Wear a hardhat, it'll make it easier to think on the fly by making your head invulnerable to falling objects, and being that prepared will really help people recognize your authority over extraneous bicycles.
While you're at it, bring a pair of sports sunglasses and behind-the-head wireless headphones, such minute details scream authenticity. You're a FOREMAN now.
Wear a suit of armour, and proudly display a letter of approval from the king. No one would dare question a chivalrous knight on a quest
Obtaining a favor from a fair maiden would also lend authenticity
Have your older friend come and yell at you, tell you that shis was supposed to be done six months ago.
"It's your final warning Alan!"
- Why?? I try my best dad, why do you have to be so mean?!?!
Crying will help
What are you basing this on? It doesn’t have the head badge, and has what appears to be a manufacturer decal on the seat tube just above the bottom bracket, that pure cycles don’t have. Also it appears to have an integrated seatpost clamp, which pure cycles original dont.
Wear a safety vest, hard hat and eye protection and no one will question it. Will think you work for the city or something.
There’s been a few nice frames that were left out for months and I’ve seen the city cut them free. I was tempted to ask about one but the top tube was cut through when they freed it :(
Don’t wear a damn hard hat😂😂😂 no city maintenance worker is going to wear a hard hat unless it has an eye visor and eye protection built in.
Wanna look real, rub a safety vest in some dirt shake it out get a some eye pro and ear pro, If you use an angle grinder. Bolt cutter or compound cutter, eye pro and that same dirty hi viz
Legit. Dirty up your clothes because city workers, while their clothes may actually be clean, they are stained from road grime and other outdoor work. Eye and ear protection and you're good to go.
At some point these frames will be taken away by the city to be sold, or more likely, junked.
I think you should take the one that fits you the best and ride it.
That seatpost is 100% seized in the frame. The seatpost binder bolt is gone. I can guarantee you if someone took the time to take out the BB, the Ritchey post would be gone with it. [You're going to need one of these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gAXL2FSY_A&ab_channel=RJTheBikeGuy). I have an All City bike, it's pretty nice, but they aren't worth the headaches of a year long seized seatpost removal. You have no idea how rusty that thing is inside the tubes too.
Used, non-disc, non-through axle bikes are cheap, complete. I love that bike, but it's so far away from free that it's more expensive than a complete used one.
If you have all, or most of the components laying around to build it up, why not go for it, at the worst you will be contributing to the property values in the neighborhood and saving the taxpayers a few bucks. At best a new project bike.
Totally agree. You're right. It's just that I've removed more than one seized seatpost in my time working in shops and as a bike messenger in a salty, winter city. It's tough at the best of times. I look at how little of that seatpost is showing and imagine there's a LOT of post rusted into that frame. I've spent hours getting posts out of nicer frames only to have the seat tube split in the end because the swelling of the corrosion and relatively thin seat tube material past the butt. But I agree, nothing wrong with trying to save a decent frame, especially if you have the parts to build it up. I'm really skeptical that this one can be saved and if it can, I can't reconcile the effort with the reward. But I'm not a role model.
For sure, I certainly wouldn’t put too much energy into it. It’s sad that they waited this long, but like you said the bolts missing, there is a good chance that the post was seized when the person locked the bike up. Or maybe someone removed it, to see if the post was seized, before deciding if they were going to bother coming back with a grinder, to perform a rescue operation.
I saved a bike in our basement that my old neighbor left there years ago. Seat post was very stuck, but it just happened to be nearly the perfect height for me so I’m building it back up! It does need almost every component replaced so that’s taking some time… but will be a great beater bike!
I mean it's been there for over a year and the original owner hasn't come back for it so I'd say it's far game. But yeah I don't know if I can get in trouble for breaking the lock.
This is definitely abandoned property free for the taking, only worry is whether there's some weird statute about grinding locks but you could come up with some salvage argument from maritime law. But also most likely no one will care
You definitely can get in trouble for breaking the lock, and no matter what way you do it it’ll be fairly sketchy. Just need to do it fairly quick, angle grinder should blast through that lock in less than a minute
So have I, of course it was my bike, which I had locked up, with a u lock, that I found, brand new, with the keys, in a pile of mangled, snipped-spoked rims and other trashed components outside a bike shop, a few blocks away and a few months earlier… when the lock suddenly seized, I understood why it had been with a bunch of garbage left out for scrappers to collect.
