Originally Posted by Doug64

On two occasions I had the same guy try to sell me a bike in Eugene. It was pretty amazing, because I only go there a couple of times a month. He would approach us and show us his hand. It was either a fake or he had an accident or some condition. He looked like he was in pretty rough shape. He "needed to sell his bike for $25 to buy medication for the infection". I don't know what the odds are of getting hit upon twice (about three months apart) by this guy, but they should be really low. I'm pretty sure they were stolen bikes.