/b09_1035978916/main_1500.jpg)
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2018/03/bikes/b01_RTX3SB7P/main_1500.jpg)
Just mental !
With all those yellow bikes I couldn't help thinking about New York cabs and wondered if this was where New York Bozo bikes went to die.
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Well since most rental bikes are kinda BSO this article goes well here :
Might get a container of those sent over, I don't like cleaning bikes so I could just get a new one out every couple of weeks.
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By the Grand Union near Watford on my off-road commute route. Not sure how it ended up being removed from the canal though.
(https://i.imgur.com/2xjVO2Z.jpg)
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(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1913/30031650927_75e73da380_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MKN4wX)IMG_0310 (https://flic.kr/p/MKN4wX) by mark tilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_stumpy/), on Flickr
:'(
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By the Grand Union near Watford on my off-road commute route. Not sure how it ended up being removed from the canal though.
I presume canals get dredged from time to time, and what comes up, comes up.
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By the Grand Union near Watford on my off-road commute route. Not sure how it ended up being removed from the canal though.
I presume canals get dredged from time to time, and what comes up, comes up.
The Canals and Rivers Trust have members and volunteers who regularly haul stuff out of the Rochdale Canal. Bikes and shopping trolleys are the commonest items - knives and crowbars sink into the silt.
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By the Grand Union near Watford on my off-road commute route. Not sure how it ended up being removed from the canal though.
(https://i.imgur.com/2xjVO2Z.jpg)
Anachronistic Ever Ready Rearguard there.
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Some brightspark, in Littlemore, has stomped on this pony... Holey tubeless tyres, I see.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/45603839485_68c245356e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ctRAEz)IMG_pony (https://flic.kr/p/2ctRAEz) by a oxon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145942400@N06/), on Flickr
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Are they solid tyres with air pockets?
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7815/33313782638_47389cde15_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SKPQWJ)
IMG_2509_01 (https://flic.kr/p/SKPQWJ) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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A dead WSO? ^^^
Seen on a walk round the village, behind a locked gate
(https://i.imgur.com/SG8jO0L.jpg)
Needs a bit of surface treatment, but looks sound
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That saddle looks like it might take some getting used to!
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On the tow path just south of Gnosall.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7848/47509440101_31880e0961_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fofikB)2019-03-31_09-16-36 (https://flic.kr/p/2fofikB) by essexian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/26068282@N07/), on Flickr
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There's one sturdily D-locked to a signpost near here that I intend to photograph for this thread once I work out whether it's abandoned or not. The lack of seatpost and front wheel make the status unclear.
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There's one sturdily D-locked to a signpost near here that I intend to photograph for this thread once I work out whether it's abandoned or not. The lack of seatpost and front wheel make the status unclear.
I guess that's now pretty unambiguous:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/badly_locked_bikes/2019_06_16_16_25_31.sized.jpg)
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Funnily (or not funnily) enough, I was thinking along similar lines (but more "how not to lock up your bike") about a black 1980s road frame locked to some railings not far from here. All that's left now is frame, crankset and rear mech. Everything else, including forks and pedals, long gone. Odd that the cranks haven't been taken too.
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(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/12946-2/DSC00509.JPG)
From memory, this was found on a ride organised by Regulator. I think it was in Ely, probably about 10 years ago.
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Blimey!
I think I actually remember that ride.
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I can check if it's still there, if you like.
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Blimey!
I think I actually remember that ride.
I remember that ride as the only time I met you. (I think)
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Blimey!
I think I actually remember that ride.
I remember that ride as the only time I met you. (I think)
You are correct, J.
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Someone masked off a few bits, sprayed it, then gave up on it, left it between my flat and the beer shop.
Not the best respray I've seen, but neither the worst- that goes to the electric fat bike I sometimes see at Sainsbury's: even the tyres are spray-painted, not just overspray either.
(https://i.imgur.com/qBHi7Vs.jpg)
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That looks like one of those bikes you see sprayed all over and stuck in multicoloured arrangements in villages as some sort of charity display, often with worzel gummidges.
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Highgate corner
(https://i.imgur.com/CK35zra.jpg)
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49686021358_f0a5ccfe73_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iGzR7E)
IMG_2594_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2iGzR7E) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50001975686_141024d02c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jbvck5)
IMG_3752_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2jbvck5) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51029656352_b17543f32b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kKjjZf)
IMG_7842_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2kKjjZf) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(https://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2021_09_18_15_39_55.sized.jpg)
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No market for a slightly used vgc basket?
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52235939583_f9096a4b94_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nzUQXZ)
IMG_0236_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2nzUQXZ) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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That's not dead! It's got two brakes, a chain, both pedals and they tyres might even not be flat. In better condition than half of what the kids ride up and down my street.
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And a saddle, how posh.
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It's playing dead.
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It's just resting.
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It wants someone to tickle its downtube.
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An International Festival of Dead BSO:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/28/bicycle-graveyards-why-do-so-many-bikes-end-up-underwater
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This is probably the most appropriate thread: Scheiße mein Fahrrad! (https://twitter.com/ENGlNEERlNGVlDS/status/1553780407165861888)
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Only injured, really.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359522672_af54da4f9d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nLQeUU)
IMG_0522_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2nLQeUU) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(https://www.ductilebiscuit.net/embedding/yacf/20240108_dead_bso.jpg)
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Skeletonised.
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The Gazelle is a predatory beast...
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Drownded
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53577087461_076dcc039b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pCqzvg)
IMG_7091_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2pCqzvg) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Hmm, in fairness that looks not unlike my MTBSO on a bad day...