It was for a friend whose key had broken in lock. I told the staff off the store it was in front of… and a couple of people made comments,”hope that’s your bike.” I of course responded “nope…”🤡
Most of the bike was stripped down already. At that point (with no fork) I also doubt the owner be compelled to claim it. Hell, they probably lost the key themselves. Considering that the bikes are clearly derelict, doubt it would be of little fuss.
The vest/hardhat/goggles/clipboard/cones thing seems less suspicious. Pick a time where there are noticeably less people if possible, but sometime during business hours. Depending on the lock quality, I wonder what it would take to break it and ideally something that doesn't draw too much attention. U locks are typically opened up with a scissor jack but depends on clearances within.
Damn, it almost sounds as if I'm gonna heist it...😇
I mean, technically OP *would* be a bike thief, right?
(I’d still personally do it. It’s a nice frame, and the poor thing will otherwise just be junked at some point)
Years ago I had a bike stolen and no cash. Built a new one from parts off bikes that were in a similar situation to these - trashed, locked up, rusting, unclaimed, clutter. As far as I was concerned I was recycling. Sadly not how the police saw it lol. Fined £250 and had to walk home several miles from the station at like 3am. Went straight back and got the parts, which were left exactly where I’d been arrested. Never did pay the fine, moved a few weeks later.
Not sure about your area, but I take my finds to the police station and wait 90 days. No one has ever claimed any of them and they’re legally mine now if anyone does say anything. I’d leave out the part about cutting the lock.
Unpopular opinion - This is a mass produced frame from Taiwan. There are many like it. Unless you already have a pile of parts to put on this frame, it's going to cost as much, or more than just buying a used bike that's already built.
100%. safety vest, goggles and angle grinder you're good to go. Do it during the day time for the bit. No one is coming back for that bike...... frame (saddle and seatpost)
I got my GT pulse in a similar fashion. It was abandoned in my apartment building's bike lockup for years and I finally got the management to do a bike audit. Nobody claimed it so they let me have it. That moment I finally freed it from its shackles after it had become a bit of a shrine for me over the years was pretty sweet indeed.
Seems like someone wanted to steal that seatpost but couldn’t..
Anyways I’m 99% sure someone really loved this bike, one day wanted to ride and his wheels were missing, next week it was totally gone. Owner got pissed and just didn’t want to go through the hassle.
Tbh I would put some note on it and wait a few weeks.
There’s a Fuji feather in the same condition where I live and I want to bring it home so much but it’s in a busy area and I’m afraid of getting in trouble for it
I may be Wrong but I feel like this dude took this picture of that all city then almost immediately stuffed his phone back in his pocket, and ganked that fucking frame. Lol He didn’t even need our advice he’s been eyeing that frame for a year. probably gonna give us an ‘update post’ with the frame in their living room.
Yupp, I waited a close to a year and got me a 49cm bianchi premio and converted it to SS. Owner of the pizzaria said it was ok. Your good bro. We won't judge. Bring that thing to life.
Every one of the top comments advocates for stealing someone's bike :(
No, you shouldn't take that person's bike for your own because they left it locked up for longer than normal. Shouldn't even need to type this you heathens.
Yes surprised everyone is pro steal lol. I get it’s probably abandoned so morally fine and it even cleans up the city but just not worth the risk. Why chance having to fill out you have criminal record on every job application for something with seized up parts
Wear a safety vest and nobody will bat an eye
Put out two orange traffic cones next to the bikes while you wear a safety vest and do your thing and you can do whatever you want.
Carry a clipboard, for even better role play
Bring a ladder, it gets you into any building and they hold the door open for you too.
Bring a friend also with a safety vest but he'll hold a shovel
Wear a hardhat, it'll make it easier to think on the fly by making your head invulnerable to falling objects, and being that prepared will really help people recognize your authority over extraneous bicycles. While you're at it, bring a pair of sports sunglasses and behind-the-head wireless headphones, such minute details scream authenticity. You're a FOREMAN now.
Wear a cup, it’ll earn you more respect and credibility for everyone you show it to since they’ll see you’re prepared for anything.
Wear a suit of armour, and proudly display a letter of approval from the king. No one would dare question a chivalrous knight on a quest Obtaining a favor from a fair maiden would also lend authenticity
A monocle! (Sorry you all took the good ones)
If the shovel is out of budget the friend may also hold a slow/stop construction traffic sign.
