what to do with an old bike - cracked frame

[badgercat]

You aren't gonna believe this but I have 2 friends that deliver for brown and drag home all kinds of bikes they find in dumpsters--nice ones. I would break the frame first like Oak said so no one will get hurt but if anyone is dumpster diving, I'm sure it will get put to good use. I know you don't want to do that but putting it in the dumpster doesn't necessarily mean it will get trashed--it might get recycled.

I rescued a bent-in-half bike from the curb on garbage day once! It looked like it had been backed into in a garage maybe. Late 80's Miyata road bike with all Shimano 105... the front wheel has done nicely on my BF's fixie.

I agree a bike co-op would probably be the best place to send it, but if you can't find someone to take it and put it out on the curb, I also agree it may not end up going to waste.

[lunacycles]

Iron Horses cracked a lot. A head tube crack is not that common and very dangerous. I agree, only throw it in the dumpster/leave on the curb when you've really broken it, and it's obvious to whomever may find it. Hacksaws are good for this.

[zoom-zoom]

Hubby has an ancient Viner...his first road bike. It has a cracked frame. We have talked about mounting it onto some sort of board covered with some sort of graphics (perhaps letting our 9 year old go nuts with some paint) and turning it into a large piece of multi-media wall art.