Things you have found whilst cycling

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I found an £1800 bike in the river behind my house. I've been riding it for two years.

Thats impressive. I found my bike dumped outside a car boot field with a load of bric a brac.
 

Christopher

Über Member
A neoprene zip-up bottle holder. It's just the right size to store my main bike light & the soft material protects the lens.

Three mobile phones, two of which were in pieces after being run over. The third I took into the nick & left it there. Oh I have seen (and left) various items of underwear, usually ladies', of a Monday morning.

And the usual jazz mags and junk. Only notable thing there was a copy of Skin Two magazine in a lane near Bangor. It made my eyes water, particulary the bloke with the hooks... also how can anyone like wearing rubber? I sometimes wear wetsuits for caving or diving and they're horrible to wear...
 

Christopher

Über Member
A Schwalbe Ultimo road tyre on waste ground was a good find - all it needed was a bit of glue to seal a tiny hole in the sidewall. It's a good tyre that.

and in total at least 8 cycle tubes of various sizes - record is three MTB tubes in different locations on one ride. Have three times picked up MTB tubes that have been punctured and then deliberately left very obviously on a tree or gate. Is this some sort of ritual mountain-bikers have? Or are they just lazy?
 

Cyclopathic

Veteran
Location
Leicester.
Dirt, Horse manure, stones, mud, horse manure, loose wheat, huge pieces of farming equipment and horse manure.

is about what i find :biggrin:


I'm with you. I am amazed and envious of some of the fantastic finds of some people here.

I did find some chewing gum once, but the flavour had long gone.:sad:
 

Cyclopathic

Veteran
Location
Leicester.
Dirt, Horse manure, stones, mud, horse manure, loose wheat, huge pieces of farming equipment and horse manure.

is about what i find :biggrin:


I'm with you. I am amazed and envious of some of the fantastic finds of some people here.

I did find some chewing gum once, but the flavour had long gone.:sad:
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
I quite often see money in the road 2 , 5 , 10 pence coins. I stopped and went back to pick up a 50p recently only to find it was actually a 10p.
I think 50p is my minimum value for stopping.

Yes, cycling I don't think I'd stop for less than 20p. Walking, I'll pick up a penny. They all add up!
 

Melonfish

Evil Genius in training.
Location
Warrington, UK
I've come across plenty of road kill in my time, I've never been inclined to scrape it up though :rolleyes:

entirely depends on how it was killed. if squished under a wheel or been there for days clearly not a good prospect.
however if just knocked over or found on a frosty morning after being hit by a car then its free protein! :biggrin:

interestingly the law says you cannot keep what you kill as that would be illegal, but you can keep what others have killed and left.
odd but true.
 
Yes, cycling I don't think I'd stop for less than 20p. Walking, I'll pick up a penny. They all add up!
I used to have to walk past a petrol station on my way to the railway station and on 3 separate occasions i found 1 x £20 note and 2 x £10 notes that people had tossed out of their car windows screwed up in a receipt as rubbish. Always worth keeping your eyes peeled near pertrol stations.
 

Oldbloke

Guru
Location
Mayenne, France
A neighbour propped up at 45 degrees in a deep ditch, completely rat-arsed &

a very large deer landing in front of me after clearing a hedge as I hurtled down a steep hill, don't know who was most shocked
 
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