In the mail yesterday I received the flyer regarding the next City of Toronto Auction. It is down at the C.N.E. and I am sure there will be a lot of bikes as usual.

The last one really sucked as there was some pretty heavy media coverage about the bikes and there were hundreds of people there. This was because the cops were getting rid of their old Aquila mountain bikes and I guess they wanted people to bid high, so they really got the word out. Lots of people who didn't know anything about bikes or auctions were there but I am sure there was a lot of money raised.

The funniest moment was the second bike up for auction, a pretty beat-up Rocky Mountain that hit $400! The guy who bought it rushed up and said "I didn't know it was me bidding, I wanted to bid on a different bike!" and the auctioneer just looked at him like he was nuts and said "All of these people knew what was going on; next item!". Hopefully this time there will be less stupidity and some better bikes.

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