Why so stupid

[Crazy Fred]

I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.

 

[JD]

On Mar 11, 9:46 am, "Crazy Fred" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.


Great post Fred! Free is good...

JD

 

[pauly]

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:46:45 -0700, Crazy Fred wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):

> I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.
>

a little knowledge and a few spare parts go along way

Pauly

 

[Crazy Fred]

On Mar 11, 2:59 pm, "JD" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 11, 9:46 am, "Crazy Fred" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> > againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> > and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> > it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> > pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> > lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> > emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> > lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> > wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> > problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> > brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> > derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> > Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> > a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> > I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> > wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> > to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> > test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> > owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.
>
> Great post Fred! Free is good...
>
> JD- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I couldn't stop working on it, changed that gear cable to a brake
cable. And routed the rear derailleur cable and thinking about pulling
out the rear XT derailleur from the spare parts box. Did some more
like putting shifters,levers,and bars in their right places. Free is
good but some people have to work at being stupid or their born that
way. Tires are in really fine shape and need of air. Rims are
true,cassette,hub free body,are all fine and greased now. Checked out
hubs okay. This fined would hit the landfill no time soon.

 

[troutish]

"Crazy Fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.
>

90% (or better) of the population judge the condition of a bike by how much
air is in the wheels. As in, "That they-are used to be a right fancy bike,
but its been jus a sittin around fer a cupla years now with no air in tha
wheels. BUUHUUUHP! Garsh!"

 

[David W]

"Crazy Fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.
>

words to live by: " ya can't cure stupid"

Good job with the bike....but maybe you're spelling can get tossed by a
dumpster and fixed next time...

just a thought...

 

[Paul Boyd]

David W said the following on 12/03/2007 12:23:

> Good job with the bike....but maybe you're spelling can get tossed by a
> dumpster and fixed next time...

That should be "your spelling"

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

 

[David W]

I know, I through that in there for someone else...meaning it didn't mean
much...

"Paul Boyd" <usenet.dont.work@plusnet> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> David W said the following on 12/03/2007 12:23:
>
>> Good job with the bike....but maybe you're spelling can get tossed by a
>> dumpster and fixed next time...
>
> That should be "your spelling"
>
> --
> Paul Boyd
> http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

 

[Paul Boyd]

On 12/03/2007 16:20, David W said,
> I know, I through that in there for someone else...meaning it didn't mean
> much...

That should be - oh, never mind - you know

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

 

[BB]

On 11 Mar 2007 10:46:45 -0700, Crazy Fred wrote:
> Up againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past.

Nice!

When I was in college, I was working my way through school and didn't have
lots of money for gifts. I found a ten-speed (that's all there was in the
'70s), and was able to get it in good working condition for about $10 plus
a lot of parts from the junk bin at the LBS. So I gave her a bike for $10!

--
-BB-
To e-mail me, unmunge my address

 

[Scott Gordo]

On Mar 11, 1:46 pm, "Crazy Fred" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.

Nice find! I've probably 'saved' 100 bikes from dumpsters by now.
Usually, 4 cannibalized trash bikes will let me put together one
freebie. The remaining carcasses and bits are swept off to
recycleabicycle.com.

There's also a few weekends in the spring where I'll tour the burbs
during Spring Cleaning month. As another poster said, it's amazing how
people throw out a bike because of a flat tire. They're usually old,
barely used Schwinn 10speeds or clunky 3speeds, which are just the
thing for NYC. Patch the tubes, give the chains a bit of lube, put 'em
on craigslist, and by the year's end I've made enough for any new
parts/shorts/whatever I've purchased for my 'good' bikes. It's nice
running into them, too.

/s

 

[troutish]

"Scott Gordo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mar 11, 1:46 pm, "Crazy Fred" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm walking during day light to the apartment which is rare. Up
> > againest the dumpster is a Specialized Rockhopper HT 03 is the year
> > and I've seen that bike in action so many times in the past. So I look
> > it up and down I can fix it. Needs a derailleur and hang-er. So I
> > pick it up and head for home and my shop (spare room). Its really
> > lite. I get on line to locate a derailleur hanger and send out a few
> > emails to LBS for the same reason. The LBS come up 0. I find one for
> > lest then ten bucks plus shiping comes to less then 15 bucks. While I
> > wait for the part I'll go deep into this new find. Big ring is bent no
> > problem fixed. Front QR spings are in the wrong place. Okay no rear V
> > brake pads got them too. No cable anker bolt got spares. No front
> > derailleur L&H screws got them also. Got a spare rear derailleur too.
> > Now I go to ajust rear brake and find I can't thats no brake cable but
> > a gear cable. Well I got the right cable in my bag of tricks too. But
> > I better just wait till the hanger comes in then I can install it,rear
> > wheel,rear derailleur,and brake cable and make all ajustment I need
> > to. I'll run out to get some touch up paint today. By weeks end I'll
> > test ride it or I can sell it back to the stupid mother F er that
> > owned it. At lest he won't get killed or hurt on it.
>
> Nice find! I've probably 'saved' 100 bikes from dumpsters by now.
> Usually, 4 cannibalized trash bikes will let me put together one
> freebie. The remaining carcasses and bits are swept off to
> recycleabicycle.com.
>
> There's also a few weekends in the spring where I'll tour the burbs
> during Spring Cleaning month. As another poster said, it's amazing how
> people throw out a bike because of a flat tire. They're usually old,
> barely used Schwinn 10speeds or clunky 3speeds, which are just the
> thing for NYC. Patch the tubes, give the chains a bit of lube, put 'em
> on craigslist, and by the year's end I've made enough for any new
> parts/shorts/whatever I've purchased for my 'good' bikes. It's nice
> running into them, too.
>
> /s
>

How do you find out when certain communities are having their "clean-up"
days? I have been wondering this for a while now.

 

[troutish]

> There's also a few weekends in the spring where I'll tour the burbs
> during Spring Cleaning month.
>

Anyone know how to find out when they're having these "clean-up days"? I
have been wondering this for a while now.