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Old 08-13-10 | 04:39 AM
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Catch of the year -- somewhat off-topic

Bike bought for $5 at yard sale belonged to Floyd Landis - Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports

Claimed value: $8,000

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/B...urn=top-262060

EDIT: grasscutter has already posted this in "Your catch of the day" thread, didn't think of checking there first.

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Old 08-13-10 | 06:08 AM
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I'd be afraid it might snitch on the other bikes in the stable...
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Old 08-13-10 | 08:10 AM
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I'd be afraid it might snitch on the other bikes in the stable...


If bikes could talk...

it might snitch on Floyd himself.

Guys like Floyd get bikes like this more or less for free, don't they?
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How can he prove this? Even if Floyd admits it's his bike, why should we believe him?
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