Ray Homiski said:
One being that when you went in the front door there were bikes piled up from floor to damn near the ceiling. These were all repairs that were never picked up over the years and old man Quigley would not sell nor allow you to touch them. I saw repair tags from 1957 on some that I could glance at.
I recall visiting Wheelsmith in Palo Alto a few years ago. They had a LOT of abandoned bicycles, some very nice ones. I asked one of the mechanics if they sold them. He thought that they did after a period of time with no contact from the owner. The manager wasn't there that day, but I've often thought that would be a great way to pick up some nice bikes. Get a contract with all the bike shops in a town to take the abandoned bicycles off their hands for the cost of the repairs plus a percentage/fee for their hassle and storage. I don't think the bike shop could be criticized unless they tried to profit on the sale of abandoned bikes if they had the time shown on the work order and made a reasonable attempt to locate the owner. How do the shop owners on the list handle that sort of thing? Lou Deeter, Orlando FL