Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,045
Likes: 15
From: Lancaster County, PA
Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis
Keep in mind, a lot of the bikes Hilary finds are far from original anyway - they have been modified and upgraded by their owners just as folks here do. This greatly limits their appeal as complete bikes anyway. And where exactly do folks think these bikes would be if Hilary (and a few other sellers) weren't finding them and selling them on to new owners who will cherish and rejuvenate them? In some special museum? They'd be continuing to rot away in sheds and attics, that's where they'd be.