Originally Posted by cavit8
The Toronto Police Auctions are heinously over-priced. I've seen nice old raleighs put out for the garbage. Once spring hits and people start cleaning out the garages, keep your eyes peeled. Prime neighborhoods are anywhere that people have more money than brains and the older folks are downsizing before moving to condos: leaside, rosedale, forest hill etc.
Yeah, I went to the City of Toronto auction down at the Ex a couple of times last year and it was ridiculous. People were driving the price of really lousy SportTek bikes up into the hundreds of dollars. If it was sorta new looking and had front suspension, it hit 150$. I picked up an old Schwinn cruiser for 17$ because it was not flashy.
The best deal I ever got was a Kona Fire Mountain Lite for 10$ at a TTC auction. Dinged toptube, but it is the best beater bike ever.