Discarded no more

Lately, I've been noticing a lot of abandoned, yet locked, bikes rotting away.  More often than not, these bikes have been stripped to their frames and u-locked to a bike rack. But, another place I've seen them is a bit unlikely.   Oddly enough, my yard seems to be the favorite spot for people to abandon bicycles. I once found a bicycle locked to a tree in my back yard. At first I thought it was amusing. But as days turned into weeks and the weeks eventually turned into a month I realized that no one was coming back to claim the bicycle. Whether it was stolen or simply unloved I will never know. I wound up hacksawing off the cheap cable lock and setting the bike down at the dump, hoping that someone in need would take the bicycle home and cherish and care for it.Which brings me to today.

For the past 4 months there has been another bike locked to a flimsy tree two steps outside of my property line. It's tucked away in the woods just enough that it can be seen if you know where to look. I have walked past that bicycle hundreds of times now. Each day I secretly hope to see it gone...yet it still endures. Today I decided to google the bike and see what I could find out about the model.  My discovery was incredibly enlightening...and it should go without saying after you see the photos...that the bike has found a new owner who will love and cherish it. (me)

I present to you with FUJI and Marlboro's (yeah...that's correct) Folding bike.

Aside from the funny downtube, it looks pretty normal right?

Not so normal now

I'm digging the curled bars