Very Interesting Story
08-25-10, 11:48 AM
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Very Interesting Story
$8,000 Bike Bought for $5 at Yard Sale
The abandoned bike by the side of the road had flat tires and broken pedals, so it was priced $5 and sold at a Kentucky yard sale. The buyer later learned that the bicycle was a custom-built mountain bike ridden by Floyd Landis in a 2007 race. In 2006 Landis won the Tour de France but was later stripped of the title when he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. How did his mountain bike wind up near a highway? The bike was being carried by friends on a car rack in 2008, but it blew off the car and couldn't be found. Landis laughed when told the bike was gone and got a new one. The bike could sell for thousands of dollars if Landis or perhaps his insurance company doesn't claim it.
The abandoned bike by the side of the road had flat tires and broken pedals, so it was priced $5 and sold at a Kentucky yard sale. The buyer later learned that the bicycle was a custom-built mountain bike ridden by Floyd Landis in a 2007 race. In 2006 Landis won the Tour de France but was later stripped of the title when he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. How did his mountain bike wind up near a highway? The bike was being carried by friends on a car rack in 2008, but it blew off the car and couldn't be found. Landis laughed when told the bike was gone and got a new one. The bike could sell for thousands of dollars if Landis or perhaps his insurance company doesn't claim it.
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Interesting Story
Originally Posted by Motopecane
Nice where did you find this story?
08-29-10, 01:20 AM
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Related to Folding Bikes
Its not related to folding bikes at all. This is one of the threads I am on and wanted to share the bike story is all.
08-30-10, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by social suicide
Perhaps as the bike was bouncing down the highway and being run over it was trying to become a folded bike....
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