Around every estate or village in DB there are hundreds or even thousands of bikes parked. Careful scrutiny of them indicates that many have not been used for months or even years. Rust is taking over the previous more attractive colouring of many.
Why can't someone get rid of this unsightly pile of dead bikes?
It is quite obvious that many of the owners of these bilkes no longer wish to use them, but leaving them cluttering up the building surrounds is not good.
DBR Management leave notices to say that they can remove bikes on giving prior notice. Maybe it is time they did this.
I guess that if someone ran a business refurbishing bikes, and selling them on to other parts of the world, they couldn't find a better place to start than right here in DB.

A pair of bolt cutters usually does the trick!  

I counted 120 good condition bikes at Blossom and Cherish Court. Most seem to have been there more than a few years. If bikes cost $1000 average, then the residents have thrown away $120000. Also there were 12 electric-motor bikes. Don't know the value, but guess they might cost $2000 new. A lot of waste by people.  

i take it then that you guys havent been to Mui Wo recently then! It must be where old bikes go to die!

Does anyone know what they do with these bikes?
I want to buy one or two

Not positive security guards do the marking, maybe City Management? But the notices were applied 30 days earlier. I think that is enough warning for owners, most of whom I believe are long moved from DB.  

YAH ,I SEE IN DB SO MANY BIKES EXPENSIVE ONE THAT DONT USE AND VERY DUSTY FOR LONG TIME NO USE, I HOPE SOME ONE CALL ME AND GIVE THAT BIKE TO ME, CAUSE IM A CYCLIST BUT CANT AFFORD TO BUY A NICE ONE, AND I WILL FIX IT BY MY SELF, AND VERY FROUD OF YOU IF YOU CALL ME,
THANKS
BHOIE

I was glad to see the long-awaited cull of dead bikes has begun.
It might be nice if HKR City Management were to tell us where they go, and for those that want them, if they can buy one.
Does anyone know the answer to this?

The management should haul them away and after three months the owner do not claim them, the management can auction them off during one of those fleas market..

a typical example of a free resource being wasted and abused.

There should be a $50/bike annual charge to get a decent location in an uncluttered, CCTV monitored bike rack.

if there was a premium service for $XX / YYY  then people could have a choice of an abused (and therefore terrible) service or paying for a good service.

With so many "dead" bikes still left lying around the various blocks, wouldn't it be a good idea if HKR/City Management were to remove some more of them and put them up for sale at some very low cost at the next Flea Market?
I can think of a few people who want to own or buy a bike, but don't want the "brand new costs" involved.
As another idea, wouldn't it be good if HKR/City Management were to adopt the Paris scheme of bike rental, where 100s of bikes are available for anyone, provided they are returned to designated locations. Even if there were to be a nominal fee of say $50 per year, this would be an attractive option for DB.