[HardtailHack]

You got anything that is well and truly past its use by date but you keep it because it was so awesome?
I bought this jacket in 2001 and I just can't bring myself to dispose of it.
It was the first proper WP jacket I'd bought and I didn't realise how awesome it was until I tried to find a replacement a few years later.

Dropped tail, pit zips, two way hood adjust at the back, pre bent sleeves, elastic and velcro cuffs means you don't have to adjust the cuff every time you check the time and no crap gets in.

The two of us spent many rainy days out in the bush digging trails, good times.

 

[jimmydean]

Have you seen my garage?

I've actually been going through it every so often. I have gotten very "old man" in my old age. I swear I'm going to use it or finish it eventually and yet, here we are. I have a big box of VHS tapes (skate and snowboard videos mostly) I swear I'm going to convert to digital media. I have moved that box to 3 different houses in 12 years unopened.

 

[CBJ]

The wife

 

[Full Trucker]

I’ve got this old vest with a wind proof front and vented back that I still wear all the time. It’s ugly as heck, super dated looking, and has this Velcro on it that sticks to everything when it goes through the wash. I should find a replacement for it, the thing is like 25+ years old.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Land line phones, sitting in a pile for discarding.

 

[eric strt6]

1950s BSA 3 speed with drop bars and Reynolds 531 frame that's too small for me to ride

 

[jstuhlman]

-my cracked nomad frame.
-a 36 i should sell but keep on hand as a backup.
-a bunch of dishes and silver from my wife's family that i'm too lazy to take to a consignment shop
-i still wear my north face shell from 1997. it's still great.

 

[dump]

Have you seen my garage?

Same. Tools and bike stuff I don’t go through and filter like the rest of the house. All this 26” stuff hanging around.

 

[canadmos]

I have a bunch of cracked frames now. One day I'll have a place to hang them on a wall. I'd feel bad about paying to take them to the local trash dump - can they even be recycled here?

Between moving around and whatnot, I don't own a ton of stuff. I guess I've learned to purge what I don't need or use anymore. But I do have a lot of clothes sitting in drawers that I just don't wear or don't fit anymore - I need to get off my arse and sling them into the local shelter donation bin.

I'm now proud to admit that I toss socks and boxers the moment they start developing a hole. I am no longer on the swiss cheese boxer train program.

 

[SkaredShtles]

-i still wear my north face shell from 1997. it's still great.

Mt Light? I still have mine that is 1995-ish vintage. Also have a TNF Denali fleece from the same time frame that has seen better days but is still functional.

I'd feel bad about paying to take them to the local trash dump - can they even be recycled here?

if they are aluminium they should take them. I recycled my wife's old Trek alu frame.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Mt Light? I still have mine that is 1995-ish vintage. Also have a TNF Denali fleece from the same time frame that has seen better days but is still functional.


if they are aluminium they should take them. I recycled my wife's old Trek alu frame.

Or any metal...

 

[jimmydean]

Or any metal...

I take a ton of scrap metal to the recycling center.

 

[jstuhlman]

Mt Light? I still have mine that is 1995-ish vintage.

sounds right. this guy:

wife still has her light/dark blue one i got her the next year

 

[rideit]

For some unexplainable reason, I have like 4 sets of completely used up, worn out SPD cleats. No idea why.

 

[4xBoy]

I collect nothing.


My wife on the other hand,.....

 

[Jm_]

Trying to find 36x8mm shock hardware locally and both online. Extremely rare online and shops are an even more longshot. Realized last night I actually have one in my parts box, a 2-peice setup. Sonofabitch.

 

[jonKranked]

first pair of spd shoes from when i was 15.

 

[iRider]

first pair of spd shoes from when i was 15.

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Accelerators? I have my old pair floating around somewhere. Also my first clipless shoe.
I loved their marketing: American shoes for american feet. I guess I have american feet as they fit me superbly.

