Abandoned bikes in need of Rescue?

Hey any body know of any abandoned bikes in need of rescue preferably with most of their parts still on them. I am starting a collection of old bikes for a future endeavor. Obviously I am not interested in bikes that are being ridden even occasionally, only bikes that have been left for months, years, or decades to rust.
 





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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on October 11, 2010 at 7:35pm
"Rescue" = stealing.
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on October 12, 2010 at 12:06am
Bingo!

Abandoned or not they are still not yours.



Steven Vance said:
"Rescue" = stealing.
Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on October 12, 2010 at 2:55am
Cry me a river ladies. If it's been there for months and it's rusted it's abandoned. You love to flaunt around faulty morality. Use of public space to park a bike is a priviledge, leaving the bike locked for months and not retrieving it makes it abandoned by public consensus and by law (I don't remember the exact criteria to be met).

If it's in someone's garage for a decade it's still property, if it's locked on the street for a decade, it's clutter.
Permalink Reply by Davo on October 12, 2010 at 4:16am
Its been a while, but there might be one at the Addison brown line stop.
I moved away from there around may, but b4 that, this bike was locked up for a good 6 months.
This was definatly abandond because it was allowd to deteriate over the winter leaving a nice rust spot where it lay. It also had one of those stickers that (I think) means its been there for too long and some one from the city has to come and remove it.
Permalink Reply by Sean W. on October 12, 2010 at 5:22am
Not to rain on your parade, but there's a process in the city to handle abandoned bikes. Call 311 to initially report it, and then City workers will come by and tag the bike with a weatherproof yellow tag to note that it's being considered abandoned and will be removed by such-and-such date. If it's still there after the date, City workers then come to legally remove it and drop it off at a not-for-profit operation like Working Bikes. WB will salvage anything that still has value.
Permalink Reply by Bicycle Poet on October 12, 2010 at 5:23am
Well put, Cezar!

Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:
Cry me a river ladies. If it's been there for months and it's rusted it's abandoned. You love to flaunt around faulty morality. Use of public space to park a bike is a priviledge, leaving the bike locked for months and not retrieving it makes it abandoned by public consensus and by law (I don't remember the exact criteria to be met).

If it's in someone's garage for a decade it's still property, if it's locked on the street for a decade, it's clutter.
Permalink Reply by Dr. Doom on October 12, 2010 at 5:28am
There are usually a bunch of stickered bikes in Hyde Park over at the shopping plaza on Kimbark, on the stretch of 57th between the Metra and Woodlawn, and in front of the Regenstein Library and the Reynolds Club. Not entirely sure it would be a good idea to wander around the neighborhood with a giant pair of bolt cutters "liberating" them, but you might get somewhere with the UCPD if you explained that you'd like to get stickered bikes off university property for a project you're working on.
Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on October 12, 2010 at 6:11am
Also see http://bedno.com/llbb (Lonely Locked Bits of Bikes)
And http://www.thechainlink.org/group/cannibals

There's often one or more at almost every train stop (RTA+Metra). Also many bear a Working Bikes sticker, which may mean they've been through a prior reclamation cycle :)
Oh so tempting though saving a few bucks in parts is, the legal risk is non-zero. But I've heard some talk a really good game about rescuing orphans being a duty of sorts.
Permalink Reply by Robot Gabe on October 12, 2010 at 7:04am
Halsted and Monroe near the walgreens. Been there for over a year. Poor thing is down to a frame and one wheel.
Permalink Reply by Patrick M on October 12, 2010 at 11:05am
sticker-ed by the city?

Dr. Doom said:
There are usually a bunch of stickered bikes in Hyde Park over at the shopping plaza on Kimbark, on the stretch of 57th between the Metra and Woodlawn, and in front of the Regenstein Library and the Reynolds Club. Not entirely sure it would be a good idea to wander around the neighborhood with a giant pair of bolt cutters "liberating" them, but you might get somewhere with the UCPD if you explained that you'd like to get stickered bikes off university property for a project you're working on.
Permalink Reply by Dr. Doom on October 12, 2010 at 11:38am
Yeah, stickered by the city. These bikes tend not to get removed despite the notices claiming that the locks will be clipped in seven days if they're not moved; no idea what the UCPD position on them is, but hard to believe they view them as anything but an annoyance.
Permalink Reply by Benjamin Johnson on July 15, 2011 at 5:56am
thanks for the info here, there's a really nice gitane, big frame, from the 70's abandoned at kosciuszko park that i'm trying the 311 route on... we shall see.

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