Wrenchin'

I had the chance to volunteer at the Community Cycling Center this week and wrench on some old donated bikes for a couple of hours. We were trying to salvage parts from some junkers that had been donated.

The CCC partners with REI to collect donated bikes, refurbish them and then sell them in their shop or give them away to folks in the community through their many different programs. We were going through the worst of those donations and saving what we wanted (usually just reflectors and handle bars), recycling what we could (tubes and chains) and scrapping the rest.

A good night of demolition is always good for the soul.

Here's me about to cut the lock off a bike we were stripping for scrap metal.Me heaving a frame into the scrap metal bin.