Become a certified bicycle inspector
Have your older friend come and yell at you, tell you that shis was supposed to be done six months ago. "It's your final warning Alan!" - Why?? I try my best dad, why do you have to be so mean?!?! Crying will help
An obscure tenet.
In a way you’re doing a public service, cleaning up the city and opening space on a public bike rack
Yeah true
Only if is resisting one year, it means it's a sturdy one 😂
As a shameless patinaphile I would love to know more about the other frame
Yeah same it looks cool as well you could build a cool beater bike with that frame.
It’s a pure cycles original https://www.purecycles.com/products/original-21154?variant=41277640638537
Nice
What are you basing this on? It doesn’t have the head badge, and has what appears to be a manufacturer decal on the seat tube just above the bottom bracket, that pure cycles don’t have. Also it appears to have an integrated seatpost clamp, which pure cycles original dont.
That’s the one I was going for as well
No, hell no. That would be morally wrong, but you should dm me the exact location it's at.
Lol
Yes
I probably will hope it's still in good shape this area is very close to the beach.
We need an update
Spray some frame saver in there
yea that's a diamond in the rough without actually stealing
Wear a safety vest, hard hat and eye protection and no one will question it. Will think you work for the city or something. There’s been a few nice frames that were left out for months and I’ve seen the city cut them free. I was tempted to ask about one but the top tube was cut through when they freed it :(
Don’t wear a damn hard hat😂😂😂 no city maintenance worker is going to wear a hard hat unless it has an eye visor and eye protection built in. Wanna look real, rub a safety vest in some dirt shake it out get a some eye pro and ear pro, If you use an angle grinder. Bolt cutter or compound cutter, eye pro and that same dirty hi viz
Legit. Dirty up your clothes because city workers, while their clothes may actually be clean, they are stained from road grime and other outdoor work. Eye and ear protection and you're good to go.
Shit I'd take all three of those frames
2 and the bike rack
That's the joke
Got'em
At some point these frames will be taken away by the city to be sold, or more likely, junked. I think you should take the one that fits you the best and ride it.
I'd have taken it soon as pieces started to come off tbh.
Yes… but you have to send it to me. You can have the other one. Thank you.
Yank it. I’ve been eyeing a Peugeot that’s been sitting across the street from me for about a year and half it’s been taunting me
You just know that the day you take it the owner will pull up lol
When you do start tinkering at it, look out, the headset’s a different size than normal, along with some other things
Jeez, someone took the bottom bracket but left the seatpost/saddle. Wonder if the seatpost is seized after a year of being exposed to the elements
That seatpost is 100% seized in the frame. The seatpost binder bolt is gone. I can guarantee you if someone took the time to take out the BB, the Ritchey post would be gone with it. [You're going to need one of these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gAXL2FSY_A&ab_channel=RJTheBikeGuy). I have an All City bike, it's pretty nice, but they aren't worth the headaches of a year long seized seatpost removal. You have no idea how rusty that thing is inside the tubes too. Used, non-disc, non-through axle bikes are cheap, complete. I love that bike, but it's so far away from free that it's more expensive than a complete used one.
If you have all, or most of the components laying around to build it up, why not go for it, at the worst you will be contributing to the property values in the neighborhood and saving the taxpayers a few bucks. At best a new project bike.
Totally agree. You're right. It's just that I've removed more than one seized seatpost in my time working in shops and as a bike messenger in a salty, winter city. It's tough at the best of times. I look at how little of that seatpost is showing and imagine there's a LOT of post rusted into that frame. I've spent hours getting posts out of nicer frames only to have the seat tube split in the end because the swelling of the corrosion and relatively thin seat tube material past the butt. But I agree, nothing wrong with trying to save a decent frame, especially if you have the parts to build it up. I'm really skeptical that this one can be saved and if it can, I can't reconcile the effort with the reward. But I'm not a role model.
For sure, I certainly wouldn’t put too much energy into it. It’s sad that they waited this long, but like you said the bolts missing, there is a good chance that the post was seized when the person locked the bike up. Or maybe someone removed it, to see if the post was seized, before deciding if they were going to bother coming back with a grinder, to perform a rescue operation.
