Found this strange handlebar lying in the grass next to a completely beat up bike frame that must’ve been lying there for ages. It‘s wiiiiiide.
Any interesting things you guys found recently while out and about? Could be bike parts, gadgets, trinkets or whatever! 🙂
by Chaschperli
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Complete socket set.
I usually have a bag on my backrack or am wearing a backsack so I pick up all sorts of freebies off the side of the road. Recently I’ve scored some nice cups and mugs, a jigsaw, some screwdrivers, wrenches, other hand tools, I even rode home with a barstool across my handlebars a few months ago
I found several pairs of Oakley ski goggles littered on the highway that fell off of a distribution truck. Most were broken from impact, but salvaged a few complete pairs.
Other ppl’s supply (inner tyres, complete with the 15mm wrench and others) poor lad.
$212 blowing around in the breeze.
A full binder of high end magic the gathering cards in a bush I was taking a break on the path
I put it back.
it’s not just a boulder, it’s a rock! oh the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!
Wallet with $200 cash, felt good to get it back to the owner.
A Milwaukee ratchet tool with enclosed bits in the handle last month. Screwdrivers and box wrenches fairly often
A couple of years ago I found a cordless Dremel that I still use
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A friend of mine found a [Benchmade Crooked River](https://www.benchmade.com/products/15080-2) that he took home and restored. I think he wins
A few weeks ago I found a white Xbox 360 Gibson Explorer style guitar hero controller in great condition with original sticker sheet in the street, not even on the sidewalk, on a bridge downtown. I was and am so confused. Still need to sell that thing.
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Glad you found an actual handlebar. I had my hopes up when I saw this bar exactly to my favourite kind of curve, turns out it’s just plastic tubing.
Looks like a wald 898!
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Predator`s leftovers.
I found a wallet. The guy who I have it back to me sent me a $200 gift certificate for sushi.
Found an old fillet brazed Schwinn Sport Tourer that someone had left out on the bike path. I guess they tried to pump the dry-rotted tires and ride away with the rusted solid chain but just abandoned it once they got a flat.
Stripped it down and keeping it for a fixed gear build in the future.
So many cell phones
I was out riding one night and my front light was running out of battery when I came across a fully charged light on the ground, same brand but newer, that fit in my light mount.
So much. A functional film camera, multiple wallets, checkbooks, drivers licenses.
Found these leaned against a trash can
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About 1000 Bungie cords and a really sweet Gerber river knife.
Cat food and a few wooden picture frame. Came up that day!
8 or 9 dumped bike wrecks in total, all separate occasions. When they are clearly dumped unwanted wrecks, I take them home to salvage for parts or to fix up. I have plenty of stories about these bikes if anyone cares! (I’m basically like an old man who loves to share fun stories)
A second one of my favourite handlebars
A third one of those exact handlebars (basic swept back raw shiny aluminium city bike handlebars, common on older city bikes but super comfy)
A phone mount
A 650B rear wheel
A working powerbank
A baby grand piano. I raced home, borrowed a trailer and picked it. The wood was in bad shape but the cast iron harp and strings were all intact so I made a sculpture out of it those parts. It went to a public art loan program for two years and then I sold it to a collector after.
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A lot of tools like a pry bar, 1m aluminum ruler, multiple screwdriver, alan wrench set,
Also a kitchen knife 30cm and 2 wallets on seperate occasions with all documents inside one with 500+EUR – both returned to the owners.
Naked woman on a motorbike once. Or a Leatherman tool on another ride.
Pliers, screwdrivers, sockets (10mm, iykyk), toy handcuffs.
I found a bike tail light on the overseas highway by Stock Island. It was working and I continued to use it for the next year
i wonder what bars are these?
I found a wallet on campus with a drivers license and a fake ID. I tried to contact the guy but never heard back and his real 21st bday was like a week later, no cash, no debit card. Honestly was probably a dumped stolen wallet now that I think of it
Found a quarter inch ratchet and a 6mm socket and a couple of metric hex keys. A bike repair kit for free!
Killer rock!
I found a fancy metal box about 8X4 filled with meth, needles and Q-tips. Called the sheriffs office to dispose of it.
Just this morning I found a crank brothers multi tool, the nice one with the chain breaker. I was just thinking yesterday how dumb it was that I carry a spare master link and no chain breaker! I found my favorite bike light too while riding. The silicone strap was broken, but I wrote to the manufacturer to buy a new one and they sent me one for free. (NiteRider)
When I was a courier, I’d find all kinds of stuff in the downtown core. I’ve found pocket knives, money, tools, drugs. It’s wild the things either just forget, or discard. Ground scores are one of the little things that make biking rad.