Hey Dan,
I can totally understand wanting them all. I think it's been harder for me a day or two later knowing what I could have bought, but didn't. I showed up about 15 minutes late so I missed all of the really good stuff, but there were still bikes there that I know I could have made money on or enjoyed owning.
The two that really keep haunting me were the coppertone Fastback and a late 70s blue Schwinn Cruiser single speed. They wanted $100 for the Fastback and $60 for the Cruiser.
I kept grabbing bikes and then realizing that the wheels were toast or something look bent. Then I'd have to say...hmmm, would I pay $60 for that frame...no. Then there were some vintage BMX bikes laying around and I'd grab them and see that they had cheap chrome wheels or missing components and think...hmmm...what could I get for this frame...$100...should I pay $40 for it and then have to go to all the trouble to ship it to make $40-$50.....nahhh.
I had $400 in cash on me that day and only spent $120 so I definitely could have really blown the bank if I wanted to. I even had taken all of the seats out of our mini-van so I couldn't even say I didn't have enough room.
It was sort of a strange situation...you were surrounded by tons of bikes, you could only take two out at a time, and you really had to focus and concentrate to even know what the heck you were looking at half the time. Mix in a bunch of people all milling around grabbing bikes and it was enough to make your brain lock up...ha ha. :lol:
