Thread: Sad state of many bikes at estate sale (warning, you might get sad)
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Old 07-13-12 | 06:53 AM
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I've seen estate sales almost as bad as this. Some people are compulsive collectors, to put it mildly. And you can figure out approximately when they stopped acquiring, which is a reflection of their health decline, which is another sad thing.
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