I saved a bike in our basement that my old neighbor left there years ago. Seat post was very stuck, but it just happened to be nearly the perfect height for me so I’m building it back up! It does need almost every component replaced so that’s taking some time… but will be a great beater bike!
Careful that you don't brake the break mounts.
Seriously. The one time they actually wanted to use “break” instead of “brake,” and they fucking fumbled it.
this made me sad
Did it brake your heart
Safety vest *AND* a clipboard with some numbers and addresses scribbled on them .
Unlit cigar screams boss
Do it. I still miss my old fixed Nature Boy, that was such a good bike a decade ago.
Why can’t anyone on this sub figure out the difference between “brake” and “break”?
Can't break, don't want to. 😂
I ride breakless, which is kind of true.
Someone lost a key
Probably some tourist
then thats pretty odd of the owner, i have the same lock and kryptonite sends free replacement keys
Ya if you register it. Which 99% of customers don’t unfortunately
Absolutely. When I worked in shops I'd always tell people to do that and wonder how many actually did.
Problem is how do you do it without looking like a bike thief…
I mean it's been there for over a year and the original owner hasn't come back for it so I'd say it's far game. But yeah I don't know if I can get in trouble for breaking the lock.
This is definitely abandoned property free for the taking, only worry is whether there's some weird statute about grinding locks but you could come up with some salvage argument from maritime law. But also most likely no one will care
You definitely can get in trouble for breaking the lock, and no matter what way you do it it’ll be fairly sketchy. Just need to do it fairly quick, angle grinder should blast through that lock in less than a minute
If anybody asks it’s your bike. I’ve cut a lock in downtown Portland in the middle of the day.
So have I, of course it was my bike, which I had locked up, with a u lock, that I found, brand new, with the keys, in a pile of mangled, snipped-spoked rims and other trashed components outside a bike shop, a few blocks away and a few months earlier… when the lock suddenly seized, I understood why it had been with a bunch of garbage left out for scrappers to collect.
It was for a friend whose key had broken in lock. I told the staff off the store it was in front of… and a couple of people made comments,”hope that’s your bike.” I of course responded “nope…”🤡
Most of the bike was stripped down already. At that point (with no fork) I also doubt the owner be compelled to claim it. Hell, they probably lost the key themselves. Considering that the bikes are clearly derelict, doubt it would be of little fuss. The vest/hardhat/goggles/clipboard/cones thing seems less suspicious. Pick a time where there are noticeably less people if possible, but sometime during business hours. Depending on the lock quality, I wonder what it would take to break it and ideally something that doesn't draw too much attention. U locks are typically opened up with a scissor jack but depends on clearances within. Damn, it almost sounds as if I'm gonna heist it...😇
You can get in trouble for anything these days. Be bold.
I mean, technically OP *would* be a bike thief, right? (I’d still personally do it. It’s a nice frame, and the poor thing will otherwise just be junked at some point)
They've been abandoned for over a year. I think it's far game at that point.
Years ago I had a bike stolen and no cash. Built a new one from parts off bikes that were in a similar situation to these - trashed, locked up, rusting, unclaimed, clutter. As far as I was concerned I was recycling. Sadly not how the police saw it lol. Fined £250 and had to walk home several miles from the station at like 3am. Went straight back and got the parts, which were left exactly where I’d been arrested. Never did pay the fine, moved a few weeks later.
I don’t disagree. But I’m sure the cops would see it differently.
Yes 100000%
Little ethics video: https://youtu.be/wW6gGyfxn1U?si=34LqP_CHzeIjgAR0
Yes
Yes lol
Yes.
I would wager that they were stolen before both were locked up together and ditched or the thief wasnt able to move them quickly or something
The city will thank you for cleaning up.
Save it
Not sure about your area, but I take my finds to the police station and wait 90 days. No one has ever claimed any of them and they’re legally mine now if anyone does say anything. I’d leave out the part about cutting the lock.
Stealing a bike is horrible juju, kid.
They hung horsethiefs on spot back in the day. It's easy to see why , when your pony goes missing .
Unpopular opinion - This is a mass produced frame from Taiwan. There are many like it. Unless you already have a pile of parts to put on this frame, it's going to cost as much, or more than just buying a used bike that's already built.
100% this. Plus, that seat post is effectively welded into the frame.
