Abandoned bikes

Went down today out of curiosity, I live nearby.

Couldn't see anything but that dent and damage to paintwork, no evidence of a crash which was my first thought re abandonment.

Guessing realistically if it was salvaged at this point you'd be looking at frame, headset shell, cranks/chainring, seat/seatpost.
Maybe the wheels with a rebuild, would not trust those spoke or nipples. New bearings and nuts for the hubs, new tape and tubs.

The stem wedge is probably rusted solid inside the metal fork. Structurally I wouldn't go near that or the handlebars which are pitted.

Chain was so rusted I couldn't make out the brand, be surprised if the bb turned.

Quality summer build once upon a time, upsetting to see it languishing between Halfords and Decathalon bikes.

Took a bunch of photos to sate appetites on here but nothing that could give away location.

Not advocating people get down there with the angle-grinder or crank extractor but the owner should reclaim or release it. Only housing spiders currently.

Good work! It really needs some love

Wich is strange is that i'm pretty sure having seen the ebay one already more than one month ago on ebay...

DM the location, will reward you haha!

someone set up a pedalroom page for it

Quality summer build once upon a time, upsetting to see it languishing between Halfords and Decathalon bikes.

Oh, it made me sad reading this! Ride your nice bikes, people!

Or at least keep them inside, if you are cold they are cold etc...

Been more than 12 hours without some kinda update or extra krypto lock on the frame. You lot slacking, or taking the weekend off?

Don't worry, I just came past it coming into my house. The latest development is a zip tie on the top tube...

Does that mean its up for removal?

I’m in London on Friday, maybe I can pilgrimage and put a lock on it?

The pedalroom page lists the user (Bronzit) location as Portland, OR. There are comments from another user (in Portland, OR) saying they should meet up for a ride.

The pedalroom page states “As of almost 2 years ago, Bronzit has indicated that they no longer own this bike.”

So the bike was sold complete around 2 years ago to the current owner in the U.K. or someone moved to the U.K. from the US?

The pedalroom photos match the photos of the bikes current setup. (Bar tape a different colour and stem raised). Indicating it was sold complete.

Owner stores it there because of no space in their flat. Somebody tracked down the owner the other year when this started popping up and for a while the bike was still moving and being used, however the owner has since deleted their facebook account that they were contacted through.
There was a different eBay ad recently for the bike as full build but using pictures from it has just been serviced.

Yeah, read back a few pages :D

If someone sells the bike through EBay on the strength of those old PR photos, item not as described.

Hah yeah it’s totally fucked now.

If it was a car the authority would have taken it away and disposed of it.

I’m not sure that I’m satisfied with this conclusion

There is a green Pashley cargo bike locked opposite my office, next to the Sainsbury's opposite Leather Lane in Holborn. Think it is a Pronto, it has a sandwich board (blank) on the back of it.

I've been working here 3 months now and I haven't seen it move in that entire time

As mentioned up thread, I don't know the owner. The bike came up on a facebook page and someone on here knew the owner.

@yokes I'm not in contact with the owner. But has been mentioned up thread.

The two people on here that knew the owner did so only in a loose social way.
Both can't remember the guys name only that he lived close by and due to space issues had been storing the bike there.

Either he has died, is in a coma, moved away or is too ashamed to go collect the bike which is now nothing more than an aesthetically pleasing junk-heap.

For me it is now a place of pilgrimage.

Yeah, will organise a social ride there in summer...

We could hold a wake

we could all pilgrimage with a lock to leave

I know there are a few blocks of flats in Glasgow with underground carparks that have cars in them thick with dust, tyres flat, moss growing on them etc.

Owners have moved abroad and been unable/unwilling to offload the vehicle before going or in the case of one trendy block which was known to be a popular place of residence for drug dealer types and the carpark for which holds many languishing dusty pimped up beemers and the like, are spending time at Her Majesty's pleasure.

Does the location of the bike offer any clues, is it near a lot of student accommodation?

+1000 !