Recycling bikes

"hippy" wrote in message
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Resound wrote:
You wouldn't want them made into bike frames again. Some things, such as
car
wheels and, I'm guessing, bike frames, want the virgin stuff.

Why? Can't they just melt it all down and recover the metals needed?

hippy

Apparently it doesn't work that way, although I'm not a metallurgist, so I
don't know why. I do know that there's a regulation that states that car
mags have to be made from virgin metal and that there are dodgy knock off
imports that are made of recycled stuff that have a habit of failing fairly
spectacularly. Given how thin the walls on frame tubing are, I'd want the
good stuff.

Peter Signorini Wrote:


What do bike shops and cyclists do with their broken alloy frames?

Cheers
Peter

Depends how broken. 'Get it repaired.
(http://www.gripsport.com.au/main.php)

'These guys might put them to good use.
(http://www.resourcerevival.com/

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