A certain someone dumped a $350 sprocket into the school dumpsters during the last week of the build season. Luckily, a mentor helped me jump in and dig around until we finally found it!
I have to admit, among the countless things FIRST has taught me, dumpster diving might just turn out to be the most practical
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
when I was a teenager I road my bike around several blocks in my neighborhood, looking for bicycle parts. I built 3 or 4 complete bikes out of parts that people tossed by the curb. I might end up buying a seat or pedals or tires here and there, but I had a pretty good collection of bike parts by the time I was 14 or so.
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My brother did this for the past year in Madison, WI. While he was training for the Chicago marathon, he would take long runs all around the city and see bikes in various stages of (dis)repair chained up or abandoned in front of buildings. His rule of thumb was that if a bike was left out for more than one week in the same location, it was his to take (the city claims them after 10 days).