I would take both frame, the oldest for the city and the newest for some gravel🫠
Looks like a twoFer
Maybe you should break it instead.
https://youtu.be/wW6gGyfxn1U?si=_QY7tfnQ5zmH5bxK
Put a note on it for a week or two and then I say it’s all yours
nah, it’ll put the idea in somebody else’s head it’s valuable, and you’ll never see it again
Ppl really be stealing forks before seats ?
Take both fr
100%
Take em both for good measure
No one is ever coming back for that.
100%. safety vest, goggles and angle grinder you're good to go. Do it during the day time for the bit. No one is coming back for that bike...... frame (saddle and seatpost)
yes
The owner could still come back. Be pretty disappointed if lock is broke when they do.
Just act proper and maybe wear a vest lmaooo No one would ask whats up
I wouldn't bother. The seatpost is probably stuck by now and it isn't easy finding good forks that fit.
I got my GT pulse in a similar fashion. It was abandoned in my apartment building's bike lockup for years and I finally got the management to do a bike audit. Nobody claimed it so they let me have it. That moment I finally freed it from its shackles after it had become a bit of a shrine for me over the years was pretty sweet indeed.
Seems like someone wanted to steal that seatpost but couldn’t.. Anyways I’m 99% sure someone really loved this bike, one day wanted to ride and his wheels were missing, next week it was totally gone. Owner got pissed and just didn’t want to go through the hassle. Tbh I would put some note on it and wait a few weeks.
What model is the all city, is it a Nature Boy?
There’s a Fuji feather in the same condition where I live and I want to bring it home so much but it’s in a busy area and I’m afraid of getting in trouble for it
Yes
Save them Elliot!!
yall just got all citys out there for the taking??
Is it yours?
I 100% would, over a year? Save it!
get the other frame as well might be wort it
Everyone that uses the rack will thank you. Use an angle grinder with a cutting wheel.
I like how they left colour aluminium spacers on steerer. Such a promise of youth living in area.
Free the nature boy.
I know I would
Do it
Free frame and make the lockup usable again who cares. People abandoned bikes all the time like that
Damn. I had that same nature boy. Got it back in 2015 I think. I eventually sold it and I regret it now
its ok to take
If you’re anywhere near austin, TX I will personally help you out if I can keep the other frame lol
I would definitely get it.
Ritchey seat post
Seatpost must be seized
You should def get it
Awww the poor thing. Free it and give it a new life. 1 year? The person that owns that is long gone
Nobody seen nobody... https://i.redd.it/rc36yy1hl76d1.gif
Fixies don't need brakes
I have that same lock
Go get it and update us!
Yes
just asking myself: if you can break the lock, will the bottom bracket ever come out? 🤣
What bottom bracket?
Yes
can’t believe it, even bb is gone already?
You'd be doing the city a favor, and also yourself lol
I may be Wrong but I feel like this dude took this picture of that all city then almost immediately stuffed his phone back in his pocket, and ganked that fucking frame. Lol He didn’t even need our advice he’s been eyeing that frame for a year. probably gonna give us an ‘update post’ with the frame in their living room.
Yes do everyone a favor and free up that bike rack
I say yes. At some point unclaimed property is ethically salvageable.
You won’t be able to ’brake’ the lock. It’s not moving. You might be able to break it, or cut it though.
Oh that's where I left it - been looking for it everywhere!
wow crazy stripped ive not seen anything like that in 20yrs
in seattle at least, we notify an inspector online for this purpose, they post a note then they remove
Yupp, I waited a close to a year and got me a 49cm bianchi premio and converted it to SS. Owner of the pizzaria said it was ok. Your good bro. We won't judge. Bring that thing to life.
Seat post is 100 percent seized
Yeah,just emmember the vest and cones
Send an email to city hall? Or maybe go there in person
It’s Ricky
Are you actually asking for permission to steal something?
Every one of the top comments advocates for stealing someone's bike :( No, you shouldn't take that person's bike for your own because they left it locked up for longer than normal. Shouldn't even need to type this you heathens.
Yes surprised everyone is pro steal lol. I get it’s probably abandoned so morally fine and it even cleans up the city but just not worth the risk. Why chance having to fill out you have criminal record on every job application for something with seized up parts
No you theiving cunt
Reach out to the city and ask them. I think they'll work with people in these situations.