Free bike? Free bike!

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 11/28/2016 at 21:03 • Filed to: None

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I took a short drive at lunch today and came across a bicycle waiting for the trash man to take it to an early grave. Well, we can’t let that happen! I scooped it up, put it on the rack and went back to work

On the way back into the garage, I discovered how short the ceilings are by whacking the low overhang bar with the seat. No problem. I just parked in the first section where the ceiling is high.

The bike is a Trek MT220 which has seen better days. It needs a new front brake, new cables, a new chain, and new grips. The other parts are in decent shape. The paint is fine except in one spot on the fork. It has some tape residue from an encounter with duct tape and it has a bunch of zip ties attached to the frame with the long end poking into the spokes. I suppose this is to get that authentic engine sound. It also has pipe wrap protecting the top tube and a SOG sheath zip ties to the frame.

This is going to be a fun little cleanup project. We already have a line on a kid who lost his bike to the flood. I think he’ll like it!

S65 > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/28/2016 at 21:06

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I got that bike frame I’m painting the same way

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/28/2016 at 21:11

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I used to have an MT220. Used that thing for years until I out grew it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/28/2016 at 21:17

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I’m hoping another kid will get years of use out of it.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/28/2016 at 21:19

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We sold mine (along with my sister’s girl version of the MT220) to a family with younger kids in out neighborhood.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/28/2016 at 21:22

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Good find! There is going to be a happy kid getting a nice bike.

TheRealBicycleBuck > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/28/2016 at 21:42

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We still have my son’s first bike. It looks like a little motorcycle.

He sold his second bike, a Redline BMX bike. I think he spent the proceeds on Pokemon. Now he rides a Nashbar AT-1, but he’s about to outgrow it.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/28/2016 at 23:00

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Good job for doing this.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 11/29/2016 at 07:09

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Thanks!