gather a divetribe, cycle, then recycle.

ice. snow. slush. crap. earlier this week we got a brief exhale from the icy hell, only to be showered down upon again with yet another nasty storm. you know the story, you have all experienced it on the sidewalks and in the streets. the caution prone might choose to do some bike mania on ice to get that bicycleish feel, but the rest of us have this every growing itch, a twitch in the legs that calls us when we have been away from our bicycles too long - so i call a call to gather a tribe - a divetribe.


divetribe is an assembled tribe of 3-4 individuals who enjoy plundering the trashbins in efforts to locate treasure, because as the quotable quote quotes, "One man's trash is another man's treasure."

the bicycle involvement comes in as a means of transportation to and from each location to haul your goods. each cyclist has their preferred setup, woodenbikes on instructables offers his own variation with a dumpster dove bicycle. i carry a giant army bag, and sometimes have an extra bike cart. gloves and a light are also essential tools.


what you dive for is up to you. if it is sold, it can be found in the dumpster. while the 'whatever you dive' is easier to discern, many people become lost on the 'when do you dive?' i have found it is best to dumpster dive in the winter because fewer people are outside and so you have fewer encounters. i also enjoy diving at night, but have gone in the day too. (be sure to have at least one blinker if you night dive.) for further specifics, google knows all.

Tweet

Pin It