 

[jonKranked]

Accelerators? I have my old pair floating around somewhere. Also my first clipless shoe.
I loved their marketing: American shoes for american feet. I guess I have american feet as they fit me superbly.

yup. with the red shimano dh pedals.

speaking of things i haven't thrown out....... i have found a better box for the intense.

 

[iRider]

yup. with the red shimano dh pedals.

speaking of things i haven't thrown out....... i have found a better box for the intense.

Nice! Looking forward to getting it.

 

[Full Trucker]

yup. with the red shimano dh pedals.

Speaking of things I can’t bring myself to throw out… a box of old red Shimano DX pedals.

 

[boogenman]

26" dh tires. I don't have a DH bike, my 26" bike gets ridden about 30 feet a year in my basement.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I've got a shitload of old hockey trophies from my deck hockey days in my 20's and 30's. Championship trophies, scoring trophies, a few MVP trophies....these things are just collecting dust in the corner of my basement. This is a fraction of them. They are just taking up space. But, I won all of these, god dammit.

 

[rideit]

Let’s play a game…what outrageous locations could Babs epoxy those trophies to?
The top of Prius’ (Prii?)

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Speaking of things I can’t bring myself to throw out… a box of old red Shimano DX pedals.

Yeah dat

 

[daisycutter]

first pair of spd shoes from when i was 15.

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I have the same pair of Ronald McDonald shoes.

 

[jimmydean]

I collect nothing.


My wife on the other hand,.....

I don't "collect" things necessarily.

I've got a shitload of old hockey trophies from my deck hockey days in my 20's and 30's. Championship trophies, scoring trophies, a few MVP trophies....these things are just collecting dust in the corner of my basement. This is a fraction of them. They are just taking up space. But, I won all of these, god dammit.

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You need a proper trophy room dammit.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I had some trophies but shitcanned them ages ago. Numbers from VT 50 and 24 hour races are stapled to inside garage walls.

 

[Da Peach]

My lucky condom.

 

[mandown]

You got anything that is well and truly past its use by date but you keep it because it was so awesome?

My penis

 

[junkyard]

I struggle with it. I also hate selling shit so I give it away or throw it away. I’ve been meaning to post some bike stuff on here.

 

[jonKranked]

I struggle with it. I also hate selling shit so I give it away or throw it away. I’ve been meaning to post some bike stuff on here.

i'm perfectly fine giving things away if the alternative is a landfill. we donate a lot to charitable organizations that take household goods.

 

[junkyard]

i'm perfectly fine giving things away if the alternative is a landfill. we donate a lot to charitable organizations that take household goods.

It’s way better than dealing with the emails and text messages of people who don’t show up.

 

[mandown]

I hate when my brain betrays me. I’ll look at an item and decide I want it gone from the house, even if I have to toss it. Then my brain decides that item could be sold, and immediately decides I need to maximize to disposition proceeds, even if that means it sits in the house unsold.

 

[stevew]

old concert t's

 

[rideit]

Here’s a classic, I can’t stand what IMBA does. I never wear this shirt in public. It’s worn out.
But they gave it to me in 2005 for recognition of pioneering trail systems in Teton Valley, many of which they wouldn’t build themselves. I found that humorous.
I guess I paint and shit in it?

 

[jimmydean]

I hate when my brain betrays me. I’ll look at an item and decide I want it gone from the house, even if I have to toss it. Then my brain decides that item could be sold, and immediately decides I need to maximize to disposition proceeds, even if that means it sits in the house unsold.

I do this from time to time as well. I usually get mad enough to Goodwill it. But sometimes I just can't bring myself to.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Here’s a classic, I can’t stand what IMBA does. I never wear this shirt in public. It’s worn out.
But they gave it to me in 2005 for recognition of pioneering trail systems in Teton Valley, many of which they wouldn’t build themselves. I found that humorous.
I guess I paint and shit in it?

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I get into conversations about that in which they're uncomfortable.

 

[mandown]

guess I paint and shit in it?

From the stains, I would’ve guessed just paint. That’s some good detergent you use.

 

[rideit]

A little Hot Carl right on the IMBA logo never hurt nobody.