Abandoned bikes in shared bike lockers

[staceysue]

Hey - if anybody finds any good abandoned road bikes, I'll take one for my son!

[Eden]

Parking space isn't so much an issue where I work - we have several bike lockers and a few more racks, so unless there is construction and the bikes have to be moved, I don't think anyone has been fretting too much over abandoned ones...

Lockers in the locker room OTOH are in rather short supply. People do get evicted from there. Every once in a while an email notice goes out to confirm that you are using the locker or turn in the key. If you don't confirm, your stuff gets put in a plastic bag and put out....

One way I heard about to tell if someone is using a bike and just hasn't got back to you (if you've put up a notice) is to put a sticker over the keyhole of the lock. If the sticker is broken or removed you know someone has unlocked the bike (or at least paid some attention to it)

[Biciclista]

a young coworker had this in his apartment complex. People move and leave their bikes behind. The management decided to get rid of the unclaimed bikes and he got a beautiful like new 20-25 year old road bike for $50. the stubbies were still on the tires. At my husband's office building, the bikes left behind were garbage.

[pfunk12]

When I go in the bike storage unit behind my condo, I think about the women on TE who would drool over some of the bikes. It's sad because I'm sure someone out there would use them and take care of them.

[sgtiger]

I'm amazed at all the abandoned bikes that get auctioned off at the UW garage sale every year. Most of them are junkers, but some of them are actually decent bikes. I've know a couple of people who were lucky enough to get a good deal on one.