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MagickMuffin

(17,395 posts)
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 12:32 PM Dec 2011

We've been asked if we were "pickers"

We weren't sure what they meant, however, we kinda figured the phrase referred to a tv show. We don't have cable anymore, but I think I saw the show at some point.

This sale had people coming from all over Texas. We didn't realize until that moment how many vintage bike enthusiasts there were that were willing to drive 400 miles to come out to a bike sale.

While making new friends there, we found out that the Texas Motor Speedway has an annual bike sale early in the Spring. They said people from all over the country come to it. Hopefully I'll be able to attend, which would be the only time I go to TMS.

There was one guy from Houston that wanted to buy everything. Thankfully the owner's son declined that offer. He wanted to be able to share his father's obsession with as many people as possible at a fair price. The Houston guy did buy the rest of everything left and he had another sale the very next weekend. We went to that one as well and bought more bikes.

I'm planning on keeping some of the most unusual ones we found. We have a few very space age looking ones. However, I'll have to be patient on getting them fixed up as we are fixing up the ones we need to sale first.

Thanks for the link.

A few more pics








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